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Tringa semipalmata (Gmelin, 1789)

Playero Aliblanco, Playero aliblanco, Willet

Tringa semipalmata Santiago Island, Galapagos. Photo: Paul McFarling, CDF, 2004.
Tringa semipalmata Santiago Island, Galapagos. Photo: Paul McFarling, CDF, 2004.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Charadriiformes

Family
Scolopacidae

Genus
Tringa

Species
semipalmata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Gmelin, 1789), protonym: Scolopax semipalmata Gmelin, 1789

Origin: Migrant

Status

Least concern

References

  • Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
  • Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
  • Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
  • Swarth, H.S. (1931) The Avifauna of the Galapagos Islands. Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 18: 1-299.
  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.

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