bird · Charadriiformes · Scolopacidae

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called Curlew, Western Curlew. Occurrence records of the Eurasian Curlew are shared on GBIF from around 4 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area (446 records).

IUCN: Near threatenedScolopacidae

4reserves with records

845records around them

1provinces

NTIUCN category

Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) — Photo: Andreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	446
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	381
Vogelgat Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	13
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	5

By province

Western Cape: 4 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Scientific name: Numenius arquata
GBIF taxon: 2481792
Wikidata: Q18854

More of the Scolopacidae family

Common Sandpiper Common Greenshank Little Stint Whimbrel Curlew Sandpiper Sanderling African Snipe Wood Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Ruff Marsh Sandpiper Bar-tailed Godwit Terek Sandpiper

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.