WoRMS taxon details
Actitis lliiger, 1811
AphiaID: 159080
AphiaID: 159080
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Scolopacidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Scolopacidae | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Actitis hypoleucos Linnaeus, 1758 Species Actitis macularius Linnaeus, 1766 | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: smallish. Plumage: like Tringa, but with long rounded tail and prominent wing-bar. Other characters: flight distinctive flickering wing-beats alternating with gliding, wings carried below horizontal in flight; teetering or bobbing walk on land. <389> [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159080 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Actitis lliiger, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159080 on 2013-06-18 | |||||||||||
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