Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Scolopacidae > Genus Calidris

Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Tringa Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calidris*	Merrem, 1804	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tringa alpina*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective 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.

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

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

English-United States: Dunlin sources: Charles Hussey

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.

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

Galician: Breacóg

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

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

Irish: Breacóg sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: myrsnipe sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 149

Norwegian Nynorsk: myrsnipe sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 149

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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: 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

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	ITIS database
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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	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	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	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	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications)
GenBank (109 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159047

Drs Cees Roselaar. Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96811