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 minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

CalidrisMerrem, 1804accepted genus name

Species group names

Tringa minutilla Vieillot, 1819 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: kleinste strandloper
 English: least sandpiper sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 German: Wiesen-Strandläufer sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: חופית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: nykštukinis bėgikas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: biegus karłowaty sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: pritlikavi prodnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: correlimos menudillo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: küçük kum kuşu

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

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

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

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.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159054

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/93d5df14-6c72-4892-b409-4aecd54491cb

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2011-04-27 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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