Species profile
Numenius gendrei
Numenius gendrei
Quick answer
Type host. African jacana, Actophilornis africanus (Gmelin) (Charadriiformes: Jacanidae); given as Arctophilornis africana in the original description. Type locality. French Guinea, western Africa. Previously proposed synonym. Cyclocoelum obscurum of Joyeux & Baer (1927) — Dubois (1959).
- Scientific name
- Numenius gendrei
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Numenius
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