Numenius
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/tag/27493
- Note
- N. phaeopusN. hudsonicusN. tenuirostris N. arquataN. americanusN. madagascariensisN. minutus†(?)N. borealisN. tahitiensis
SynonymsPalnumenius Miller, 1942
The curlews (/ˈkɜːrljuː/) are a group of nine species of birds in the genus Numenius, characterised by their long, slender, downcurved bills and mottled brown plumage. The English name is imitative of the Eurasian curlew´s call, but may have been influenced by the Old French corliu, "messenger", from courir , "to run". It was first recorded in 1377 in Langland´s Piers Plowman "Fissch to lyue in þe flode..Þe corlue by kynde of þe eyre". In Europe "curlew" usually refers to one species, the Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata).
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