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Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Long-legged wading bird with slender, long, curved bill. Grey plumage with speckled pattern, dirty white or light fawn breast feathers.

Habitat:

El-dorado beach on Havelock Island when the tide was out. Large boulders were exposed and this solitary bird came along... I did not actually see it feeding. It rested there for a very long time; we left before it did.

Reference Links:

Whimbrel - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

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Malcolm Wilton-Jones
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Curlew

Numenius arquata

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Davidbygott
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Comments (4)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Here is a picture of a Numenius arquata showing the multiple head stripes and the much longer bill than your bird.
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
This is a Whimbrel. It can be seperated from all the other Curlew species by the 2 dark bands on the head, the other Curlews all have multiple dark stripes.

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PublishedOctober 15, 2014

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