Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusNumenius (Curlews)
- SpeciesNumenius phaeopus (Whimbrel)
The Eurasian whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), historically known as the white-rumped whimbrel in North America, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic Palearctic region and Europe as far south as Scotland. This species and the Hudsonian whimbrel were split in 2019, although some taxonomic authorities still consider them to be conspecific. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Royal National Park
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Latham's Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Whimbrel at Royal 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