Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Pers-/Rotsstrandloper
Asturian: Mazaricu de Pedreu
Azerbaijani: Dəniz/Tüklüayaq qum cüllütü
Belarusian: Марскі пясочнік
Bulgarian: Берингов / Морски брегобегач
Breton: Ar sourouc'han du
Catalan: Territ fosc, territ fosc/roquer
Catalan (Balears): Corriol fosc
Catalan, Valencian: Territ variant
Czech: jespák mořský, jespák mořský/pobřežní
Welsh: Pibydd du
Danish: Beringsryle/Sortgrå Ryle, Sortgrå Ryle, Vintersneppe
German: Bering-/Meerstrandläufer, Meerstrandläufer, See-Strandläufer
Greek: Βραχοσκαλίδρα
English: Purple or Rock Sandpiper, Purple Sandpiper, Purple/Rock Sandpiper, Rock Sandpiper, Rock/Purple Sandpiper
[ENAV]: Purple/Rock Sandpiper
English (United Kingdom): Purple Sandpiper
English, HBW: Rock/Purple Sandpiper
English (IOC): Rock/Purple Sandpiper
English (United States): Rock/Purple Sandpiper
Esperanto: markalidro
Spanish: Correlimos Oscuro, Correlimos Roquero/Oscuro
Spanish (Costa Rica): Correlimos pechinegro
Spanish (Spain): Correlimos Roquero/Oscuro
Spanish (Mexico): Playero Dorsirrojo
Estonian: Meririsla, merirüdi/tuhkrüdi
Basque: Txirri iluna
Finnish: meri-/beringinsirri, merisirri, Meri-sirriainen
Faroese: Gråagreâlingur, Grælingur, Hjadimurra
French: Bécasseau des Aléoutiennes ou B. violet, Bécasseau violet, Bécasseau violet ou B. des Aléoutiennes
[FRFR]: Bécasseau violet
French (Guyane): Bécasseau des Aléoutiennes ou B. violet
Irish: Gobadán Cosbhuí
Gaelic: Luatharan Rioghail
Galician: Pilro escuro
Manx: Looyran gorrym
Hebrew: חופית ימית
Croatian: Morski žalar, morski žalar/žalar stjenjak
Hungarian: Tengeri partfutó
Icelandic: Fjallafaela, Hleintíta/sendlingur, Selningur, Sendlingur
Italian: Piovanello violetto
Inuktitut: Saarfaarsuk
Japanese (romaji): chishimashigi/murasakihamashigi, murasakihamashigi
Japanese: チシマシギ/ムラサキハマシギ, ムラサキハマシギ
Kazakh: Тењіз құмдауық
Greenlandic: Sarbarsuk, Sirksariarsungoak
Cornish: Pyber ruthlas
Scientific: Arquatella maritima, Calidris [maritima or ptilocnemis], Calidris maritima, Calidris maritima maritima, Calidris maritima/ptilocnemis, Calidris ptilocnemis, Calidris ptilocnemis/maritima, Ereunetes maritimus, Totanus niger, Tringa lincolniensis, Tringa Maritima
Lithuanian: Jūrinis bėgikas
Latvian: Jūras šņibītis
Mongolian: Тэнгисийн элсэг
Maltese: Beggazzina tan-Nord
Dutch: Paarse Strandlooper, Paarse Strandloper, Paarse strandloper/Beringstrandloper
Norwegian: Fjærepist, Fjæreplijt, Fjæreplytt, klippesnipe/fjæreplytt
Polish: biegus morski, biegus skalny/morski
Portuguese: Pilrito-escuro
Portuguese (Portugal): pilrito-das-rochas/pilrito-escuro
Rhaeto-Romance: Rivarel violet
Romanian: Fugaci de mare/cu gât roșu
Romance (Other): Rivarel violet
Russian: Pesoschnik morskoi, Берингийский/Морской песочник, Морской песочник
Northern Sami: Gáddeviroš
Slovak: pobrežník čiernozobý/morský, pobrežník morský
Slovenian: morski prodnik, Morski/Skalni prodnik
Serbian: Sprutka kamenjarka/morska sprutka
Swedish: klippsnäppa/skärsnäppa, Skärsnäppa, Svartgrå-strandvipa
Turkish: Kaya/mor kumkuşu, Mor Kumkuşu
Tuvinian: Далай кудуруктуг элезинчи
Ukrainian: Побережник морський, Побережник морський/берингійський
Chinese: 紫滨鹬
Chinese (Traditional): 紫濱鷸