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Dunlin [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia]

Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia] (= Calidris alpina pacifica) (Coues, E 1861)




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


Original description

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 identifiers

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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English: Dunlin [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia]
French: Bécasseau variable [pacifica, arcticola ou hudsonia]
Scientific: Calidris alpina [pacifica, arcticola or hudsonia], Calidris alpina pacifica, Pelidna pacifica
Slovak: pobrežník tichomorský

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