Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Eurasian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Spanish: Zarapito

Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Photographed by nikolaiab on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Павловский р-н, Нижегородская обл., Россия, not near La Saladita

The whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 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, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland.

TaxonomyAves › Charadriiformes › Scolopacidae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records23,477 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/numenius-phaeopus/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.