List of Birds of Guatemala - 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.

• Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
• Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
• Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
• Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
• Willet Tringa semipalmata
• Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
• Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
• Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis (A) Critically endangered (possibly extinct)
• Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
• Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
• Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Surfbird Aphriza virgata
• Red Knot Calidris canutus
• Sanderling Calidris alba
• Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
• Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
• Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
• White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
• Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
• Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
• Dunlin Calidris alpina
• Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Near-threatened
• Ruff Philomachus pugnax (A)
• Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
• Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
• Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
• Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
• Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus (A)