Sandpipers, Curlews, Stints, Godwits, Snipes, and Phalaropes
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Scolopacidae
The Scolopacidae are a large diverse family of small to medium sized shorebirds including the Sandpipers, Curlews, Godwits, Shanks, Tattlers, Woodcocks, Snipes, Dowitchers and Phalaropes. The majority of species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Different lengths of legs and bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.
- Common Greenshank, Tringa nebularia *
- Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca
- Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
- Spotted Redshank, Tringa erythropus *
- Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria
- Willet, Tringa semipalmata
- Wandering Tattler, Tringa incana
- Gray-tailed Tattler, Tringa brevipes *
- Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia
- Terek Sandpiper, Xenus cinereus *
- Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda *
- Little Curlew, Numenius minutus *
- Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
- Bristle-thighed Curlew, Numenius tahitiensis *
- Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus
- Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica *
- Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica *
- Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa
- Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres
- Black Turnstone, Arenaria melanocephala
- Surfbird, Aphriza virgata
- Red Knot, Calidris canutus
- Sanderling, Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla
- Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri
- Red-necked Stint, Calidris ruficollis *
- Little Stint, Calidris minuta *
- Long-toed Stint, Calidris subminuta *
- Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla
- White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis *
- Baird's Sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
- Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminata
- Rock Sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis
- Dunlin, Calidris alpina
- Curlew Sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea *
- Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis
- Ruff, Philomachus pugnax
- Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
- Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus *
- Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata
- American Woodcock, Scolopax minor *
- Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
- Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
- Red Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius
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