Little curlew

(Numenius minutus)

Description

The little curlew (Numenius minutus) is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae.It is a very small curlew,which breeds in the far north of Siberia.It is closely related to the North American Eskimo curlew.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Aves

Order:Charadriiformes

Family:Scolopacidae

Genus:Numenius

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