Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (37)
- Monotypic
Robert E. Gill, Pablo Canevari, and Eve H. Iversen
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1998
Text last updated January 1, 1998
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Algaravñn boreal |
| Bulgarian | Ескимоски свирец |
| Catalan | polit boreal |
| Czech | koliha severní |
| Danish | Eskimospove |
| Dutch | Eskimowulp |
| English | Eskimo Curlew |
| English (United States) | Eskimo Curlew |
| Finnish | eskimokuovi |
| French | Courlis esquimau |
| French (France) | Courlis esquimau |
| German | Eskimobrachvogel |
| Greek | Χιονοτουρλίδα |
| Hungarian | Eszkimópóling |
| Icelandic | Norðspói |
| Japanese | エスキモーコシャクシギ |
| Lithuanian | Eskiminė kuolinga |
| Norwegian | eskimospove |
| Polish | kulik eskimoski |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | maçarico-esquimó |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Maçarico-esquimó |
| Romanian | Culic eschimos |
| Russian | Эскимосский кроншнеп |
| Serbian | Eskimska carska šljuka |
| Slovak | hvizdák krátkozobý |
| Slovenian | Eskimski škurh |
| Spanish | Zarapito Boreal |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Playero Esquimal |
| Spanish (Chile) | Zarapito boreal |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Zarapito Boreal |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Campesino |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Zarapito Esquimal |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zarapito boreal |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Playero Esquimal |
| Swedish | eskimåspov |
| Turkish | Kuzey Kervançulluğu |
| Ukrainian | Кульон ескімоський |
Numenius borealis (Forster, 1772)
PROTONYM:
Scolopax borealis
Forster, 1772. Philosophical Transactions 62, p.431.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Fort Albany, Hudson Bay.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NUMENIUS
- borealis
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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Known, probable, and potential breeding distributions of the Eskimo Curlew in N. America.
