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

Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calidris*	Merrem, 1804	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Micropalama himantopus*	(Bonaparte, 1826)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Dutch: steltstrandloper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: Bécasseau à échasses sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Bindenstrandläufer sources: Avibase - the world bird database

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

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

Swedish: styltsnäppa

Literature

basis of record	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	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	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.
additional source	ITIS database

Taxon found in 85 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826). 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:159051