Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Numenius [phaeopus or hudsonicus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other related concepts

• Numenius [phaeopus x tenuirostris] (hybrid)
• Numenius [phaeopus or arquata] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Kleinwulp, Kleinwulp (Witkruis)
Arabic: كروان الغيط الصغير, كروان الغيط الصغير رهيز, كروان الماء صغير, كروان الماء صغير (ابيض الردف)
Asturian: Algaraván Marciegu, Algaraván Piqueñu, Algaraván xiblador, Algaraván xiblador (triba phaeopus)
Azerbaijani: ortaboy əyridimdik, Ortaboy əyridimdik (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus yarımnövü), Ortaboy kronşnep
Bashkir: ваҡ ҡупырсыҡ, кәйөлдөр, һаҙ көйөлдөһө
Belarusian: Cярэднi кулён, Кулён сярэдні, Сярэднi кулён, Сярэдні кулён
Bulgarian: Малък свирец, Малък свирец (ssp. phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus)
Bengali: নাটা গুচরন্দা , নাটা গুলিন্দা
Bengali (transliteration): nāṭā gulindā
Breton: Ar c'hefeleg-mae, Kefeleg-Mae
Catalan: Curlera cantaire, Polit cantaire, Pòlit cantaire, Pòlit cantaire (grup phaeopus)
Catalan (Balears): Curlera cantaire
Montenegrin: srednja carska šljuka, средња царска шљука
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): средња царска шљука
Czech: Koliha malá, koliha malá (ssp. phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), koliha malá eurosibiřská/alboaxillaris/východosibiřská
Chuvash: вăтам пĕкĕсăмса
Welsh: Coeg gylfinhir, Coeg-gylfinir, Coegyfinir, Coegylfinir
Danish: Lille regnspove, Småspove, Småspove, Hvidgumpet (ssp. phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus)
German: Regenbrachvogel, Regenbrachvogel (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Regenbrachvogel-phaeopus
Divehi: Bulhithunbi
Greek: Θαλασσομπεκάτσα, Σιγλίγoυρoς, Σιγλίγουρος, Σιγλίγουρος (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus)
Greek (Cypriot): Θαλασσομπεκάτσα
English: Common Whimbrel, Curlew, Eurasian Whimbrel, Western Whimbrel, Whimbrel, Whimbrel (White-rumped)
[ENAV]: Eurasian Whimbrel
English, HBW: Whimbrel (White-rumped)
[ENHK]: Eurasian Whimbrel
English (IOC): Eurasian Whimbrel, Eurasian Whimbrel (White-rumped), Whimbrel (White-rumped)
English (Kenya): Whimbrel
English (United States): Eurasian Whimbrel, Whimbrel (White-rumped)
English (South Africa): Eurasian Whimbrel (White-rumped)
Esperanto: eta kurlo, malgranda kurlo
Spanish: Playero pico curvo, Playero Picocorvo, Playero trinador, Zarapito, Zarapito de Hudson, Zarapito Real, Zarapito Trinador, Zarapito Trinador (grupo phaeopus)
Spanish (Argentine): Playero trinador, Playero Trinador (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Playero Trinador Eurasiático
Spanish (Chile): Zarapito, Zarapito común (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus)
Spanish (Colombia): Zarapito Trinador
Spanish (Costa Rica): Zarapito Trinador, Zarapito Trinador (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Zarapito Trinador Oriental
Spanish (Cuba): Zarapico Pico Cimitarra Chico, Zarapico pico cimitarra chico (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Zarapico Pico Cimitarra Chico Euroasiático
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Zarapito Trinador
Spanish (Ecuador): Zarapito Trinador (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Zarapito Trinador Eurasiático
Spanish (Spain): Zarapito Trinador, Zarapito trinador (grupo phaeopus), Zarapito Trinador [Grupo phaeopus], Zarapito trinador euroasiático
