Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
(Sanderling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCalidris alba (Sanderling)
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 alba (Sanderling) :
1: Calidris alba (Sanderling)
3 Jan 2015 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Adults, winter plumage, working water’s edge along the beach
Image 1: Adult - winter plumage - front three-quarter viewImage 2: Adult - winter plumage - front three-quarter view (2)Image 3: Adult - winter plumage - lateral viewImage 4: Adult - winter plumage - lateral view (2)Image 5: Adult - winter plumage - lateral view (3)Image 6: Adult - winter plumage - lateral view (4)Image 7: Adult - winter plumage - lateral view (5)Image 8: Adult - winter plumage - lateral view (6)Image 9: Adult - winter plumage - taking flightImage 10: Family group - winter plumageImage 11: First winter juvenile - anterior viewImage 12: First winter juvenile - anterior view (2)Image 13: First winter juvenile - anterior view (3)Image 14: First winter juvenile - anterior view (4)Image 15: First winter juvenile - at water\'s edgeImage 16: First winter juvenile - front three-quarter viewImage 17: First winter juvenile - lateral viewImage 18: First winter juvenile - lateral view (2)Image 19: First winter juvenile - lateral view (3)Image 20: First winter juvenile - lateral view (4)Image 21: First winter juvenile - posterior viewImage 22: First winter juvenile - with food or pebble - winter plumageImage 23: Four adults - winter plumage - in flightImage 24: Four adults - winter plumage - in flight (2)Image 25: Four adults - winter plumage - in flight (3)Image 26: Group - winter plumage - on shoreImage 27: Group - winter plumage - on shore (2)Image 28: Group - winter plumage - on shore (3)Image 29: Group - winter plumage - on shore (4)Image 30: Group - winter plumage - on shore (5)Image 31: Six adults - winter plumage - in flightImage 32: Two adults - winter plumage - on shore
2: Calidris alba (Sanderling)
22 Dec 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Adult, in winter plumage, near edge of sea
Image 1: Adults - winter plumage - at edge of seaImage 2: Adult - winter plumage - near edge of sea

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Juveniles

Lemke, H., Bowler, J. & Reneerkens, J. 2012 Field manual for ageing Sanderlings and estimating the proportion of juveniles in flocks https://birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=4036
Reneerkens, J. & Lempke, H. 2012 Age proportions of wintering Sanderlings – your help is needed! birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=4036

Calidris alba (Sanderling) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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