{"id":23787,"date":"2026-09-29T11:49:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23787"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:18:45","slug":"eurasian-whimbrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/eurasian-whimbrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurasian Whimbrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Eurasian Whimbrel Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Eurasian whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) was sighted at Kadalundi-Vallikkunnu Community Reserve of Keralam.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Eurasian Whimbrele<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>wading bird<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the large family <\/span><b>Scolopacidae.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It winters mainly along the coastline, coastal wetlands, mangroves, marshes, and larger rivers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have an extensive range that spans across five continents: <\/span><b>North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>breed in the subarctic regions of Siberia and <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/alaska-peninsula\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alaska<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the summer months before migrating south to wintering grounds in southern USA, Central America, South America, Africa, and South Asia, including Nepal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Features<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a fairly <\/span><b>large greyish-brown bird<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a long, decurved bill with a kink.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a distinct head pattern with dark eye-stripes and crown-sides.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is mottled dark brown above, pale below, with much brown streaking on the throat and breast.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>generally solitary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when nesting, the Whimbrel tends to become gregarious outside of the breeding season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whimbrels are known for <\/span><b>their high-pitched call<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> consisting of a repetitive series of seven notes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This species <\/span><b>feeds by probing soft mud<\/b> <b>for small invertebrates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and by picking small crabs and similar prey off the surface.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status: IUCN Red List:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Least Concern<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/six-years-on-ringed-eurasian-whimbrel-resighted-on-keralam-coast-marked-tibetan-sand-plover-also-recorded\/article71507743.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eurasian Whimbrel is a wading bird in the large family Scolopacidae. 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