Spanish (Honduras): Playero pico curvo, Zarapito Trinador (grupo phaeopus)
Spanish (Mexico): zarapito trinador, Zarapito Trinador (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Zarapito Trinador Euroasiático
Spanish (Nicaragua): Zarapito Trinador
Spanish (Panama): Zarapito Trinador, Zarapito Trinador (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Zarapito Trinador Eurasiático
Spanish (Peru): Zarapito de Eurasia, Zarapito Trinador, Zarapito Trinador (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus)
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Playero Picocorvo, Playero Picocorvo [grupo phaeopus]
Spanish (Paraguay): Playero trinador
Spanish (Uruguay): Chorlo Trinador, Playero Trinador, Playero Trinador (Subesp. phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Playero Trinador Euroasiático
Spanish (Venezuela): Chorlo Real, Chorlo Real [grupo phaeopus]
Estonian: Väikekoovitaja
Basque: Kurlinka bekainduna, Kurlinta bekaindun, Kurlinta bekainduna, Kurlinta bekainduna (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Polit cantaire
Persian: گیلانشاه ابروسفید, گیلانشاه ابروسفید (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus)
Finnish: Pikkukuovi, pikkukuovi (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus)
Faroese: Spógvi
French: Courlis corlieu, Courlis corlieu (groupe phaeopus), Courlis corlieu (phaeopus, alboaxillaris ou variegatus), Courlis corlieu (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Courlis hudsonien, Petit courlis
[FRFR]: Courlis corlieu
French (Guyane): Corlieu, Courlis corlieu (groupe phaeopus)
Friulian: arcazûl
Frisian: Wetterwylp
Irish: Crotach Eanaigh, Crotach shamhraidh
Gaelic: Eun Bealltainn
Galician: Mazarico chiador, Mazarico chiador (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Polit cantaire
Guarani: Chululu
Gujarati: નાની ખલિલી
Manx: Crottag houree
Hebrew: חרמשון קטן, חרמשון קטן (לבן שת - קבוצה אירואסייתית), חרמשון קטן/חרמשון אמריקאי
Croatian: Pozviždač jatar, Prugasti Pozviždac, Prugasti Pozviždač
Haitian Creole: Kouli
Hungarian: Kis póling
Armenian: [Mijin Kronshnep/Arorik ], Միջին Արորիկ, Միջին արորիկ (Սպիտակատուտ), Միջին Կրոնշնեպ/Արորիկ
Indonesian: Burung Gajahan Penggala, Gajahan pengala, Gajahan Penggala, Gajahan penggala (grup phaeopus), Kololi
Icelandic: Spói, Spói (phaeopus/alboaxillaris)
Italian: Chiurlo piccolo, Chiurlo piccolo (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus)
Japanese (romaji): chū shaku-shigi, chu-shaku-shigi, Chushaku-shigi, chuushakushigi, Chuushaku-shigi, chuushakushigi (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus)
Japanese: チュウシャクシギ, チュウシャクシギ (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), チュウシャクシギ（phaeopus／alboaxillaris／variegatus）
Japanese (Kanji): 中杓鴫, 中杓鷸
Georgian: საშუალო კრონშნეპი
Kara-Kalpak: балықшы
Mongolian, Halh: бичилхэн тутгалжин, хурган тутгалжин
Khakas: Орта көгiлбей
Kazakh: Қасқа шалшықшы, орташа шалшықшы
Kazakh (Transliteration): qasqa şalşıqşı
Greenlandic: Saarfaarsussuaq
Kannada: ಕಡಲುಗೊರವ
Korean: 중부리도요
Korean (Transliteration): jung-buri-doyo
North Karelian: pienišuovikli
Cornish: Cok-gelvynak
Kirghiz: кадимки төөчулдук, орточо төөчулдук
Scientific: Numenius minor, Numenius phaeopus, Numenius phaeopus [phaeopus Group], Numenius phaeopus phaeopus, Numenius phaeopus phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus, Phaeopus phaeopus, Podiceps gadowi, Scolopax phaeopus
Luxembourgish: Klenge Broochvull , Reebrochvull
