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Numenius hudsonicus

Latham, 1790

Hudsonian Whimbrel

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.793078
Element CodeABNNF07022
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyScolopacidae
GenusNumenius
Synonyms
Numenius phaeopus hudsonicusLatham, 1790
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Taxonomic Comments
Taxon hudsonicus (polytypic, including rufiventris) is treated as a species separate from Numenius phaeopus based on morphology and deep genomic DNA divergence (McLaughlin et al. 2020, Gill et al. 2023, Tan et al. 2023, AviList 2025, Skeel et al. 2025). However, vocalizations seem similar, and a formal bioacoustic analysis is lacking (AviList 2025).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN3B,N4M
ProvinceRankNative
Island of NewfoundlandS2MYes
Northwest TerritoriesS3Yes
NunavutS3BYes
Yukon TerritoryS3BYes
British ColumbiaS1B,SNRMYes
AlbertaSUMYes
ManitobaS3BYes
OntarioS3B,S4MYes
LabradorS3MYes
QuebecS3MYes
SaskatchewanS4MYes
Nova ScotiaS2MYes
New BrunswickS3MYes
Prince Edward IslandS2MYes
United StatesNNRB,NNRN
ProvinceRankNative
WashingtonS3NYes
MaineS2NYes
MontanaSNAYes
MassachusettsS3NYes
VirginiaSNAYes
MarylandS2MYes
New YorkSNRNYes
South CarolinaS2NYes
Navajo NationS2MYes
NebraskaSNRNYes
OklahomaS1NYes
MichiganSNRNYes
TexasS4Yes
ConnecticutSNAYes
MinnesotaSNRMYes
FloridaS2NYes
IowaS1NYes
AlaskaSNRBYes
AlabamaS3NYes
District of ColumbiaS1NYes
LouisianaS3MYes
KansasS2NYes
WyomingS4NYes
North CarolinaSNAYes
WisconsinSNAYes
New JerseyS4NYes
Rhode IslandS3NYes
UtahSNAYes
IdahoSNAYes
CaliforniaSNRNYes
ArizonaS2MYes
NevadaSNAYes
PennsylvaniaS2MYes
MissouriSNAYes
MississippiSNAYes
OhioSNAYes
DelawareS1MYes
OregonSNAYes
New HampshireSNAYes
GeorgiaS3Yes
ColoradoSNAYes
References (8)
  1. American Ornithological Society (AOS). Chesser, R. T., S. M. Billerman, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, B. E. Hernández-Baños, R. A. Jiménez, A. W. Kratter, N. A. Mason, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., D. F. Stotz, and K. Winker. 2022. Sixty-third Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds. Ornithology 139:1-13.
  2. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in <i>The Auk</i>]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
  3. AviList Core Team. 2025. AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025. https://doi.org/10.2173/avilist.v2025
  4. Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v13.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1.
  5. McLaughlin, J. F., B. C. Faircloth, T. C. Glenn, and K. Winker. 2020. Divergence, gene flow, and speciation in eight lineages of trans-Beringian birds. Molecular Ecology 29(18):3526-3542.
  6. Skeel, M. A., E. P. Mallory, and P. Pyle. 2025. Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman and M. G. Smith, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whimbr3.01
  7. Tan, H. Z., E. Ying Xin Ng, Q. Tang, G. A. Allport, J. Jansen, P. S. Tomkovich, and F. E. Rheindt. 2019. Population genomics of two congeneric Palaearctic shorebirds reveals differential impacts of Quaternary climate oscillations across habitats types. Scientific Reports 9(1):18172.
  8. Tan, H. Z., J. JFJ Jansen, G. A. Allport, K. M. Garg, B. Chattopadhyay, M. Irestedt, S. EH Pang, G. Chilton, C. Yin Gwee, and F. E. Rheindt. 2023. Megafaunal extinctions, not climate change, may explain Holocene genetic diversity declines in Numenius shorebirds. Elife 12:e85422.