Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Scolopacidae > Genus Numenius

Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Scolopax

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Numenius*	Moehring, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scolopax arquata*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kojliku i madh; kthinza sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): storspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Голям свирец sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: storspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: wulp sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: curlew; Eurasian curlew sources: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Curlew; Eurasian Curlew sources: Charles Hussey

French: courlis cendré sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Gaelic: crotach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Crotach

German: großer Brachvogel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ευρασιατική Τουρλίδα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Crotach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): חרמשון גדול sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: chiurlo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: didžioji kuolinga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: storspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: storspove sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 145

Norwegian Nynorsk: storspove sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 145

Nynorsk (Norwegian): storspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kulik wielki sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: culicul mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: большой кроншнеп sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: crotach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: veliki škurh sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: zarapito real sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: storspov sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kervan cullugu; kervan çulluğu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Великий кульон; Кульон великий; Кульон великий (Кроншнеп великий) sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gylfinir

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	ITIS database
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (14 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (605 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159037

Drs Cees Roselaar. Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96841