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 canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

CalidrisMerrem, 1804accepted genus name

Species group names

Tringa canutus Linnaeus, 1758 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bulgarian: Голям брегобегач sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: Islandsk ryle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: Ijslandse strandloper; kanoet; kanoetstrandloper sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;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: knot; red knot sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264;Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
 French: bécasseau maubèche 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: Isländischer Strandläufer; Knutt sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264;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.
 Greek: Κοκκινοσκαλίδρα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: חופית להקנית; חופית להקנית * sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Icelandic: raudbrystingur sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264
 Italian: piovanello tridattilo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: コオバシギ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: islandinis bėgikas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: polarsnipe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: polarsnipe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: polarsnipe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: biegus rdzawy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: fugaciul mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: исландский песочник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: cnota sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: veliki prodnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: correlimos gordo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: kustsnäppa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: buyuk kumkusu; büyük kumkuşu; kirmizi goguslu kumkusu; kırmızı göğüslü kumkuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Ісландський побережник; Побережник ісландський; червоний побережник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: pibydd yr aber

Literature

basis of record

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147433

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/64a61034-e214-46ab-9d64-c9291cf2bf86

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Occurrence

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2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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