Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)
(Purple Sandpiper)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCalidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper)
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)
Records of Calidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper) :
1: Calidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper)
2 Jan 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
hiding in rocks, waiting for tide to go out
Image 1: Adult - lurking in rocks
2: Calidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper)
31 Dec 2014 OSGR: SY66 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
feeding, on exposed rock surface
Image 1: Adults - winter plumage - foraging in rock poolsImage 2: Adult - winter plumage - foraging with TurnstoneImage 3: Adult - winter plumage - foraging with Turnstone (2)Image 4: Adult - winter plumage - foraging with Turnstone (3)Image 5: Single adult - winter plumage - foraging with TurnstonesImage 6: Three adults - winter plumage - being seen off by a TurnstoneImage 7: Three adults - winter plumage - being seen off by a Turnstone (2)Image 8: Three adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocksImage 9: Three adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (2)Image 10: Three adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (3)Image 11: Three adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (4)Image 12: Three adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (5)Image 13: Three adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (6)Image 14: Three adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (7)Image 15: Three adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (8)Image 16: Three adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (9)Image 17: Two adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocksImage 18: Two adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (2)Image 19: Two adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (3)Image 20: Two adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (4)Image 21: Two adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (5)Image 22: Two adults - winter plumage - foraging on recently exposed rocks (6)Image 23: Two adults - winter plumage - foraging with Turnstones

Calidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Calidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Calidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper)
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