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Category:Micropalama - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Micropalama

Description

A former genus in the wader family Scolopacidae.

Taxonomy

Micropalama was a genus in the family Scolopacidae.
Clements[1] and Gill and Donsker no longer accept this genus, instead placing the single species in the genus Calidris.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Avibase

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