WoRMS taxon details
Calidris Merrem, 1804
- 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 falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
- 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 arenaria accepted as Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
- Species Calidris fusicollis (Vieillot, 1819) accepted as Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) (spelling mistake)
- Species Calidris maculata (Vieillot, 1819) accepted as Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)
- Species Calidris paramelanotos S. A. Parker, 1982 (invalid taxon (Calidris melanotos x C. ferruginea))
- Species Calidris testacea accepted as Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Size: small to medium. Plumage: dull grey or brownish non-breeding plumage; striking breeding plumage; long pointed wings...
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]
WoRMS (2024). Calidris Merrem, 1804. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147432 on 2024-08-19
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Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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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]
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