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Calidris

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Calidris is a genus of Arctic-breeding, strongly migratory wading birds in the family Scolopacidae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calidris, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2481739	https://www.gbif.org/species/2481739
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	83484	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83484

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Scolopacidae : Calidris

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
order	Charadriiformes	Huxley 1867
family	Scolopacidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Calidris	Merrem 1804

Scientific Name

Calidris Merrem, 1804

Name Published In

Merrem, Blasius. 1804. Bechsteins Ornithologisches Taschenbuch. Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung 2(168): col.538-542.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Calidris	genus	belongs to Scolopacidae	stated without evidence	Brodkorb, 1955
Calidris	genus	belongs to Scolopacidae	stated with evidence	Clements et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

15 (71%)

First Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine (based on Charadriiformes)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Coelurosauria)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. L. Olson and P. C. Rasmussen. 2001. Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90:233-365

Common Name(s)

オバシギ, Correlimos Oscuro, Pilro Cincento, Territ Fosc, Txirri Iluna, Calidris-vadare, Calidrisvadare, Ob. Calidris, Ob. Calidrisvadare, Stints

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calidris

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Calidris accidentalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calidris acuminata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calidris alba species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Sanderling	3	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris alpina species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Dunlin	2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris bairdii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calidris binagadensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Calidris canutus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Red Knot	6	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris falcinellus species	listed (PBDB)	Broad-billed Sandpiper	2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris ferruginea species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Curlew Sandpiper	1	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris fuscicollis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	White-rumped Sandpiper	2	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris himantopus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Stilt Sandpiper	2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris maritima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calidris mauri species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Western Sandpiper	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris melanotos species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Pectoral Sandpiper	5	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris minuta species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Little Stint	2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris minutilla species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Least Sandpiper	3	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris pacis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Calidris ptilocnemis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calidris pugnax species	listed (PBDB)	Ruff	7	1.81 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris pusilla species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Semipalmated Sandpiper	2	0.30 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris pygmaea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calidris ruficollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calidris subminuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calidris temminckii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Temminck's Stint	1	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Calidris tenuirostris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calidris virgata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ereunetes rayi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Sandpiper	1	10.3 Ma Miocene	10.3 Ma Miocene
Erolia penepusilla ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Micropalama chapmani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Stilt Sandpiper	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Micropalama hesternus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Crocethia	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Scolopacidae : *Crocethia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1789	Calidris Gmelin
1804	Philomachus Merrem
1811	Ereunetes Illeger
1816	Limicola Koch
1858	Micropalama Baird
1933	Micropalama Lambrecht p. 538
1955	Calidris Brodkorb p. 22

Year	Name and Author
1955	Erolia Brodkorb p. 22
1962	Erolia Wetmore p. 10
1963	Ereunetes Brodkorb
1977	Calidris Alvarez p. 217
1979	Micropalama Campbell
2017	Calidris Clements et al.

References

Olson S. L., Rasmussen P. C. (2001) Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90, 233-365

Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024

Brodkorb P. (1955) The avifauna of the Bone Valley Formation, Florida Geological Survey Report of Investigations 14, 1-57

Wetmore A. (1962) Notes on fossil and subfossil birds, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 145 2, 1-17

Brodkorb P. (1963) Fossil birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida, Florida Geological Survey Special Publication 2 4, 1-17

Alvarez R. (1977) A Pleistocene avifauna from Jalisco, Mexico, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan 24 19, 205-220

Campbell K. E. (1979) The non-passerine Pleistocene avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, northwestern Peru, Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contribution 118, 1-203

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). - via World Register of Marine Species

Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. - via World Register of Marine Species

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

BLANCO, J.C. & J.L. GONZÁLEZ (eds.) (1992). Libro Rojo de los Vertebrados de España. ICONA. Madrid...DÍAZ, M., B. ASENSIO & J.L. TELLERÍA (1996) Aves Ibéricas Vol. I. No paseriformes. Reyero edic. Madrid...HAYMAN, P., J. MARCHANT & T. PRATER (1986) Shorebirds: An identification guide to the waders of the world. C. Helm. Londres. - via Inventario Nacional Biodiversidad Especies amenazadas (España)

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