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

Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)

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 melanotos*	Vieillot, 1819	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

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

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

English-United States: Pectoral Sandpiper sources: Charles Hussey

French: bécasseau de tacheté 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.

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: alaskasnipe sources: Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. 34 p. 462

Norwegian Nynorsk: alaskasnipe sources: Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. 34 p. 462

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Дутиш; Дутыш; Побережник арктичний sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: pibydd cain

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	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	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 (9 barcodes)
GenBank (340 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Calidris melanotos. 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:159053

Drs Cees Roselaar. Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96807