Broad-billed sandpiper
| Broad-billed sandpiper | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Calidris |
| Species: | C. falcinellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Limicola falcinellus | |
The broad-billed sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) is a small wading bird. The scientific name is from Latin. The specific name falcinellus is from falx, falcis, "a sickle." Some research suggests that it and some related species could be placed into a separate genus, Philomachus, not presently recognized as valid.