Summary description from Wikipedia:

Calidris in languages:

Bokmål

Typiske sniper

Chinese

濱鷸屬

Czech

jespáček

Danish

Ryler

English

Typical Sandpipers

English

Typical Waders

English

Calidrids

English

Peeps, Stints, Knots, and Allies

English

Peeps

English

Calidris Sandpipers

English

Typical Sandpipers and Stints

Estonian

Rüdid

Finnish

sirrit

French

Bécasseaux

German

Strandläufer

Hungarian

partfutók

Japanese

オバシギ属

Japanese

ヘラシギ属

Japanese

キリアイ属

Korean

붉은가슴도요속

Portuguese

Pilritos

Portuguese

Maçaricos

Russian

Песочники

Swedish

calidrisvadare

Thai

สกุล นกชายเลนปากโค้ง

Turkish

Kumkuşları

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Parent Taxon

• Scolopacidae

Sibling Taxa

• Actitis
• Arenaria
• Bartramia
• Calidris
• Coenocorypha
• Gallinago
• Limnodromus
• Limosa
• Lymnocryptes
• Numenius
• Phalaropus
• Prosobonia
• Scolopax
• Tringa
• Xenus

Child Taxa

• Calidris acuminata
• Calidris alba
• Calidris alpina
• Calidris bairdii
• Calidris canutus
• Calidris falcinellus
• Calidris ferruginea
• Calidris ferruginea × melanotos
• Calidris fuscicollis
• Calidris fuscicollis × calidris alpina
• Calidris himantopus
• Calidris maritima
• Calidris mauri
• Calidris melanotos
• Calidris minuta
• Calidris minutilla
• Calidris ptilocnemis
• Calidris pugnax
• Calidris pusilla
• Calidris pygmaea
• Calidris ruficollis
• Calidris subminuta
• Calidris subruficollis
• Calidris temminckii
• Calidris tenuirostris
• Calidris virgata
• Calidris virgata × tenuirostris

Top Observation Places

• Veracruz
• Paramaribo
• Ushuaia
• South Shore
• Redondo Beach
• Santa Fe
• Victoria
• Delta
• San Rafael
• Novato
• San Diego
• Encinitas
• Huntington Beach
• Costa Mesa
• Newport Beach
• San Francisco
• Oakland
• Berkeley
• Richmond
• Daly City
• Chinatown
• San Leandro
• Alameda
• South San Francisco