"Numenius borealis" sunan kimiyya ne ga tsuntsu wanda aka fi sani da "Eskimo curlew." Wani nau'i ne na curlew mai tsayi mai tsayi wanda ke haifuwa a cikin Arctic Kanada da lokacin sanyi a Kudancin Amurka. Kalmar "numenius" ta fito ne daga kalmar Helenanci "neos" ma'ana "sabo" da "mene" ma'ana "wata," wanda zai iya nufin siffar jinjirin lissafin tsuntsaye, yayin da "borealis" yana nufin "arewa" a cikin Latin. Don haka ana iya fassara kalmar nan “Numenius borealis” da “tsuntsu mai siffar sabon wata na arewa.”