whimbrel

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʍɪmbɹɜl/ (in accents without the wine–whine merger)

Noun

whimbrel (plural whimbrels)

1. A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.
   • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:

     Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

Translations

• French: courlis corlieu
• German: Regenbrachvogel
• Italian: chiurlo piccolo, chiurletto, chiurlotto mezzano
• Portuguese: maçarico-galego
• Russian: сре́дний кроншне́п
• Spanish: zarapito

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