Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia] (Dunlin [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia])

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Dunlin [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia]

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Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Scolopacidae
Genus:
   Calidris
Scientific:
  Calidris alpina pacifica

Citation:
(Coues, E 1861)

Reference:
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13 p.189

Protonym:
Pelidna pacifica

Type locality:
West Coast of N. Amer.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17713#page/201/mode/1up

Avibase ID:
DE988A6E392C4972

Avibase ID:
avibase-DE988A6E

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DE988A6E

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176663

Geographic range:

Calidris alpina arcticola: northwestern Alaska and northwestern Canada; winters eastern China, Korea, and Japan
Calidris alpina pacifica: southwestern Alaska; winters in western USA and western Mexico
Calidris alpina hudsonia: central Canada; winters southeastern USA and eastern Mexico

English:
Dunlin [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia]
French:
Bécasseau variable [pacifica, arcticola ou hudsonia]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Dunlin [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia] ( Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Dunlin [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia] ( Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Dunlin [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia] ( Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Dunlin [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia] ( Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Dunlin [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia] ( Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Dunlin [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia] ( Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Calidris alpina

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