{"id":24582,"date":"2012-10-30T15:27:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:05","slug":"curlew-numenius-arquata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/","title":{"rendered":"Curlew Numenius arquata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is the one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia. This is a migratory species over most of its range, wintering in Africa, southern Europe and south Asia. Occasionally, a vagrant individual reaches places far away from its normal range, such as Nova Scotia or the Marianas. It is present all year in the milder climate of Ireland, Great Britain and the adjacent European coasts.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet:\u00a0Eurasian Curlew\u00a0<i>Numenius\u00a0arquata<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-141-24582\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-17586\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/ba0i0843_flkr.jpg\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)\" alt=\"Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/thumbs\/thumbs_ba0i0843_flkr.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-10314\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/img_9007-2.jpg\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew\" alt=\"Eurasian Curlew\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_9007-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Curlew<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-10313\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/img_3950.jpg\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew\" alt=\"Eurasian Curlew\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_3950.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Curlew<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-10312\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/img_3952.jpg\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew\" alt=\"Eurasian Curlew\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_3952.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Curlew<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9750\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/curlew_5_0_wm.jpg\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew Numenius Arquata\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew Numenius Arquata\" alt=\"Eurasian Curlew Numenius Arquata\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/thumbs\/thumbs_curlew_5_0_wm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Curlew Numenius Arquata<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9749\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/curlew_4_wm.jpg\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew Numenius Arquata\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew Numenius Arquata\" alt=\"Eurasian Curlew Numenius Arquata\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/thumbs\/thumbs_curlew_4_wm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Eurasian Curlew Numenius Arquata<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9748\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/curlew_1_wm.jpg\" title=\"Eurasian Curlew Numenius Arquata\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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It is the one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia. This is a migratory species over most of its range, wintering in Africa, southern Europe and south Asia. Occasionally, a vagrant individual reaches places far [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":2192572,"parent":17620,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[1641,1642],"class_list":["post-24582","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-eurasian-curlew","tag-numenius-arquata"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24582\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2192572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}