Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (55)
- Subspecies (3)
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 11, 2016
Text last updated October 11, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootwulp |
| Albanian | Kojliku i madh |
| Arabic | كروان ماء كبير |
| Armenian | Մեծ արորիկ |
| Asturian | Algaravñn comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Böyük əyridimdik |
| Basque | Kurlinta handia |
| Bulgarian | Голям свирец |
| Catalan | becut eurasiàtic |
| Chinese | 大杓鷸 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白腰杓鷸 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白腰杓鹬 |
| Croatian | veliki pozviždač |
| Czech | koliha velká |
| Danish | Storspove |
| Dutch | Wulp |
| English | Eurasian Curlew |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Curlew |
| Faroese | Tangspógvi |
| Finnish | kuovi |
| French | Courlis cendré |
| French (France) | Courlis cendré |
| Galician | Mazarico real |
| German | Brachvogel |
| Greek | (Ευρασιατική) Τουρλίδα |
| Hebrew | חרמשון גדול |
| Hungarian | Nagy póling |
| Icelandic | Fjöruspói |
| Indonesian | Gajahan erasia |
| Italian | Chiurlo maggiore |
| Japanese | ダイシャクシギ |
| Korean | 마도요 |
| Latvian | Kuitala |
| Lithuanian | Didžioji kuolinga |
| Malayalam | വാൾക്കൊക്കൻ |
| Marathi | युरेशियन कूरल |
| Mongolian | Морин тутгалжин |
| Norwegian | storspove |
| Persian | گیلانشاه بزرگ |
| Polish | kulik wielki |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Maçarico-real |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Maçarico-real |
| Romanian | Culic mare |
| Russian | Большой кроншнеп |
| Serbian | Velika carska šljuka |
| Slovak | hvizdák veľký |
| Slovenian | Veliki škurh |
| Spanish | Zarapito Real |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Playero Gigante |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zarapito real |
| Swedish | storspov |
| Thai | นกอีก๋อยใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Kervançulluğu |
| Ukrainian | Кульон великий |
| Zulu | unokhifomkhulu |
Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Scolopax Arquata
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.145.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NUMENIUS
- arquata
- Arquata
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 Eurasian Curlew
