Numenius

Translingual

Numenius americanus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νουμήνιος (noumḗnios, “curlew”).

Proper noun

Numenius m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Scolopacidae – curlews and whimbrels.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Charadriiformes – order; Charadrii - suborder; Scolopacidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Numenius arquata (Eurasian curlew) – type species; Numenius americanus (long-billed curlew), Numenius borealis (Eskimo curlew), Numenius hudsonicus (Hudsonian whimbrel), Numenius madagascariensis (far eastern curlew), Numenius minutus (little curlew), Numenius phaeopus (Eurasian whimbrel, common whimbrel, or white-rumped whimbrel), Numenius tahitiensis (bristle-thighed curlew), Numenius tenuirostris (slender-billed curlew) – other species

References

• Numenius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Numenius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Numenius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN