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The Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) belongs to the family Scolopacidae under the order Charadriiformes.
Eurasian curlew taxonomy
The family Scolopacidae was first described (as Scolopacea) by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840), a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot, in the year 1815. The Scolopacidae comprises fifteen genera (including genus Numenius).The genus Numenius was first introduced by Mathurin Jacques Brisson (30 April 1723 – 23 June 1806), a French zoologist and natural philosopher, in the year 1760. The type species Scolopax arquata (now Numenius arquata) was introduced by Carl Linnaeus in the year 1758.
The genus Numenius comprises eight species, namely, Numenius phaeopus, Numenius tenuirostris, Numenius americanus, Numenius madagascariensis, Numenius minutus, Numenius tahitiensis, Numenius borealis and Numenius arquata.
The species Numenius arquata is polytypic and comprises three species, viz., Numenius arquata arquata, Numenius arquata suschkini and Numenius arquata orientalis.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Numenius arquata |
| Species: | N. arquata |
| Genus: | Numenius |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Eurasian curlew - Numenius arquata Image by Ken Billington |
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| 2.Eurasian curlew - Numenius arquata Image by Dirk-Jan van Roest |
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| 3.Eurasian curlew - Numenius arquata Image by Tim Strater |
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| 4.Eurasian curlew - Numenius arquata Image by Dirk-Jan van Roest |
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| 5.Eurasian curlew - Numenius arquata Image by Steve Garvie |
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| 6.Eurasian curlew - Numenius arquata Image by Ken Billington |
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| 7.Eurasian curlew - Numenius arquata Image by Andreas Trepte, www.photo-natur.net |
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| 8.Eurasian curlew - Numenius arquata Image by Lotte76 |
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| 9.Numenius arquata egg Image by Didier Descouens |
1.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curlew_(Numenius_arquata)_(12).jpg (cropped)
Author: Ken Billington | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 2/5/18
2.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/djvanroest/24109043142/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Dirk-Jan van Roest | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 2/5/18
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wulp_(8721752364).jpg (cropped)
Author: Tim Strater | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 2/5/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/djvanroest/23588885654/ (cropped)
Author: Dirk-Jan van Roest | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 2/5/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbirder/4695613687/ (cropped)
Author: Steve Garvie | License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 as on 2/5/18
6.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Ken Billington | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 2/5/18
7.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eurasian_Curlew.jpg (cropped)
Author: Andreas Trepte, www.photo-natur.net | License: CC BY-SA 2.5 as on 2/5/18
8.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nationalpark_Nieders%C3%A4chsisches_Wattenmeer_-_Norderney_-_Gro%C3%9Fer_Brachvogel_(2).jpg (cropped)
Author: Lotte76 | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 2/5/18
9.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Courlis_cendr%C3%A9_MHNT.jpg (cropped)
Author: Didier Descouens | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 2/5/18
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