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 Limosa

Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LimosaBrisson, 1760accepted genus name

Species group names

Scolopax haemastica Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: Canadisk kobbersneppe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: rode grutto sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 English: Hudsonian godwit sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: barge hudsonienne sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: Amerikanische Uferschnepfe; Hudsonschnepfe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: アメリカオグロシギ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: kanadinis griciukas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: svartvingespove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: svartvengspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: szlamik amerykański sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: канадский веретенник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: pepelasti kljunač sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: aguja de mar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: hudsonspov sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: çamur 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

King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

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.

additional source

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

additional source

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

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159033

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/24839e18-3d16-4b89-83b2-bf506af47a25

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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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Last modified

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

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