All birds/Scolopacidae/Hudsonian Whimbrel

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PRB-0097Charadriiformes

Hudsonian Whimbrel

Playero Picocorvo Americano

Numenius hudsonicus

Accidental / vagrantIUCN NE · Not assessed or unresolved

The Hudsonian whimbrel or Hudsonian curlew (Numenius hudsonicus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America.

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FamilyScolopacidaeSandpipers and Allies

Puerto Rico occurrenceAccidental / vagrantAvibase inferred core 380

Primary habitatcoastsCoastal

Primary dietInvertebrate

Average mass388 gGlobal trait estimate

MovementMigratory

Sound archive

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XC974536Recording 1 of 3song, call

SpectrogramNumenius hudsonicus

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Sound recorded by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC974536 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Island profile

Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Hudsonian Whimbrel

Conservation

Not assessed or unresolved

Global and Puerto Rico-specific conservation references are kept separate in this compilation.

Global IUCN: NE
Puerto Rico DNER: No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA: No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat: Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat: coasts
Elevation: 0–3250 m
Nest: Scrape · Ground
Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Social behavior: Not resolved

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This bird belongs to 6 paths through the atlas.

The complete catalogAll Birds of Puerto Rico402 birds →Birds by habitatCoastal Birds62 birds →ConservationNot assessed or unresolved Birds15 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoAccidental & Rare Birds205 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoMigrants & Vagrants221 birds →Bird familySandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)35 birds →

Evidence trail

Sources, media & further reading

eBird species profile↗Macaulay Library media↗iNaturalist observations↗GBIF occurrence data↗Xeno-canto recordings↗Wikipedia in English↗Media source · commons.wikimedia.org↗Source record 1↗Source record 2↗Source record 3↗

Research note: Wikipedia uses Numenius phaeopus; normalized to current taxonomy Numenius hudsonicus.