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 himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calidris*	Merrem, 1804	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tringa himantopus*	Bonaparte, 1826	objective synonym
*Micropalama himantopus*	(Bonaparte, 1826)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

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

French: Bécasseau à échasses sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Bindenstrandläufer sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

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

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

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

Swedish: styltsnäppa

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	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.