Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Spitsstertruiter |
Asturian | Mazaricu acuminñu |
Bulgarian | Остроопашат брегобегач |
Catalan | territ acuminat |
Chinese | 尖尾濱鷸 |
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 尖尾濱鷸 |
Chinese (SIM) | 尖尾滨鹬 |
Croatian | oštrorepi žalar |
Czech | jespák klínoocasý |
Danish | Spidshalet Ryle |
Dutch | Siberische Strandloper |
English | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
English (United States) | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
Finnish | suippopyrstösirri |
French | Bécasseau à queue pointue |
French (France) | Bécasseau à queue pointue |
Galician | Pilro acuminado |
German | Spitzschwanz-Strandläufer |
Greek | Οξύουρη Σκαλίδρα |
Hebrew | חופית חדת-זנב |
Hungarian | Hegyesfarkú partfutó |
Icelandic | Ósatíta |
Indonesian | Kedidi ekor-tajam |
Japanese | ウズラシギ |
Korean | 메추라기도요 |
Lithuanian | Smailiauodegis bėgikas |
Mongolian | Сүүл элсэг |
Norwegian | spisshalesnipe |
Polish | biegus ostrosterny |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Pilrito-acuminado |
Romanian | Fugaci cu coadă ascuțită |
Russian | Острохвостый песочник |
Serbian | Sibirska crnogruda sprutka |
Slovak | pobrežník ostrochvostý |
Slovenian | Ostrorepi prodnik |
Spanish | Correlimos Acuminado |
Spanish (Chile) | Playero acuminado |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Playero Coliagudo |
Spanish (Mexico) | Playero de Cola Afilada |
Spanish (Panama) | Playero Acuminado |
Spanish (Spain) | Correlimos acuminado |
Swedish | spetsstjärtad snäppa |
Thai | นกชายเลนกระหม่อมแดง |
Turkish | Kıl Kuyruklu Kumkuşu |
Ukrainian | Побережник гострохвостий |
Revision Notes
Steven G. Mlodinow revised the account. Dave Bakewell and Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page, and Guy M. Kirwan contributed to the Systematics page. Huy Truong updated the distribution map. Otse K. Attah copyedited the draft. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821)
PROTONYM:
Totanus acuminatus
Horsfield, 1821. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1), 13, p.192.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Java.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CALIDRIS
- calidris
- acuminata / acuminatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Scientific name definitions
Steven G. Mlodinow, Guy M. Kirwan, Jan Van Gils, and Popko Wiersma
Version: 2.0 — Published May 31, 2024
Version: 2.0 — Published May 31, 2024