- English Common Name
- Whimbrel
- Scientific name
- Numenius phaeopus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Scolopacidae
- Size
- About 43 cm
- Species Distribution
- Migratory bird: Northern Siberia to Australia
- This species is coming into Okinawa end of fall to early spring as a migratory bird. It captures small creatures in tidal flats, areas along coasts, paddy fields, water reservoirs using its big downcurved beak tip.
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- Updated October 2018