WoRMS taxon details
Calidris Merrem, 1804
AphiaID: 147432
AphiaID: 147432
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Scolopacidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Scolopacidae | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821) Species Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) Species Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861) Species Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) Species Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) Species Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826) Species Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) Species Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857) Species Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) Species Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) Species Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) Species Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) Species Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766) Species Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) Species Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853) Species Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812) Species Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821) Species Calidris fusicollis (Vieillot, 1819) accepted as Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) Species Calidris paramelanotos S. A. Parker, 1982 (unaccepted, invalid taxon (Calidris melanotos x C. ferruginea)) | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: small to medium. Plumage: dull grey or brownish non-breeding plumage; striking breeding plumage; long pointed wings with a white bar in spread wing; square tail with slightly longer middle rectrices. Other characters: legs short, most with small hind toes; females slightly larger than males usually with somewhat longer bill. <389> [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147432 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Calidris Merrem, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147432 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||
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