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Species profile—Numenius minutus (little curlew)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Scolopacidae (sandpipers, snipes and allies) → Numenius minutus (little curlew)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Scolopacidae (sandpipers, snipes and allies)
Scientific name
Numenius minutus Gould, 1841
Common name
little curlew
WildNet taxon ID
1844
Alternate name(s)
little whimbrel
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
SL
Conservation significant
Yes
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine & Terrestrial

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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=1844.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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