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. 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
- Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis (A)
- Spotted Redshank, Tringa erythropus (C)
- Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola
- Green Sandpiper, Tringa ochropus (C)
- Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria
- Willet, Tringa semipalmata
- Wandering Tattler, Tringa incana
- Gray-tailed Tattler, Tringa brevipes
- Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
- Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia
- Terek Sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
- Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
- Little Curlew, Numenius minutus (A)
- Eskimo Curlew, Numenius borealis (E?)
- Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
- Bristle-thighed Curlew, Numenius tahitiensis
- Far Eastern Curlew, Numenius madagascariensis (C)
- Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata (C)
- Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus
- Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa
- Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica
- Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica
- Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa
- Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres
- Black Turnstone, Arenaria melanocephala
- Surfbird, Aphriza virgata
- Great Knot, Calidris tenuirostris (C)
- Red Knot, Calidris canutus
- Sanderling, Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla
- Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri
- Red-necked Stint, Calidris ruficollis
- Little Stint, Calidris minuta (A)
- Temminck's Stint, Calidris temminckii
- 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
- Purple Sandpiper, Calidris maritima
- Rock Sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis
- Dunlin, Calidris alpina
- Curlew Sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
- Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (C)
- Broad-billed Sandpiper, Limicola falcinellus (C)
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis
- Ruff, Philomachus pugnax
- Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
- Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus (C)
- Solitary Snipe, Gallinago solitaria (A)
- Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata
- Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago
- Pin-tailed Snipe, Gallinago stenura (A)
- Eurasian Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola (A)
- American Woodcock, Scolopax minor
- Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
- Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
- Red Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius
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