MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Calidris Merrem, 1804

WoRMS taxon details

Calidris Merrem, 1804

AphiaID

147432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147432)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825

Direct children (25)

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Species Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821)
Species Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
Species Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861)
Species Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Species Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Species Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819)
Species Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826)
Species Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)
Species Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857)
Species Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)
Species Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)
Species Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)
Species Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873)
Species Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776)
Species Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853)
Species Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812)
Species Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)
Species Calidris arenaria accepted as Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
Species Calidris fusicollis (Vieillot, 1819) accepted as Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) (spelling mistake)
Species Calidris maculata (Vieillot, 1819) accepted as Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)
Species Calidris paramelanotos S. A. Parker, 1982 (invalid taxon (Calidris melanotos x C. ferruginea))
Species Calidris testacea accepted as Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Size: small to medium. Plumage: dull grey or brownish non-breeding plumage; striking breeding plumage; long pointed wings...

Description Size: small to medium. Plumage: dull grey or brownish non-breeding plumage; striking breeding plumage; long pointed wings with a white bar in spread wing; square tail with slightly longer middle rectrices. Other characters: legs short, most with small hind toes; females slightly larger than males usually with somewhat longer bill. <389> [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Calidris Merrem, 1804. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147432 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-15 08:44:51Z

created

Claus, Simon

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