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

Tringa Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Heteroscelus Baird, 1858 synonym

Children

Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816)
Tringa erythropus (Pallas, 1764)
Tringa flavipes (Gmelin, 1789)
Tringa glareola Linnaeus, 1758
Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, 1789)
Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767)
Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758
Tringa solitaria Wilson, 1813
Tringa stagnatilis (Bechstein, 1803)
Tringa totanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: クサシギ属

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.

basis of record

Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Tringa Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158966

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Tringa Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/03b20b88-80bd-41b9-b797-6081ab84c986

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2018-09-10 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Mark Tasker

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