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

Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 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 maritima*	Brünnich, 1764	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Dutch: paarse 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: purple sandpiper sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Purple Sandpiper sources: Charles Hussey

French: bécasseau violet 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: gobadán cosbhuí sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Gobadán cosbhuí

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

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: fjæreplytt sources: Orn. Boreal. p. 54

Norwegian Nynorsk: fjæreplytt sources: Orn. Boreal. p. 54

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: pibydd du

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	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	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 (9 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 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:159052

Drs Cees Roselaar. Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96810