Definition of Totanus calidris. Meaning of Totanus calidris. Synonyms of Totanus calidris

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Definition of Totanus calidris

Totanus calidris
Redshank Red"shank` (r?d"sh?nk`), n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. (b) The fieldfare. 2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. --Spenser.

Meaning of Totanus calidris from wikipedia

- The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa tot****) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae. The common redshank was formally described...
- 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...
- Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris Red knot, Calidris canutus Surfbird, Calidris virgata Ruff, Calidris pugnax Broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus...
- ISBN 0-679-45122-6. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Calidris bairdii. Wikispecies has information related to Calidris bairdii. North American Peeps: A Different...
- 293–315. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Calidris minuta. Wikispecies has information related to Calidris minuta. Little stint species text in The Atlas...
- 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...
- "leg". Within the genus Calidris the rock sandpiper is closely related to the sanderling (Calidris alba) and dunlin (Calidris alpina) and is sister to...
- The dunlin (Calidris alpina) is a small wader in the genus Calidris. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–1532. It...
- are recognised. Within the genus Calidris the curlew sandpiper is most closely related to the stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus). This species occasionally...
- 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...