Calidris falcinellus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Charadriiformes
Subordo: Charadrii

Familia: Scolopacidae
Genus: Calidris
Species: Calidris falcinellus
Subspecies: C. f. falcinellus – C. f. sibirica
Name

Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Synonymy

Scolopax falcinellus (protonym)
Limicola falcinellus

References

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Vernacular names
Afrikaans: Breebekstrandloper
العربية: الطيطوى عريضة المنقار
asturianu: Mazaricu Paticortu
azərbaycanca: Lil cüllütü
беларуская: Кулік-гразевік
български: Блатобегач
বাংলা: মোটাঠুঁটো বাটান
brezhoneg: Ar sourouc'han beg ledan
català: Territ becadell
čeština: Jespáček ploskozobý
Cymraeg: Pibydd llydanbig
dansk: Kærløber
Deutsch: Sumpfläufer
Ελληνικά: Πικατσονεραλλίδι
English: Broad-billed Sandpiper
Esperanto: Larĝbeka kalidro
español: Correlimos falcinelo
eesti: Plütt
euskara: Territ becadell
suomi: Jänkäsirriäinen
føroyskt: Mórugrælingur
français: Bécasseau falcinelle
Gaeilge: Gobadán Gobleathan
galego: Pilro falcinelo
עברית: חרמשית
hrvatski: Plosnatokljuni Žalar
magyar: Sárjáró
հայերեն: Տիղմակտցար
Bahasa Indonesia: Burung Kedidi Paruh-lebar
íslenska: Efjutíta
italiano: Gambecchio frullino
日本語: キリアイ
ქართული: მელაფე
қазақша: Тұнбашы
한국어: 송곳부리도요
lietuvių: Plokšciasnapis begikas
latviešu: Dūņšņibis
македонски: Свиркач
монгол: Сянби шалчиг - ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨᠪᠢ ᠱᠠᠯᠴᠢᠭ
Bahasa Melayu: Burung Kedidi Paruh Lebar
Malti: Beggazzina ta' Munqarha
Nederlands: Breedbekstrandloper
norsk: Fjellmyrløper
polski: Biegus płaskodzioby
português do Brasil: Macarico-branco
português: Pilrito-de-bico-grosso
rumantsch: Rivarel dal bec lad
română: Prundaş de nămol
русский: Грязовик
davvisámegiella: Suotnjocovzoš
slovenčina: Brehárik ploskozobý
slovenščina: Ploskokljunec
shqip: Vrapuesi sqepshtypur
српски / srpski: Pljosnokljuni žalar - Плјосноклјуни жалар
svenska: Myrsnäppa
Kiswahili: Chokowe Domo-pana
தமிழ்: Agandra Alagu Ullan
ไทย: นกชายเลนปากกว้าง
Türkçe: Geniş-gagalı Balçık Kuşu
українська: Болотяний побережник
Tiếng Việt: Chim Rẽ mỏ rộng
中文: 阔嘴鹬

The broad-billed sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) is a small wading bird. The scientific name is from Latin. The specific name falcinella is from falx, falcis, "a sickle.[2] Some research suggests that it should rather go into the genus Philomachus.[3]

Description
Broad billed sandpiper

Broad-billed sandpipers are small waders, slightly smaller than the dunlin, but with a longer straighter bill, and shorter legs. The breeding adult has patterned dark grey upperparts and white underparts with blackish markings on the breast. It has a pale crown stripe and supercilia.

In the boreal winter, they are pale grey above and white below, like a winter dunlin, but retaining the head pattern. Juveniles have backs, similar to young dunlin, but the white flanks and belly and brown-streaked breast are distinctive.

Contact call is a dry, whistling “dree-it, dree-it” and a clicking “dik dik”.
Distribution and habitat
Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden

The broad-billed sandpiper is strongly migratory, spending the non-breeding season from easternmost Africa, through south and south-east Asia to Australasia. It is highly gregarious, and will form flocks with other calidrid waders, particularly dunlins. Despite its European breeding range, this species is rare on passage in western Europe, presumably because of the south-easterly migration route.

This bird's breeding habitat is wet taiga bogs in Arctic northern Europe and Siberia. The male performs an aerial display during courtship. They nest in a ground scrape, laying 4 eggs.

They forage in soft mud on marshes and the coast, mainly picking up food by sight. They mostly eat insects and other small invertebrates.

The broad-billed sandpiper is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
References

BirdLife International (2019). "Calidris falcinellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22693464A155481741. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22693464A155481741.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 157, 227. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
Thomas, Gavin H.; Wills, Matthew A.; Székely, Tamás (2004). "A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 4: 28. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-4-28. PMC 515296. PMID 15329156. Supplementary Material