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 Limnodromus

Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LimnodromusWied, 1833accepted genus name

Species group names

Scolopax griseus Gmelin, 1789 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: kleine grijze snip sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 English: short-billed dowitcher sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: bécassin à bec court 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: kleiner Schlammläufer; Kurzschnabel-Schlammläufer sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: amerikinis dumblius sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: kortnebbekkasinsnipe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: kortnebbekkasinsnipe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: szlamiec krótkodzioby sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: короткоклювый американский бекасовидный веретенник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: kratkokljuni greznik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: agujeta gris sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Бекас короткодзьобий; короткодзьобий бекас

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

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

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

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

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

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

additional source

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

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158955

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5ba24561-25c4-46b0-b5d1-b0f08461e438

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

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

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