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Sanderling taxonomy
The Scolopacidae is the family of sandpipers, curlews, snipes, sanderlings and turnstones.The family Scolopacidae was first introduced by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (22 October 1783 – 18 September 1840), a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot, in the year 1815.
The family Scolopacidae comprises fifteen genera, including genus Calidris. The genus Calidris is the genus of knots and sanderlings. The genus Calidris comprises twenty-four species, including Calidris alba.
The genus Calidris was first described by Blasius Merrem (4 February 1761 – 23 February 1824), a German naturalist, zoologist, ornithologist, mathematician and herpetologist, in the year 1804.
The species Calidris alba was first described by Peter Simon Pallas FRS FRSE (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811), a Prussian zoologist and botanist, in the year 1764.
The sanderling species Calidris alba is polytypic and comprises two subspecies.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Calidris alba |
| Species: | C. alba |
| Genus: | Calidris |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Sanderling - Calidris alba Image by Hans Hillewaert |
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| 2.Sanderling - Calidris alba Image by Hansueli Krapf |
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| 3.Sanderling - Calidris alba Image by Hans Hillewaert |
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| 4.Sanderling - Calidris alba Image by Dick Daniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) |
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| 5.Sanderling - Calidris alba Image by JJ Harrison |
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| 6.Sanderling - Calidris alba Image by Ianaré Sévi |
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| 7.Sanderling - Calidris alba Image by Hansueli Krapf |
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| 8.Calidris alba Image by Ianaré Sévi |
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| 9.Calidris alba Image by Amada44 |
1.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calidris_alba_(breeding_plumage).jpg (cropped)
Author: Hans Hillewaert | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 11/27/18
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012-01-18_13-07-14_Spain_Canarias_Jand%C3%ADa.jpg (cropped)
Author: Hansueli Krapf | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 11/27/18
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calidris_alba_(adult_summer),_Sanibel_Island,_Florida.jpg (cropped)
Author: Hans Hillewaert | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 11/27/18
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanderling_(Calidris_alba)_RWD3.jpg (cropped)
Author: Dick Daniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 11/27/18
5.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Calidris_alba_-_Laem_Phak_Bia.jpg (cropped)
Author: JJ Harrison | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 11/27/18
6.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calidris_alba_running_5.jpg (cropped)
Author: Ianaré Sévi | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 11/27/18
7.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012-01-18_13-06-17_Spain_Canarias_Jand%C3%ADa.jpg (cropped)
Author: Hansueli Krapf | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 11/27/18
8.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calidris_alba_running_6.jpg (cropped)
Author: Ianaré Sévi | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 11/27/18
9.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calidris_alba_-_6235.jpg (cropped)
Author: Amada44 | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 11/27/18
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