Hudsonian Whimbrel Images

Hudsonian Whimbrel Images, Facts and Information:

Changed from Whimbrel to Hudsonian Whimbrel in October 2025
Numenius hudsonicus used to be Numenius phaeopus

• Hudsonian Whimbrels are large shorebirds with long legs, necks and long decurved bills, they are streaky and buffy with a light stripe in their crowns.
• Hudsonian Whimbrels are migratory and are one of the most wide-ranging shorebirds. They breed in the Arctic of the eastern hemisphere. They migrate to South America.
• Hudsonian Whimbrels are long distance fliers and can fly as far as 2,500 miles without stopping.
• Hudsonian Whimbrels breed in a variety of habitats including tundra, prairies, shorelines, marshes, beaches and fields. Winter habitat includes tidal flats and shorelines.
• The diet of Hudsonian Whimbrels includes snails, insects, slugs, worms, mollusks, shrimp and crabs.
• Hudsonian Whimbrels lay 2 to 5 eggs which hatch in 28 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
• A group of sandpipers can be called a “fling”, “hill”, “bind”, “contradiction” or a “time-step” of sandpipers.
• Whimbrels can live up to 20 years.

I hope you enjoy viewing my Hudsonian Whimbrel photos.