Common Names
Common Names in English:
Dunlin
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,180 meters (0 to 10,433 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Calidris
There are approximately 59 species in this genus:
C. acuminata (Siberian Pectoral Sandpiper) · C. alba (Ruddy Plover) · C. alba alba (Ruddy Plover) · C. alba rubida · C. alpina (Black-Bellied Sandpiper) · C. alpina actites · C. alpina alpina (Black-Bellied Sandpiper) · C. alpina arctica (Dunlin) · C. alpina arcticola · C. alpina centralis · C. alpina hudsonia · C. alpina kistchinski · C. alpina pacifica (Dunlin) · C. alpina sakhalina · C. alpina schinzii (Dunlin) · C. arenaria · C. bairdi · C. bairdii (BairdÌs Sandpiper) · C. canutus (Red-Breasted Sandpiper) · C. canutus canutus (Red-Breasted Sandpiper) · C. canutus islandica · C. canutus piersmai · C. canutus rogersi · C. canutus roselaari · C. canutus rufa (Red Knot) · C. canutus rufus · C. cooperi · C. ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper) · C. ferrugineus · C. feruginea (Curlew Sandpiper) · C. fuscicollis (White-Rumped Sandpiper) · C. himantopus (Stilt Sandpiper) · C. maritima (Purple Sandpiper) · C. maritima belcheri · C. maritima littoralis · C. maritima maritima (Purple Sandpiper) · C. mauri (Western Semipalmated Sandpiper) · C. melanotos (Pectoral Sandpiper) · C. minuta (Little Stint) · C. minutilla (Least Or Sandpiper) · C. minutus · C. ptilocnemis (Commander Sandpiper) · C. ptilocnemis couesi (Rock Sandpiper) · C. ptilocnemis ptilocnemis (Pribilof Rock Sandpiper) · C. ptilocnemis quarta (Rock Sandpiper) · C. ptilocnemis tschuktschorum (Rock Sandpiper) · C. pusilla (Semi-Palmated Sandpiper) · C. pusillus · C. ruficoilis · C. ruficolis · C. ruficollis (Rufous-Necked Sandpiper) · C. subminuta (Long-Toed Stint) · C. temminchii · C. temmincki · C. temminckii (Temmincks Stint) · C. temminkii · C. tenuinostris · C. tenuirostris (Eastern Asiatic Knot) · C. testacea
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Further Reading
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. ENG url p. 93.
- Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931- ENG url p. 249, p. 80.
- Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems / [edited by], Edward T. LaRoe [et al.]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, 1995. ENG url p. 63.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 591456
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176663
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13886608
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176663
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNNF11173
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178073
Footnotes
- Mean = 501.020 meters (1,643.766 feet), Standard Deviation = 675.910 based on 5,201 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
