| Little curlew | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Numenius |
| Species: | N. minutus
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| Binomial name | |
| Numenius minutus Gould, 1841
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The little curlew (Numenius minutus) is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It is a very small curlew, which breeds in the far north of Siberia. It is closely related to the North American Eskimo curlew.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Numenius minutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693165A93388294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693165A93388294.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.