Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusNumenius (Curlews)
- SpeciesNumenius arquata (Eurasian Curlew)
The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata) is a very large wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia. In Europe, this species is often referred to just as the "curlew", and in Scotland known as the "whaup" in Scots. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Chitwan National Park
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Eurasian Curlew at Chitwan National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there