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From Ancient Greek νουμήνιος (noumḗnios, “curlew”).
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Scolopacidae – curlews and whimbrels.
- (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
- (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