Species profile—Calidris alpina (dunlin)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Scolopacidae (sandpipers, snipes and allies) → Calidris alpina (dunlin)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Scolopacidae (sandpipers, snipes and allies)
- Scientific name
- Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- dunlin
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1876
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1876
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.