WoRMS taxon details
Limosa Brisson, 1760
Rusticola Houttuyn in Nozeman, 1770 · unaccepted
- Species Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Limosa laponica (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Brisson, M.-J.; Dwight, J.; Laetvaerennydt; Martinet, F. N.; Tucker, M. B.; Vaernewyck. (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés : a laquelle on a joint une description exacte de chaque espece, avec les citations des auteurs qui en ont traité, les noms quils leur ont donnés, ceux que leur ont donnés les différentes nations, & les noms vulgaires. 5: 1-544., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36294288
page(s): 262 [details]
page(s): 262 [details]
Description Size: medium large. Plumage: non-breeding grey; breeding darker above, rich chestnut below. Other characters: female larger...
Description Size: medium large. Plumage: non-breeding grey; breeding darker above, rich chestnut below. Other characters: female larger than male; bill very long and recurved, longer in female; legs long, feet with small hind toe and small webs between middle and outer toes. <389> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Limosa Brisson, 1760. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158963 on 2024-08-22
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original description
Brisson, M.-J.; Dwight, J.; Laetvaerennydt; Martinet, F. N.; Tucker, M. B.; Vaernewyck. (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés : a laquelle on a joint une description exacte de chaque espece, avec les citations des auteurs qui en ont traité, les noms quils leur ont donnés, ceux que leur ont donnés les différentes nations, & les noms vulgaires. 5: 1-544., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36294288
page(s): 262 [details]
basis of record Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): 262 [details]
basis of record Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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From other sources
Description Size: medium large. Plumage: non-breeding grey; breeding darker above, rich chestnut below. Other characters: female larger than male; bill very long and recurved, longer in female; legs long, feet with small hind toe and small webs between middle and outer toes. <389> [details]
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Japanese | オグロシギ属 | [details] |