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 about 89 species worldwide and 50 species which occur in Ireland.
| Common name | Binomial | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | (A) |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | (A) |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | (A) |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | (A) |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | (A) |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | (A) |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | (A) |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | (A) |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | (A) |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | (A) |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | (A) |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | (A) |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | (A) |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | (A) |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | (A) |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | (A) |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | (A) |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | (A) |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | (A) |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | (A) |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | (A) |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | (A) |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | (A) |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus | (A) |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | (A) |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | (A) |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | (A, formerly bred) |
| Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius |
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ireland
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