WoRMS taxon details

Calidris Merrem, 1804

147432  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147432)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
  7. Reptilia (Superclass)
  8. Aves (Class)
  9. Charadriiformes (Order)
  10. Scolopacidae (Family)
  11. Calidris (Genus)
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  1. Species Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821)
  2. Species Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
  3. Species Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  4. Species Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861)
  5. Species Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  6. Species Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
  7. Species Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763)
  8. Species Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819)
  9. Species Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826)
  10. Species Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)
  11. Species Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857)
  12. Species Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)
  13. Species Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)
  14. Species Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)
  15. Species Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873)
  16. Species Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766)
  17. Species Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776)
  18. Species Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853)
  19. Species Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812)
  20. Species Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)
  21. Species Calidris arenaria accepted as Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
  22. Species Calidris fusicollis (Vieillot, 1819) accepted as Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) (spelling mistake)
  23. Species Calidris maculata (Vieillot, 1819) accepted as Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)
  24. Species Calidris paramelanotos S. A. Parker, 1982 (invalid taxon (Calidris melanotos x C. ferruginea))
  25. Species Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)
  26. Species Calidris subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) accepted as Tryngites subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819)
  27. 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 2024-05-10
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Claus, Simon

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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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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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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