Little Curlew

Numenius minutus (Gould, 1841) LITWH 5360
Family: Charadriiformes > Scolopacidae

A small curlew, similar in size to Greenshank, that breeds in eastern Siberia and winters in northern Australia. This is an extremely rare visitor to Britain, with just a couple of records.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
28 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
28 records

BTO RECORDS

28 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
28 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Little Curlew, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Welsh: Coegylfinir Bach
Catalan: polit menut
Czech: koliha nejmenší
Danish: Dværgspove
Dutch: Kleine Regenwulp
Estonian: kääbuskoovitaja
Finnish: taigakuovi
French: Courlis nain
German: Zwergbrachvogel
Hungarian: törpepóling
Icelandic: Dvergspói
Italian: Chiurlo nano
Latvian: maza kuitala
Lithuanian: mažoji kuolinga
Norwegian: Dvergspove
Polish: kulik krótkodzioby
Portuguese: maçarico-pequeno
Slovak: hvizdák najmenší
Slovenian: jakutski škurh
Spanish: Zarapito chico
Swedish: dvärgspov

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