Whimbrel - Region 8

Migrant Only

Photo by Martin Reid

Whimbrel - Galveston Co., May 4, 2013.

TBRC Documentation by others as follows: (Eurasian) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus phaeopus/variegatus/alboaxillaris) (1). One at Crystal Beach, Galveston, from 29 April - 19 May 2013 TBRC# 2013-37; TPRF 3154). Thought by most to be N.p. phaeopus; first documented record in Texas for this subspecies group. Same bird as below.

Photo by Martin Reid

Whimbrel - Same Eurasian form-bird as below, originally found and photographed by Cameron Cox, photographed six days later. Galveston Co., May 4, 2013.

TBRC Documentation by others as follows: (Eurasian) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus phaeopus/variegatus/alboaxillaris) (1). One at Crystal Beach, Galveston, from 29 April - 19 May 2013 TBRC# 2013-37; TPRF 3154). Thought by most to be N.p. phaeopus; first documented record in Texas for this subspecies group. Same bird as below.

Photo by Cameron Cox

Whimbrel - (Eurasian Whimbrel - N. p. phaeopus/alboaxillaris/variegatus) Galveston Co., April 29, 2013. The first documented Texas record of this subspecies of Whimbrel at Bob Road, Crystal Beach, Texas.

TBRC Documentation as follows: (Eurasian) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus phaeopus/variegatus/alboaxillaris) (1). One at Crystal Beach, Galveston, from 29 April - 19 May 2013 TBRC# 2013-37; TPRF 3154). Thought by most to be N.p. phaeopus; first documented record in Texas for this subspecies group.

Photo by Gary Seloff

Whimbrel - Galveston Co., April 14, 2012

Photo by Joseph Kennedy

Whimbrel - Galveston Co., July 24, 2009