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 maritima (Brünnich, 1764)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calidris*	Merrem, 1804	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tringa maritima*	Brünnich, 1764	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: paarse strandloper sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: purple sandpiper sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: bécasseau violet 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: Meer-Strandläufer sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: pibydd du

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	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	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
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	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
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	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 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.