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Numenius
Taxonomy
Numenius was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant.
It was assigned to Limosinae by Lambrecht (1933); to Numeniinae by Wetmore (1940); to Tringinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Scolopacidae by Brunet (1970), Olson and James (1982), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Smith (2011), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Limosinae by Lambrecht (1933); to Numeniinae by Wetmore (1940); to Tringinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Scolopacidae by Brunet (1970), Olson and James (1982), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Smith (2011), Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-08-01; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1760 | Numenius Brisson |
| 1933 | Numenius Lambrecht p. 541 |
| 1940 | Numenius Wetmore p. 58 |
| 1956 | Numenius Wetmore p. 72 |
| 1970 | Numenius Brunet p. 25 |
| 1982 | Numenius Olson and James p. 36 |
| 2001 | Numenius Olson and Rasmussen p. 293 |
| 2011 | Numenius Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14 |
| 2017 | Numenius Clements et al. |
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G. Numenius Brisson 1760
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Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 [long-billed curlew]
†Numenius antiquus Milne-Edwards 1868
Numenius arquata Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian curlew]
Numenius borealis Forster 1772 [eskimo curlew]
Numenius madagascariensis Linnaeus 1766 [far eastern curlew]
Numenius minutus Gould 1841 [little curlew]
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 [whimbrel]
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Invalid names: Podiceps gadowi Hachisuka 1953 [synonym]
Numenius tahitiensis Gmelin 1789 [bristle-thighed curlew]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available