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WoRMS taxon detailsCharadrius melodus Ord, 1824
 159125 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159125)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Caribbean, North America; Southern Canada to northeastern and central U.S.
Distribution Caribbean, North America; Southern Canada to northeastern and central U.S. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Charadrius melodus Ord, 1824. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159125 on 2025-07-19
Nomenclaturebasis of record
Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details] Othercontext source (Bermuda)
Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details]
additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details] additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details] additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details] additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]  additional source Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383. [details] additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions Length: 7 1/4" (18 cm) [details]Distribution Caribbean, North America; Southern Canada to northeastern and central U.S. [details] Reproduction Breeds from Newfoundland west to Alberta, and in the northern United States, and south on the Atlantic coast to Virginia. Winters along the coast from South Carolina to Texas and casually in the West Indies. [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (188 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Charadrius melodus) To GenBank (104 nucleotides; 17 proteins) To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened) To ITIS From editor or global species database
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