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

Calidris canutus (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 canutus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

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

Dutch: Ijslandse strandloper; kanoet; kanoetstrandloper 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;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: knot; red knot 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;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Knot; Red Knot sources: Charles Hussey

French: bécasseau maubèche 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.

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

Galician: Cnota

German: Isländischer Strandläufer; Knutt 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;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.

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

Icelandic: raudbrystingur 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: Cnota sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

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

Italian: piovanello tridattilo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Russian: исландский песочник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

Turkish: buyuk kumkusu; büyük kumkuşu; kirmizi goguslu kumkusu; kırmızı göğüslü kumkuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Ісландський побережник; Побережник ісландський; червоний побережник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: pibydd yr aber

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	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

GenBank (94 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (133 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Calidris canutus (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:147433

Drs Cees Roselaar. Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96793