Definition of Calidris arenaria. Meaning of Calidris arenaria. Synonyms of Calidris arenaria

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Definition of Calidris arenaria

Calidris arenaria
Sanderling San"der*ling, n. [Sand + -ling. So called because it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the seashore.] (Zo["o]l.) A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.

Meaning of Calidris arenaria from wikipedia

- Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris Red knot, Calidris canutus Surfbird, Calidris virgata Ruff, Calidris pugnax Broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus...
- The spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) is a small wader which breeds on the coasts of the Bering Sea and winters in Southeast Asia. This species...
- related to Calidris alpina. Wikispecies has information related to Calidris alpina. BirdLife species factsheet for Calidris alpina "Calidris alpina". Avibase...
- Turnstones are two bird species that comprise the genus Arenaria in the family Scolopacidae. They are closely related to calidrid sandpipers and might...
- The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small cosmopolitan wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified...
- The red knot or just knot (Calidris canutus) is a medium-sized s****bird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe...
- The sanderling (Calidris alba) is a small wading bird. The name derives from Old English sand-yrðling, "sand-ploughman". The genus name is from Ancient...
- closest relatives are the broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus, and the sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris a****inata. It has no recognised subspecies or...
- are recognised. Within the genus Calidris the curlew sandpiper is most closely related to the stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus). This species occasionally...
- related to Calidris melanotos. Wikispecies has information related to Calidris melanotos. BirdLife species factsheet for Calidris melanotos "Calidris melanotos"...