Semipalmated sandpiper

Semipalmated sandpiper
	Individual on a mudflat in Heislerville, Cumberland County, NJ, May 2022.
	Semipalmated sandpiper call Long Island, NY, April 2004. By Tony Phillip. Problems playing this file? See media help.
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Scolopacidae
Genus:	Calidris
Species:	C. pusilla
Binomial name
	Calidris pusilla; (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
	Tringa pusilla Linnaeus, 1766; Ereunetes pusillus (Linnaeus, 1766) (but see text); Erolia pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766);

The semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) is a very small shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific pusilla is Latin for "very small".^[2]

It is sometimes separated with other "stints" in Erolia, but, although these apparently form a monophyletic group, the present species' old genus Ereunetes had been proposed before Erolia.

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Calidris pusilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693373A93400702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693373A93400702.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 84, 325. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2016). "Calidris pusilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693373A93400702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693373A93400702.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[job-2] Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 84, 325. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

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Semipalmated sandpiper

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