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The purple sandpiper was formally described in 1764 by the Danish zoologist Morten Thrane Brünnich and given the binomial name Tringa maratina. [2] This species was formerly placed in the genus Erolia, [3] [4] but is now placed with 23 other sandpipers in the genus Calidris that was introduced in 1804 by the German naturalist Blasius Merrem.
The common loon is the state bird of Minnesota. ... Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima (C) Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii; Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla;
Purple sandpiper: Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) 90 Rock sandpiper: Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) 91 Baird's sandpiper: Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861) 92 Little stint: Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) 93 Least sandpiper: Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) 94 White-rumped sandpiper: Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) 95 Pectoral ...
Putative hybrids between the dunlin (Calidris alpina) and the white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) have been occasionally seen in northeastern North America. [9] [10] In Europe an apparent hybrid between the dunlin and the purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) has turned up. [11]
Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata (R) Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus; Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea (R) Sanderling, Calidris alba; Dunlin, Calidris alpina; Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima (R) Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii; Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis
Purple sandpiper (bécasseau violet), Calidris maritima; Baird's sandpiper (bécasseau de Baird), Calidris bairdii (A) Least sandpiper (bécasseau minuscule), Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper (bécasseau à croupion blanc), Calidris fuscicollis; Buff-breasted sandpiper (bécasseau roussâtre), Calidris subruficollis (A)
Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima; Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii (Hist) Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (Unc) Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos (R) Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla; Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri (NC) Short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
The taxonomic treatment [3] (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds.