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 alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calidris*	Merrem, 1804	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tringa alpina*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Children

Calidris alpina schinzii Brehm, C.L., 1822

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gjelaci barkzi; gjelëza gushëzezë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Тъмногръд брегобегач sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: bonte strandloper sources: 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: dunlin; Lapland dunlin sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);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

French: bécasseau de Laponie; bécasseau variable 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;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: Alpenstrandläufer; Alpen-Strandläufer 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

Greek: Λασποσκαλίδρα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: חופית אלפינית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Icelandic: heidarlaupa 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

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

Lithuanian: juodakrūtis bėgikas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Polish: biegus zmienny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: fugaci de ţărm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: breacóg sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: spremenljivi prodnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: correlimos común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: kärrsnäppa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: karakarinli kumkusu; karakarınlı Kumkuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Побережник чорногрудий; Чорногрудий побережник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: pibydd y mawn

Literature

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