---
title: "Isabellbrachvogel"
description: "Numenius madagascariensis — Vögel. The Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is a large wader most similar in appearance to the long-billed curlew, but slightly larger."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/far-eastern-curlew
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Isabellbrachvogel

> Numenius madagascariensis — Vögel. The Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is a large wader most similar in appearance to the long-billed curlew, but slightly larger.

- Scientific name: *Numenius madagascariensis*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 4812
- Wikidata: [Q76496](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76496)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3898](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3898)

## Names

- en: Far Eastern Curlew
- de: Isabellbrachvogel
- es: Zarapito Siberiano
- fr: Courlis de Sibérie
- nl: Siberische wulp
- pt: Maçarico-siberiano
- pl: Kulik syberyjski

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2804), RU (344), KR (208), CN (160), TW (128), JP (85), HK (59), ID (51), NZ (44), TL (37), PH (25), TH (21)

## Summary

The Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is a large wader most similar in appearance to the long-billed curlew, but slightly larger. It is mostly brown, differentiated from other curlews by its plain, unpatterned brown underwing, and brown rump. It is not only the largest curlew but probably the world's largest sandpiper, at 60–66 cm (24–26 in) in length and 110 cm (43 in) across the wings. The weight is 390–1,350 g (0.86–2.98 lb), which is equalled by the Eurasian curlew; females are on average about 100 g heavier than males. The extremely long bill, at 12.8–20.1 cm (5.0–7.9 in) in length, rivals the bill…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Eastern_curlew

## Photo

![Isabellbrachvogel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/far-eastern-curlew/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221156482

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/far-eastern-curlew?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).