Bristle-thighed Curlew
Numenius tahitiensis(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Bristle-thighed Curlew
The Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds upland low Arctic tundra of western Alaska, in north-central Seward Peninsula and northern Yukon Delta; winters from Micronesia and Fiji eastward through Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and Kaui (rarer on other main Hawaiian Islands), and throughout PolynesiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Numenius tahitiensis
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Bristle-thighed Curlew
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax tahitiensis
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Tahiti, Society Islands, based on the Otaheite Curlew of Latham, Gen. Syn., 3, pt. 1, p. 122, no. 4.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.656
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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