List of Birds of Fiji - Sandpipers and Allies

Sandpipers and Allies

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. Variation in length of legs and bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 89 species worldwide and 15 species which occur in Fiji.

Scolopacidae
Species	Viti Levu	Vanua Levu	Taveuni	Kadavu	Lomaiviti	Lau	Rotuma
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica	V
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	M	M	M	M	M	M	M
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	M	M	M	M	M	M	M
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis	M	M	M	M	M	M	M
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	V
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	V
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	V
Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes	M	M	M	M	M	M	M
Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incana	M	M	M	M	M	M	M
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	M	M	M	M	M	M	M
Red Knot Calidris canutus	V
Sanderling Calidris alba	V
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis	V
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos	V
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata	V
Viti Levu Snipe Coenocorypha miratropica*	X

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