Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

https://glosbe.com/en/kl/whimbrel

Scientific:
Numenius phaeopus

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
Genus:
Numenius

Danish:  Småspove

Greenlandic: No translation found

Length: 17.3 in (44 cm)

Weight: 10.9-17.4 oz (310-493 g)

Terje Kolaas, XC383662. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/383662

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018). Numenius phaeopus. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=082F3A63A99AEDD4

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

Skeel, Margaret A. and Elizabeth P. Mallory. 1996. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

http://www.jeaniron.ca/Shorebirds/2016/ringedplto.htm

Scientific:
Charadrius hiaticula

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Charadriidae
Genus:
Charadrius

English: Semipalmated Plover

Danish: Stor Præstekrave

Greenlandic: Kudlekaleak, Tuujuk

Size

Length: 6.7-7.5 in (17-19 cm)

Weight: 1.7 oz (47 g)

Fun Fact : To entice prey hidden underground to emerge, the common ringed plover taps its feet on the ground to imitate rainfall.

Karl-Birger Strann, XC401958. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/401958

References:

Avibase The World Bird DataBase (2018). Charadrius hiaticula. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=4C26E81893A42721

Johnsgard, P. A. 1981. The plovers, sandpipers and snipes of the world. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, U.S.A. and London.

Nol, Erica and Michele S. Blanken. 2014. Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.