Hudsonian whimbrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Scolopacidae |
Genus: | Numenius |
Species: | N. hudsonicus
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Binomial name | |
Numenius hudsonicus Latham, 1790
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The Hudsonian whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America.[2] This species and the Eurasian whimbrel have recently been split, based on genetic and noticeable morphological differences.
The whimbrel is a migratory bird, wintering on coasts in southern North America and South America. It is also a coastal bird during migration.[3] It is fairly gregarious outside the breeding season.
In the mangroves of Colombia, whimbrel roost sites are located in close proximity to feeding territories and away from potential sources of mainland predators, but not away from areas of human disturbance.[4]
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