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© Photo: C. Schenk, Churchill, June 97
Numenius
phaeopus
Whimbrel
© Photo: C. Schenk, Churchill, June 97
| Species Fact Sheet | |||||
| Species: | Numenius phaeopus | ||||
| Family: | Scolopacidae | ||||
| Common: | Whimbrel (English), Средний кроншнеп (Russian) | ||||
| Distribution: | |||||
| Breeding habitat: | Forest tundra, slopes and boreal swamps | ||||
| Population | |||||
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Name
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AEWA
Status
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Size
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Trend
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Year
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Global
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-
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?
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Unknown
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1997
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Europe
/ Western Africa
(N. p. phaeops) |
600
000 -
700 000 |
Unknown
(slight INC, esp. in Fennoscandia)
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1997
(1999) |
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Western
Siberia / Southern and Eastern Africa
(N. p. phaeops) |
?
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Unknown
(<10 000)
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1997
(1999)
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Southwest
Asia / Eastern Africa
(N. p. alboaxillaris) |
?
|
Unknown
(on verge of extiction, if indeed it ever existed?)
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1997
(1999) |
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| Further Information | |||||
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Sound
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Data
Sources
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Species
Database for country distribution and legislation details
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