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 pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calidris*	Merrem, 1804	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tringa pusilla*	Linnaeus, 1766	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: grijze strandloper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Semipalmated Sandpiper sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Довгопалий побережник; Побережник довгопалий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: pibydd llwyd

Literature

basis of record	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	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.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
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.