Calidris

Etymology
From, variation of , a term used by Aristotle for a grey-coloured bird found at the waterside.

Hyponyms

 * (red knot) - type species; (purple sandpiper),  (Baird's sandpiper),  (red-necked stint),,  (little stint),  (Temminck's stint),  (pectoral sandpiper),  (stilt sandpiper),  (white-rumped sandpiper),  (semipalmated sandpiper),  (least sandpiper),  (dunlin),  (great knot),  (curlew sandpiper),  (sharp-tailed sandpiper),  ,  (western sandpiper),  (long-toed stint) - other species