Calidris
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Calidris ferruginea
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καλίδρις (kalídris), variation of σκαλίδρις (skalídris), a term used by Aristotle for a grey-coloured bird found at the waterside.
Proper noun
Calidris f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Scolopacidae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Charadriiformes - order; Charadrii - suborder; Scolopacidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Calidris canutus (red knot) - type species; Calidris maritima (purple sandpiper), Calidris bairdii (Baird's sandpiper), Calidris ruficollis (red-necked stint), Calidris alba, Calidris minuta (little stint), Calidris temminckii (Temminck's stint), Calidris melanotos (pectoral sandpiper), Calidris himantopus (stilt sandpiper), Calidris fuscicollis (white-rumped sandpiper), Calidris pusilla (semipalmated sandpiper), Calidris minutilla (least sandpiper), Calidris alpina (dunlin), Calidris tenuirostris (great knot), Calidris ferruginea (curlew sandpiper), Calidris acuminata (sharp-tailed sandpiper), Calidris ptilocnemis (rock sandpiper), Calidris mauri (western sandpiper), Calidris subminuta (long-toed stint) - other species
References
Calidris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Calidris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Calidris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
