Little Curlew Numenius minutus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (42)
- Monotypic
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 5, 2016
Text last updated March 5, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Algaravñn pequeñu |
| Bulgarian | Сибирски свирец |
| Catalan | polit menut |
| Chinese | 小杓鷸 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 小杓鷸 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 小杓鹬 |
| Croatian | mali pozviždač |
| Czech | koliha nejmenší |
| Danish | Dværgspove |
| Dutch | Kleine Regenwulp |
| English | Little Curlew |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Little Curlew |
| English (UK) | Little Whimbrel |
| English (United States) | Little Curlew |
| Finnish | taigakuovi |
| French | Courlis nain |
| French (France) | Courlis nain |
| German | Zwergbrachvogel |
| Greek | Μικροτουρλίδα |
| Hebrew | חרמשון גמדי |
| Hungarian | Törpepóling |
| Icelandic | Dvergspói |
| Indonesian | Gajahan kecil |
| Japanese | コシャクシギ |
| Korean | 쇠부리도요 |
| Lithuanian | Mažoji kuolinga |
| Mongolian | Бичилхэн тутгалжин |
| Norwegian | dvergspove |
| Polish | kulik krótkodzioby |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Little Curlew |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Maçarico-pequeno |
| Romanian | Culic pitic |
| Russian | Кроншнеп-малютка |
| Serbian | Sibirska carska šljuka |
| Slovak | hvizdák najmenší |
| Slovenian | Jakutski škurh |
| Spanish | Zarapito Chico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zarapito chico |
| Swedish | dvärgspov |
| Thai | นกอีก๋อยจิ๋ว |
| Turkish | Küçük Kervançulluğu |
| Ukrainian | Кульон-крихітка |
Numenius minutus Gould, 1841
PROTONYM:
Numenius minutus
Gould, 1841. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1840), Pt8 no.95, p. 176.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NUMENIUS
- minutum / minutus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Little Curlew
