WoRMS taxon details
Limicola falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
212621 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212621)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Limicola falcinellus sibirica Dresser, 1876 accepted as Calidris falcinellus sibirica (Dresser, 1876)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 16.5-17 cm. Plumage: above uniformly grey with paler edges to feathers; below white with some grey streaking on...
Description Length: 16.5-17 cm. Plumage: above uniformly grey with paler edges to feathers; below white with some grey streaking on breast; head pattern with dark centre crown bordered by white double (forked) superciliary stripe; breeding bird darker with cream rather than pale grey edges to feathers. Immature much darker than non-breeding adult with more distinct pale markings on back and wings. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill straight, downward kinked at tip, blackish or brownish horn, sometimes olive at base; feet and legs dark grey to dark brown sometimes tinged olive. Habitat: seashores, open mudflats, estuaries; some non-marine habitats near coast. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2026). Limicola falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212621 on 2026-09-13
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em> [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
context source (HKRMS) HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em> [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Length: 16.5-17 cm. Plumage: above uniformly grey with paler edges to feathers; below white with some grey streaking on breast; head pattern with dark centre crown bordered by white double (forked) superciliary stripe; breeding bird darker with cream rather than pale grey edges to feathers. Immature much darker than non-breeding adult with more distinct pale markings on back and wings. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill straight, downward kinked at tip, blackish or brownish horn, sometimes olive at base; feet and legs dark grey to dark brown sometimes tinged olive. Habitat: seashores, open mudflats, estuaries; some non-marine habitats near coast. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Плоскоклюн блатобегач | [details] |
| Danish | kærløber | [details] |
| Dutch | breedbekstrandloper | [details] |
| English | broad-billed sandpiper | [details] |
| French | bécasseau falcinelle | [details] |
| German | Sumpfläufer | [details] |
| Japanese | キリアイ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | plokščiasnapis bėgikas | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ραβδοσκαλίδρα | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | fjellmyrløper | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | fjellmyrløpar | [details] |
| Polish | biegus płaskodzioby | [details] |
| Romanian | fugaciul de mlaştină | [details] |
| Russian | грязовик | [details] |
| Slovenian | ploskokljunec | [details] |
| Spanish | correlimos falcinelo | [details] |
| Swedish | myrsnäppa | [details] |
| Turkish | sürmeli kum kuşusurmeli kum kusu | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Побережник болотяний | [details] |
| Welsh | pibydd llydanbig | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limicola falcinellus)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 224898-8)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 224898-9)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limicola falcinellus)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 224898-8)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 224898-9)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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