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 > Genus Calidris

Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calidris*	Merrem, 1804	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tringa alba*	Pallas, 1764	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gjelaci i rërës sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Трипръст брегобегач sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: sandløber sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: drieteenstrandloper

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

French: bécasseau sanderling sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Sanderling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Λευκοσκαλίδρα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: חופית לבנה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ミユビシギ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: smiltinukas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sandløper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: sandløpar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: piaskowiec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: nisipar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: luathrán sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: peščenec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: correlimos tridáctilo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: sandlöpare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: ak kum kusu; ak kum kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Песчанка; Побережник білий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: pibydd y tywod

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
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additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
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