Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
About the Eurasian Curlew
The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata) is a very large wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia. In Europe, this species is often referred to just as the "curlew", and in Scotland known as the "whaup" in Scots.
A real field recording of the Eurasian Curlew. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
3 recordings on this page · licensed Public Domain / CC0 ×2 · CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 2,288 recordings for this species in total.
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Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.