Hudsonian whimbrel

Hudsonian whimbrel
Chiloé Island, Chile

Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Numenius
Species:
N. hudsonicus
Binomial name
Numenius hudsonicus
Latham, 1790
The range of Numenius hudsonicus
  Breeding
  Migration
  Non-breeding
Synonyms
  • Scolopax phæopus hudsonicus

The Hudsonian whimbrel or Hudsonian curlew (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.