Lithuanian: Mažoji kuolinga, Vidutine kuolinga, Vidutinė kuolinga, Vidutinioji kuolinga
Latvian: Kulainis, Lietuvainis, Mazā kronšnepe, Mazais kuilis, Vidējā kuitala
Malagasy: Kiokioka, Kiokoika, Mantazazana
Macedonian: шарен српоклун свиркач
Malayalam: തെറ്റിക്കൊക്കന്‍ 
Mongolian: бичилхэн тутгалжин, Бэсрэг тутгалжин, хурган тутгалжин
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠪᠡᠰᠡᠷᠡᠭ ᠲᠣᠲᠣᠭᠣᠯᠵᠢᠨ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠪᠡᠰᠡᠷᠡᠭ ᠲᠣᠲᠣᠭᠣᠯᠵᠢᠨ
Mongolian (Transliteration): besreg tutg aljiŋ
Moldavian: Culic mic
Malay: Burung Kedidi Pisau Raut, Burung Kendi Pisau Raut, Kendi Gajah Erasia, Kendi Pisau Raut
Maltese: Gurlin Sekond, Gurlin Żgħir
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): бичилхэн тутгалжин
Nepali: सानो आ“सीठू“डे
Dutch: Regenwulp
Norwegian: Heispove, Småspove, småspove (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus)
Punjabi: ਛੋਟਾ ਗੁਲਿੰਦਾ
Polish: kulik mniejszy, kulik mniejszy (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Szlamnik
Pinyin: zhōng sháo-yù
Portuguese: batuíra-de-bico-torto, maçaricão, maçarico galega, Macarico galego, maçarico-de-bico-torto, Macarico-galego, Maçarico-galego, maçarico-real, maria-rita
[PTAO]: Maçarico-galego (grupo phaeopus)
Portuguese (Brazil): batuíra-de-bico-torto, maçaricão, maçarico-de-bico-torto, macarico-galego, maçarico-galego, maçarico-galego/maçarico-de-bico-torto (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), maçarico-real, maria-rita
Portuguese (Portugal): Maçarico-galego, maçarico-galego (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), maçarico-galego-eurasiático
Rhaeto-Romance: Fliaun pitschen
Romanian: Culic mic
Romance (Other): Fliaun pitschen
Russian: Cредний кроншнеп, Кроншнеп средний, Средний кроншнеп, Средний кроншнеп (белопоясный)
Yakut: хонуу дьиэрэҥэ
Scots: little whaup, Mey-bird, peerie whaup, tang-whaup
Northern Sami: Guškkástat
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Wimburali Kalikaya
Slovak: hvizdá, Hvizdák malý, hvizdák malý (bielokostrčový), Hvizdák pásavohlahý, Hvizdák pásavohlavý
Slovenian: mali škurh, Mali škurh (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus)
Albanian: Kojliku mesatar, Kojliku mesatar [grup phaeopus]
Serbian: Mala carska šljuka, Mala carska šljuka (neodređena phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Mala carska šljuka (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), zlatovremenica, zlovremenica srednja, Пругаста златовременица, Средња златовременица
Swedish: Småspov, småspov (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus)
Swahili: Membe Sautisaba
Tamil: Kottan
Telugu: పెద్ద ఉల్లంకి
Tajik: кӯрпатаки миѐна
Thai: นกอีก๋อยเล็ก, นกอีก๋อยเล็ก (ตะโพกขาว)
Thai (Transliteration): nók ii-kŏaay lék
Turkmen: orta ýylkyçy
Turkish: sürmeli kervan çulluğu, Sürmeli kervançulluğu, Sürmelı Kervançulluğu, Sürmeli kervançulluğu (phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus), Sürmeli Kervançulluşu, Yağmur Kervançulluğu, Қасқа шалшықшы
Tatar: уртача зурлыктагы шөлди , уртача кроншнеп
Tuvinian: Безерек даргый
Ukrainian: Кульон середній , Кульон середній [група phaeopus], Середній кроншнеп
Uzbek: ўртача узунбурун, ўртача узунбурун балчиқчи
Vietnamese: Chim Choắt mỏ cong bé, Choắt mỏ cong bé
Xhosa: Ingoyi-ngoyi
Chinese: [zhong shao-yu], 中杓鷸, 中杓鹬, 中杓鹬（白腰）
[ZHHK]: 中杓鷸
Chinese (Traditional): 中杓鷸, 中杓鷸(白腰群)
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 中杓鷸
Chinese (Taiwan): [zhong shao-yu], 中杓鷸, 中杓鹬
Zulu: unokhifi