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

Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)

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 alba*	Pallas, 1764	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gjelaci i rërës 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): sandløper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Dutch: drieteenstrandloper

English: sanderling sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Sanderling sources: Charles Hussey

French: bécasseau sanderling 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.

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

Galician: Luathrán

German: Sanderling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: sandløper sources: Cat. Ois. [Vroeg] Adumbr. p. 7 no. 320

Norwegian Nynorsk: sandløpar sources: Cat. Ois. [Vroeg] Adumbr. p. 7 no. 320

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

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

Romanian: nisipar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

Turkish: ak kum kusu; ak kum kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Песчанка; Побережник білий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: pibydd y tywod

Literature

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	Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
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	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 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 (16 barcodes)
GenBank (15 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764). 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:159084

Drs Cees Roselaar. Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96794