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title: "Hudsonian Whimbrel"
description: "Numenius hudsonicus — Uccelli. The Hudsonian whimbrel or Hudsonian curlew (Numenius hudsonicus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/hudsonian-whimbrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hudsonian Whimbrel

> Numenius hudsonicus — Uccelli. The Hudsonian whimbrel or Hudsonian curlew (Numenius hudsonicus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

- Scientific name: *Numenius hudsonicus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 34489
- Wikidata: [Q50407544](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50407544)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1188213](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1188213)

## Names

- en: Hudsonian Whimbrel
- de: Hudsonbrachvogel
- es: Zarapito Trinador
- fr: Courlis hudsonien

## Countries with the most observations

US (20737), MX (2506), CL (2275), CA (1835), CR (1656), EC (1117), PE (635), PA (611), BR (392), CO (264), SV (178), HN (159)

## Summary

The Hudsonian whimbrel or Hudsonian curlew (Numenius hudsonicus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America.

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

## Photo

![Hudsonian Whimbrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hudsonian-whimbrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Claude Lyneis · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/355800414

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hudsonian-whimbrel?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).