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 40 species which occur in the Philippines.
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Bukidnon Woodcock Scolopax bukidnonensis (E)
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus (A)
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis (A)
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda (A)
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Gray-tailed Tattler Heterosceles brevipes
- Wandering Tattler Heterosceles incanus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta (A)
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
- Ruff Philomachus pugnax
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Philippines
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