Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Here the details of the Common Sandpiper named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tringa Hypoleucos Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.149
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Scolopacidae / Actitis
Taxonomy Code: comsan
Type Locality: Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ACTITIS
(Scolopacidae; Ϯ Common Sandpiper A. hypoleucos) Gr. ακτιτης aktitēs coast-dweller < ακτη aktē, ακτης aktēs coast; ιζω izō to sit; "GENUS 113. ACTITIS (ακτιτις , ακτιτης in littore degens) Tringa Briss. Dumer. Bechst. Meyer. Limosa Briss. Totanus Bechst. Meyer. (Strandläufer Germ. Bécasseau, Barge Gall. Sandpiper Angl) ... Species: Scolopax Limosa, Totanus, Tringa pugnax, Hypoleucos Lin. Annot. Quomodo Tringas Auctorum ab illorum Totanis seu Limosis distinguam, non video; characteres ad hunc usum enumerati aut vacillant, aut sibi neutiquam contrarii sunt." (Illiger 1811); "Actitis Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 262. Type, by subsequent designation, Tringa hypoleucos Linné. (Stejneger, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 29, 1885, p. 131.)" (Peters 1934, II, 269); "We are not certain that Stejneger's designation is a valid one, as it was determined by elimination." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (3), p. 122).
Var. Actitus, Atites.
Synon. Guinetta, Tringoides.
actitis
Gr. ακτιτης aktitēs coast-dweller < ακτη aktē, ακτης aktēs coast; ιζω izō to sit.
hypoleucos / hypoleucum
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; λευκος leukos white (cf. ὑπολευκος hupoleukos whitish).
● "78. TRINGA. ... Hypoleucos. 9. T. rostro lævi, pedibus lividis, corpore cinereo lituris nigris: subtus albo. Fn. svec. 147. Tringa minor. Will. orn. 223. t. 35. Raj. av. 108. Gallinula hypoleucos. Gesn. av. 509. Aldr. orn. 3. p. 469. Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Actitis).
Hypoleucus
(syn. Phalacrocorax Ϯ Pied Cormorant P. varius) Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; λευκος leukos white (cf. specific name Carbo hypoleucos von Brandt, 1837 (= syn. Phalacrocorax fuscescens)); "Genera et Species typicae. ... b. *Hypoleucus Rchb. varius (Pelic. — L. Gm.) Rchb. Ic. Av. t. 63. ic. 474. Rel. spec. ib. 872—73. 875—876. t. 60. ic. 2309—10." (Reichenbach 1852). Var. Hypoleucos.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)