Species Calidris (Calidris) falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scolopax falcinellus Pontoppidan, E.L. 1763. Den Danske Atlas eller Konge-Riget Dannemark. Kisbenhavn : Trykt hos Kongelig Iniversiteta Bogtrykker A.H. Godiche Vol. 1 724 pp. [623].

Generic Combinations

• Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763). —
  Banks, R.C. 2012. Classification and nomenclature of the Sandpipers (Aves: Arenariinae). Zootaxa 3513: 86-88 [87]
• Limicola falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763). —
  Mathews, G.M. 1913. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 3 pts 1-4 pp. 1-380 pls 125-177. [278]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater swamp, marsh, rock reef, salt marsh.

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Broad-billed Sandpiper)

History of changes