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whimbrel
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Whimbrel
The genus "Numenius" is Greek for “new moon” (for the crescent shape of the bill). The curved bill is used to extract small crabs and worms from the sand. Four or five subspecies are recognized with "N. p. hudsonicus" breeding in North America. It is sometimes considered a full species called...- jmorlan
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- california numenius phaeopus usa whimbrel
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Palo Alto California - Whimbrel vs Curlew
1) I am fairly certain that this a Whimbrel, but a bit earlier I saw 2) and thought that this was a Long-billed Curlew. In retrospect, the one Long-billed I had seen previously had a much longer bill and a bit more color. Now I'm not sure what #2 is? Is this an immature or...? Thanks!- Fandango739
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- california long-billed curlew palo alto whimbrel
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Watchin' the tide roll in, and then watch it roll away again.
There were thousands (!) of Brown pelicans and Western gulls waiting out the high tide on the breakwaters around Pillar Point harbor. Also hundreds of Whimbrel and Heerman's gulls, and handsful of other species such as Caspian terns.- Doc Duck
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- caspian tern hydroprogne caspia numenius phaeopus whimbrel
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- Category: North America
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Whimbrels
- katastrofa
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- lake shore maridalen norway numenius phaeopus oslo whimbrel
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Whimbrels
- katastrofa
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- lake maridalen norway numenius phaeopus oslo whimbrel
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Whimbrel
saw hundreds of these around- hindleygreener
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- gambia whimbrel
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- Category: Africa
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Whimbrel
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus)- Stanley Jones
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- cocle province hudsonicus panama playa de santa clara whimbrel
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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3-in-1 Bar-tailed Godwit, Terek Sandpiper, Whimbrel
*Thank you all for previous post like & comment* Left bird: Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) 斑尾塍鷸 Middle bird: Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) 反嘴鷸 Right bird: Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 中杓鷸- dixonlau
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- borneo limosa lapponica malaysia migratory numenius phaeopus sarawak shorebird terek sandpiper whimbrel xenus cinereus
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Whimbrel
Whimbrel feasting on the shoreline- wildwoodlander
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- ecuador numenius phaeopus whimbrel
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Eurasian whimbrel
An amazing reserve, well worth many visits. More pics of their flock from 2019 @ https://ebird.org/media/catalog?taxonCode=whimbr&yr=YCUSTOM&mr=M12TO2&mediaType=p&ey=2019®ionCode=L927971&by=2019- jbpixels
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- numenius phaeopus singapore sungei buloh wetland reserve whimbrel
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Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus) This subspecies is known as the Hudsonian Whimbrel.- Stanley Jones
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- galveston galveston island hudsonian whimbrel numenius phaeopus hudsonicus texas usa whimbrel
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A whim for a Whimbrel - at Cape Blanco
Saw this whimsical Whimbrel - whose manner of plunging the long curved bill into the sand is reminiscent of the movement of an old-fashioned oil derrick! - on the beach at the Oregon Coast, at Cape Blanco - which, for those who don't know, is the westernmost point not only of the State of... -
Whimbrel and Redshank
First I thought the greater bird is the Curlew, but later I realised that there ´s a difference. I looked it up and then I was convinced this could only be the Whimbrel! BTW in Dutch the Curlew is named the ´Wulp´ and the Whimbrel the ´Regenwulp´, translated in English the ´Raincurlew´. Many...- Cornelis
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- numenius phaeopus redshank tringa totanus whimbrel
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Whimbrel
- mtrevillion
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- numenius phaeopus portland bill wader whimbrel
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Whimbrel 'islandicus'
On the beach in Lanzarote; allowed me to get very close and then zoom in for a close-up- Wiganlad
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- canary islands numenius phaeopus spain whimbrel whimbrel 'islandicus'
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- whiteheadedvulture
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- ghana numenius phaeopus whimbrel
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Courlis corlieu - Numenius phaeopus - Whimbrel- nanus
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- courlis corlieu france normandy numenius phaeopus whimbrel
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