Species profile—Numenius madagascariensis (eastern curlew)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Scolopacidae (Curlews, Sandpipers, Snipes and Godwits) → Numenius madagascariensis (eastern curlew)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Scolopacidae (Curlews, Sandpipers, Snipes and Godwits)
- Scientific name
- Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Common name
- eastern curlew
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1843
- Alternate name(s)
- sea curlew
far eastern curlew
Australian curlew - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Critically endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1843
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
