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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Charadriiformes > Family: Scolopacidae > Genus: Numenius > Species: Numenius tenuirostris

Slender-billed Curlew - Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot, 1817

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Critically Endangered (IUCN)
EU Population status	Threatened
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 9 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	29 are designated for this species
Wintering habitats	marine inlets and transitional waters wetlands
Natura 2000 species code	A159

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Critically Endangered

Europe

Critically Endangered

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
GR1110006	Greece	DELTA EVROU	Map
GR1130010	Greece	LIMNES VISTONIS, ISMARIS - LIMNOTHALASSES PORTO LAGOS, ALYKI PTELEA, XIROLIMNI, KARATZA	Map
GR1150001	Greece	DELTA NESTOU KAI LIMNOTHALASSES KERAMOTIS KAI NISOS THASOPOULA	Map
GR1220005	Greece	LIMNOTHALASSA ANGELOCHORIOU	Map
GR1220010	Greece	DELTA AXIOU - LOUDIA - ALIAKMONA - ALYKI KITROUS	Map
GR1270004	Greece	LIMNOTHALASSA AGIOU MAMA	Map
GR1270013	Greece	YGROTOPOI NEAS FOKAIAS	Map
GR2120005	Greece	YGROTOPOS EKVOLON KALAMA KAI NISOS PRASOUDI	Map
GR2230001	Greece	LIMNOTHALASSA ANTINIOTI (KERKYRA)	Map
GR2230003	Greece	ALYKI LEFKIMΜIS (KERKYRA)	Map
GR2230007	Greece	LIMNOTHALASSA KORISSION (KERKYRA) KAI NISOS LAGOUDIA	Map
GR2310015	Greece	DELTA ACHELOOU, LIMNOTHALASSA MESOLONGIOU - AITOLIKOU KAI EKVOLES EVINOU, NISOI ECHINADES, NISOS PETALAS, DYTIKOS ARAKYNTHOS KAI STENA KLEISOURAS	Map
GR2440005	Greece	KATO ROUS KAI EKVOLES SPERCHEIOU POTAMOU	Map
GR2540006	Greece	YGROTOPOI EKVOLON EVROTA	Map
GR4210027	Greece	KOS: LIMNI PSALIDI - ALYKI	Map
GR4340020	Greece	LIMNI AGIAS (CHANIA)	Map
IT3320037	Italy	Laguna di Marano e Grado	Map
IT3330005	Italy	Foce dell'Isonzo - Isola della Cona	Map
IT51A0011	Italy	Padule di Diaccia Botrona	Map
IT51A0026	Italy	Laguna di Orbetello	Map
IT51A0036	Italy	Pianure del Parco della Maremma	Map
BG0000270	Bulgaria	Atanasovsko ezero	Map
IT9110015	Italy	Duna e Lago di Lesina - Foce del Fortore	Map
IT9110037	Italy	Laghi di Lesina e Varano	Map
IT9110005	Italy	Zone umide della Capitanata	Map
BG0000242	Bulgaria	Zaliv Chengene skele	Map
IT9110038	Italy	Paludi presso il Golfo di Manfredonia	Map
ROSPA0031	Romania	Delta Dunării și Complexul Razim - Sinoie	Map
BG0000271	Bulgaria	Mandra - Poda	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex I: migratory species which are endangered and must be protected by Parties	http://www.cms.int/
	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement.
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (AEWA)	Annex II: Waterbird species to which the Agreement applies	http://www.migratoryspecies....ent/about-cms-family http://www.unep-aewa.org/en/legalinstrument/aewa
Memorandum of Understanding concerning Conservation Measures for the Slender-billed Curlew - under Bonn Convention (SbCurlew)	Numenius tenuirostris	http://www.cms.int/slender-billed-curlew/
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	Annex I: species threatened with extinction which are or may be affected by trade. Trade in specimens of these species must be subject to particularly strict regulation in order not to endanger further their survival and must only be authorized in exceptional circumstances.	http://www.cites.org/eng
Commission regulation (EU) No 1320/2014, of 1 December 2014, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (EU regulation of trade of fauna and flora)	Annex A includes: All CITES Appendix I species, except where EU Member States have entered a reservation; Some CITES Appendix II and III species, for which the EU has adopted stricter domestic measures; Some non-CITES species	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...s/legislation_en.htm
Barcelona Convention Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA/BD Protocol)	Annex II: Endangered or threatened species that the Parties shall manage with the aim of maintaining them in a favourable state of conservation. They shall ensure their maximum possible protection and recovery.	http://rac-spa.org/protocol http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Chiurlottello	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Courlis à bec grêle	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Dunbekwulp	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Dünnschnabel-Brachvogel	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Dünnschnabelbrachvogel	German	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Kaitanokkakuovi	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Koliha velká	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kulik cienkodzioby	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Maçarico-de-bico-fino	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Siperiankuovi	Finnish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Slender-billed Curlew	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Smalnäbbad spov	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Tyndnæbbet spove	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Vekonyscörü póling	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Zarapito Fino	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

Bird action plan
CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EURing code:05400	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Species+	Species+ by UNEP-WCMC
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

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