Species profile—Numenius madagascariensis (eastern curlew)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Scolopacidae (sandpipers, snipes and allies) → Numenius madagascariensis (eastern curlew)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Scolopacidae (sandpipers, snipes and allies)
- 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
- CR
- 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 4.0.
https://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.
