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

- stint, Calidris subminuta Spoon-billed sandpiper, Calidris pygmaea Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis Sanderling, Calidris alba Dunlin, Calidris alpina...
- 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...
- closest relatives are the broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus, and the sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris a****inata. It has no recognised subspecies or...
- The great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) is a small wader. It is the largest species of the genus Calidris. They are a migratory bird which breeds in Siberia...
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Calidris ruficollis. Wikispecies has information related to Calidris ruficollis. Selected red-necked stint images...
- ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) Preening male ruff (Calidris pugnax) A distal right...
- turnstone Arenaria interpres Black turnstone Arenaria melanocephala Red knot Calidris canutus (A) Surfbird Calidris virgata (A) Stilt sandpiper Calidris himantopus...
- 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...
- vanellus Arenaria interpres Calidris a****inata Calidris alpina Calidris canutus Calidris ferruginea Calidris melanotos Calidris minuta Calidris minutilla...
- Turnstones are two bird species that constitute the genus Arenaria in the family Scolopacidae. They are closely related to calidrid sandpipers and might...