Curlew Sandpiper
Juvenile.
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Genus: Calidris Species: C. ferruginea
Binomial name
Calidris ferruginea Pontoppidan, 1763
Synonyms
Erolia ferruginea Vieillot, 1816 Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn3. ... Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... “Animalia” redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... “Aves” redirects here. ... Families Thinocoridae Pedionomidae Scolopacidae Rostratulidae Jacanidae Chionididae Burhinidae Haematopodidae Recurvirostridae Ibidorhynchidae Charadriidae Pluvianellidae Dromadidae Glareolidae Stercorariidae Rhynchopidae Laridae Sternidae Alcidae Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. ... Genera Actitis Aphriza Arenaria Bartramia Calidris Catoptrophorus Coenocorypha Eurynorhynchus Gallinago Heterosceles Limicola Limnodromus Limosa Limnocryptes Numenius Steganopus Phalaropus Philomachus Prosobonia Scolopax Tringa Tryngites Xenus The Scolopacidae are a large family of waders, (known as shorebirds in North America). ... † see also: wader The calidrids and their allies are a group of Arctic breeding, strongly migratory wading birds. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Erik Pontoppidan (August 24, 1698 in Aarhus - December 20, 1764) was a Danish author, prelate, historian and antiquary. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... In scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different scientific names used for a single taxon. ... Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (May 10, 1748 - 1831) was a French ornithologist. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

The Curlew Sandpiper, Erolia or Calidris ferruginea, is a small wader. It is a fairly unusual species that may be close to the Stilt Sandpiper^{[citation needed]}. DNA sequence data, however, is insufficient to resolve its relationships (Thomas et al., 2004). This matter is of taxonomic relevance, as the Curlew Sandpiper is the original type species of the proposed genus Erolia, and thus a more distant relationship with the small "stint" sandpipers would preclude the use of Erolia for the latter group. Families Scolopacidae Rostratulidae Jacanidae Thinocoridae Pedionomidae Burhinidae Chionididae Pluvianellidae Ibidorhynchidae Recurvirostridae Haematopodidae Charadriidae Dunlin (Calidris alpina). ... Binomial name Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826) The Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus, previously Micropalama himantopus, is a small shorebird. ... part of a DNA sequence A DNA sequence (sometimes genetic sequence) is a succession of letters representing the primary structure of a real or hypothetical DNA molecule or strand, The possible letters are A, C, G, and T, representing the four nucleotide subunits of a DNA strand (adenine, cytosine, guanine... Type specimens When a new species is discovered, more important than creating a new and unique name for the species is developing a reasonably detailed description. ... A stint is one of several very small waders in the genus Calidris, which in North America are known as peeps. ...

This species' breeding habitat is tundra in arctic Siberia. The male performs an aerial display during courtship. They nest on the ground in the tundra, laying 3–4 eggs. In physical geography, tundra is an area where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. ... It has been suggested that Western Siberia be merged into this article or section. ... In physical geography, tundra is an area where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. ...

The Curlew Sandpiper is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australasia. It is a vagrant to North America. It is highly gregarious, and will form flocks with other calidrid waders, particularly Dunlin. Despite its easterly breeding range, this species is regular on passage in western Europe, presumably because of the southwesterly migration route. Flock of Barnacle Geese during autumn migration Many species of birds undertake seasonal journeys of various lengths, a phenomenon known as Bird migration. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Australasia Australasia is a term variably used to describe a region of Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Binomial name Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader. ...

The numbers of this species (and of Little Stint) depend on the population of lemmings. In poor lemming years, predatory species such as skuas and Snowy Owls will take arctic-breeding waders instead. Binomial name Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) The Little Stint, Calidris minuta, is a very small wader. ... Genera Dicrostonyx Lemmus Synaptomys Myopus  * Incomplete listing: see vole Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic, in tundra biomes. ... For other uses: see Skua (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Strix scandiaca Linnaeus, 1758 Nyctea scandiaca Stephens, 1826 The Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) is a large owl of the typical owl family Strigidae. ...

These birds forage in soft mud on marshes and the coast, mainly picking up food by sight. They mostly eat insects and other small invertebrates. “Aves” redirects here. ...

These birds are small waders, only slightly larger than Dunlin at 19.5–21 cm in length, but differ from Dunlin in having a longer down-curved bill, longer neck and legs and a white rump. The breeding adult has patterned dark grey upperparts and brick-red underparts. In winter, this bird is pale grey above and white below, and shows an obvious white supercilium. Juveniles have a grey and brown back, a white belly and a peach-coloured breast. Binomial name Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader. ...

The Curlew Sandpiper is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

This species occasionally hybridizes with the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and the Pectoral Sandpiper, producing the presumed "species" called "Cooper's Sandpiper" ("Calidris" × cooperi) and "Cox's Sandpiper" ("Calidris" × paramelanotos), respectively. // This article is about a biological term. ... Binomial name Calidris acuminata Horsfield, 1821 The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminata, is a small wader. ... Binomial name Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) The Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, is a small wader. ... Hybridisation in shorebirds has been proven on only a small number of occasions; however, many individual shorebirds have been recorded by birdwatchers worldwide which do not fit the characters of known species. ... Coxs Sandpiper Calidris paramelanotos is the name given to a hybrid shorebird, discovered in Australia in the 1950s by ornithologist F. T. H. Smith, and named after fellow Australian ornithologist John B. Cox. ...

References

• BirdLife International (2004). Calidris ferruginea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 09 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
• Thomas, Gavin H.; Wills, Matthew A. & Székely, Tamás (2004): A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny. BMC Evol. Biol. 4: 28. DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-4-28 PDF fulltext Supplementary Material

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