Calidris Merrem, 1804
(a genus of stints and sandpipers)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Calidris alba
Sanderling
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 		Species 34 images 2 ident. refs
Calidris maritima
Purple Sandpiper
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 		Species 24 images
Calidris melanotos
Pectoral Sandpiper
Species 1 ident. refs
Calidris temminckii
Temminck’s Stint
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCalidris (a genus of stints and sandpipers)
FamilySCOLOPACIDAE (sandpipers, curlews, godwits, stints, woodcocks etc.)
OrderCHARADRIIFORMES (plovers and sea birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Calidris (a genus of stints and sandpipers) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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