Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Algaraván pequeñu |
| Bulgarian | Сибирски свирец |
| Catalan | Pòlit menut |
| Chinese | 小杓鷸 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 小杓鹬 |
| Croatian | mali pozviždač |
| Czech | koliha nejmenší |
| Danish | Dværgspove |
| Dutch | Kleine Regenwulp |
| English | Little Curlew |
| English (UK) | Little Whimbrel |
| English (United States) | Little Curlew |
| Finnish | taigakuovi |
| French | Courlis nain |
| French (French Guiana) | Courlis nain |
| German | Zwergbrachvogel |
| Greek | Μικροτουρλίδα |
| Hebrew | חרמשון גמדי |
| Hungarian | Törpepóling |
| Icelandic | Dvergspói |
| Indonesian | Gajahan kecil |
| Japanese | コシャクシギ |
| Korean | 쇠부리도요 |
| Lithuanian | Mažoji kuolinga |
| Mongolian | Бичилхэн тутгалжин |
| Norwegian | dvergspove |
| Polish | kulik krótkodzioby |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Little Curlew |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Maçarico-pequeno |
| Romanian | Culic pitic |
| Russian | Кроншнеп-малютка |
| Serbian | Sibirska carska šljuka |
| Slovak | hvizdák najmenší |
| Slovenian | Jakutski škurh |
| Spanish | Zarapito Chico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zarapito chico |
| Swedish | dvärgspov |
| Thai | นกอีก๋อยจิ๋ว |
| Turkish | Küçük Kervançulluğu |
| Ukrainian | Кульон-крихітка |
Numenius minutus Gould, 1841
PROTONYM:
Numenius minutus
Gould, 1841. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1840), Pt8 no.95, p. 176.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New South Wales.
Definitions
- NUMENIUS
- minutum / minutus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Little Curlew Numenius minutus Scientific name definitions
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 5, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 5, 2016
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
Authors
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Van Gils, J., P. Wiersma, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Little Curlew (Numenius minutus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.litcur.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- March 5, 2016
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
Authors
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Van Gils, J., P. Wiersma, and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Little Curlew (Numenius minutus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.