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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.
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 ...
Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) A – winter visitor and passage migrant, occasional breeder Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) A – rare vagrant Little stint (Calidris minuta) A – passage migrant, rarely also wintering Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) A – rare vagrant White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
Broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus (A) Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus (A) Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea; Temminck's stint, Calidris temminckii (A) Sanderling, Calidris alba; Dunlin, Calidris alpina; Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima; Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii (A) Little stint, Calidris minuta
This is a list of the bird species recorded in England.The avifauna of England include a total of 625 species, of which 14 have been introduced by humans.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of British Ornithologists' Union (BOU).
Three-quarters of the UK population of the red-billed chough resides in Wales. The list is based on Birds in Wales (Lovegrove et al. 1994), Birds in Wales 1992–2022 (Green 2022) and the list of the Welsh Ornithological Society (Prater & Thorpe 2006) with updates from the Welsh Records Panel 's annual reports.
Speciality bird species on the plateaux include breeding ptarmigan, dotterel, snow bunting, golden eagle, ring ouzel and red grouse, [6] with snowy owl, twite, purple sandpiper and Lapland bunting seen on occasion. [41] Mammal species include red deer and mountain hare, [6] as well as the only herd of reindeer in the British Isles. They now ...
Whooper swan Pink-footed goose Mallard. Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans.These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating