Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (38)
- Monotypic
Jan van Gils, Popko Wiersma, Christopher J. Sharpe, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 8, 2017
Text last updated March 8, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Lepelbekstrandloper |
| Bangla (India) | ঘুড়ঘুড়ি |
| Basque | Txirri mokozabala |
| Bulgarian | Чукотски брегобегач |
| Catalan | territ becplaner |
| Chinese | 琵嘴鷸 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 勺嘴鷸 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 勺嘴鹬 |
| Croatian | žalar žličar |
| Czech | jespák lžícozobý |
| Danish | Skeryle |
| Dutch | Lepelbekstrandloper |
| English | Spoon-billed Sandpiper |
| English (AVI) | Spoon-billed Sandpiper |
| English (United States) | Spoon-billed Sandpiper |
| Estonian | luitsnokk-rüdi |
| Finnish | lusikkasirri |
| French | Bécasseau spatule |
| French (Canada) | Bécasseau spatule |
| German | Löffelstrandläufer |
| Hebrew | חופית כפנית |
| Hungarian | Kanálcsűrű parfutó |
| Icelandic | Skeiðtíta |
| Indonesian | Kedidi paruh-sendok |
| Japanese | ヘラシギ |
| Korean | 넓적부리도요 |
| Norwegian | skjesnipe |
| Polish | biegus łyżkodzioby |
| Russian | Лопатень |
| Serbian | Sprutka kašikara |
| Slovak | pobrežník lopatkozobý |
| Slovenian | Žličasti prodnik |
| Spanish | Correlimos Cuchareta |
| Spanish (Spain) | Correlimos cuchareta |
| Swedish | skedsnäppa |
| Thai | นกชายเลนปากช้อน |
| Turkish | Kaşık Gagalı Kumkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Лопатень |
Calidris pygmaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Platalea pygmea
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.140.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Surinam, error = eastern Asia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CALIDRIS
- calidris
- pygmaea / pygmaeum / pygmaeus / pygmea / pygmeum / pygmeus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Subspecies
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper
