Eurasian Curlew

Order - Charadriiformes
Family - Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

白腰杓鹬 (bái-yāo sháo-yù) / 大杓鹬 (dà sháo-yù)

    Malay : Kendi Besar Biasa

    Japanese : ダイシャクシギ (dai shaku-shigi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 大杓鴫 / 大杓鷸

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 20,700,000km²
    Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 118,000,000km²
    Migratory Status : Full Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 50–60 cm; Wingspan 80–100 cm

             Male 410–1010 g, Female 475–1360 g

    

    Subspecies (3) and Distribution

• Numenius arquata arquata (Linnaeus, 1758, Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden)
  – British Is and France across W Europe (N to Arctic Circle) and E to R Volga and Urals; winters from Iceland and British Is S to Mediterranean and NW Africa, and E to Persian Gulf and W India.
• Numenius arquata suschkini (Neumann, 1929, Degama am Senegal)
  – Breeds in western Russia (lower Volga Valley and Urals east to southwestern Siberia) and northern Kazakhstan; winters along coasts of sub-Saharan Africa and southwestern Asia).
• Numenius arquata orientalis (C. L. Brehm, 1831, East Indies)
  – C Siberia E through C Russia to NE China (C Heilongjiang); winters in E and S Africa, Madagascar, and from S Caspian Sea S to Persian Gulf and E through S Asia to E China and S Japan, and S to Philippines and Greater Sundas.

Distribution Map

Numenius arquata ssp. orientalis
Date : 29 October 2016

Location : Bagan Belat Mudflat, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Numenius arquata ssp. orientalis
Date : 29 October 2016

Location : Bagan Belat Mudflat, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang