Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Scolopacoidea > Family Scolopacidae

Calidris Merrem, 1804

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821)
Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861)
Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819)
Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826)
Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)
Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857)
Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)
Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)
Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)
Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766)
Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776)
Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853)
Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812)
Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: オバシギ属

Literature

basis of record

Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Calidris Merrem, 1804. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147432

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Calidris Merrem, 1804. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f3a1add4-070f-484e-b235-743a9c7276ee

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147432
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96789

Last modified

2005-03-15 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Simon Claus

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