European Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) phaeopus    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Aves   >   Order Charadriiformes   >   Family Scolopacidae   >   Genus Numenius   

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European Whimbrel in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/17/2011). (c) Birder20714, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

One of Maryland's few records of European Whimbrel (left) on Assateague Island (4/11/2011). Note the white wedge on the rump, which separates it from "American" (or "Hudsonian") Whimbrel. Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

A European Whimbrel (middle) on Assateague Island, Maryland (4/11/2011). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Documentation photos of Maryland's first European Whimbrel, photographed at the Tydings mudflats, Harford and Cecil Counties, Maryland (5/21/2006). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)


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