Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (38)
- Monotypic
Laura X. Payne and Elin P. Pierce
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Mazaricu escuru |
| Basque | Txirri iluna |
| Bulgarian | Морски брегобегач |
| Catalan | territ fosc |
| Croatian | morski žalar |
| Czech | jespák mořský |
| Danish | Sortgrå Ryle |
| Dutch | Paarse Strandloper |
| English | Purple Sandpiper |
| English (United States) | Purple Sandpiper |
| Faroese | Grágrælingur |
| Finnish | merisirri |
| French | Bécasseau violet |
| French (France) | Bécasseau violet |
| Galician | Pilro escuro |
| German | Meerstrandläufer |
| Greek | Βραχοσκαλίδρα |
| Hebrew | חופית ימית |
| Hungarian | Tengeri partfutó |
| Icelandic | Sendlingur |
| Italian | Piovanello violetto |
| Japanese | ムラサキハマシギ |
| Latvian | Jūras šņibītis |
| Lithuanian | Jūrinis bėgikas |
| Norwegian | fjæreplytt |
| Polish | biegus morski |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pilrito-escuro |
| Romanian | Fugaci de mare |
| Russian | Морской песочник |
| Serbian | Morska sprutka |
| Slovak | pobrežník morský |
| Slovenian | Morski prodnik |
| Spanish | Correlimos Oscuro |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Playero Oscuro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Correlimos oscuro |
| Swedish | skärsnäppa |
| Turkish | Mor Kumkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Побережник морський |
Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)
PROTONYM:
Tringa maritima
Brünnich, 1764. Ornithologia borealis, sistens collectionem avium ex omnibus, Imperio Danico subjectis (etc.), p.54.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Christianso and Norway.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CALIDRIS
- calidris
- maritima / maritimus
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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
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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