Sanderling Calidris alba Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (70)
- Subspecies (2)
R. Bruce Macwhirter, Peter Austin-Smith Jr., and Donald E. Kroodsma
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002
Text last updated January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Drietoonstrandloper |
| Albanian | Gjelëza me tri gishta |
| Arabic | دريجة بيضاء |
| Armenian | Ճերմակ ավազակտցար |
| Asturian | Mazaricu tridñctilu |
| Azerbaijani | Üçbarmaq qumluq cüllütü |
| Basque | Txirri zuria |
| Bulgarian | Трипръст брегобегач |
| Catalan | territ de tres dits |
| Chinese | 三趾濱鷸 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 三趾濱鷸 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 三趾滨鹬 |
| Croatian | bijeli žalar |
| Czech | jespák písečný |
| Danish | Sandløber |
| Dutch | Drieteenstrandloper |
| English | Sanderling |
| English (HAW) | Hunakai - Sanderling |
| English (United States) | Sanderling |
| Faroese | Sandgrælingur |
| Finnish | pulmussirri |
| French | Bécasseau sanderling |
| French (France) | Bécasseau sanderling |
| Galician | Pilro tridáctilo |
| German | Sanderling |
| Greek | Λευκοσκαλίδρα |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Bécassine Blanche |
| Hebrew | חופית לבנה |
| Hungarian | Fenyérfutó |
| Icelandic | Sanderla |
| Indonesian | Kedidi putih |
| Italian | Piovanello tridattilo |
| Japanese | ミユビシギ |
| Korean | 세가락도요 |
| Latvian | Gaišais šņibītis |
| Lithuanian | Smiltinukas |
| Malayalam | തിരക്കാട |
| Mongolian | Гурвалж элсэг |
| Norwegian | sandløper |
| Persian | تلیله سفید |
| Polish | piaskowiec |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pilrito-das-praias |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | maçarico-branco |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pilrito-das-praias |
| Romanian | Nisipar |
| Russian | Песчанка |
| Serbian | Bela sprutka |
| Slovak | pobrežník belavý |
| Slovenian | Peščenec |
| Spanish | Correlimos Tridáctilo |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Playerito Blanco |
| Spanish (Chile) | Playero blanco |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Playero Arenero |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Zarapico blanco |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Playerito Blanquito |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Playero Arenero |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Playerito Blanco |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Playero Blanco |
| Spanish (Panama) | Playero Arenero |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Playerito blanco |
| Spanish (Peru) | Playero Arenero |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Playero Arenero |
| Spanish (Spain) | Correlimos tridáctilo |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Playerito Blanco |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Playero Arenero |
| Swedish | sandlöpare |
| Thai | นกคอสั้นตีนไว |
| Turkish | Ak Kumkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Побережник білий |
| Zulu | umaphithizela |
Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
PROTONYM:
Trynga alba
Pallas, 1764. Adumbratiunculæ. Avium variarum praecedenti elencho insertarum, sed quæ in Systemate Naturæ Illustr. Linnæi nondum extant, p.7 no.320.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Coast of the North Sea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CALIDRIS
- calidris
- alba
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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