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.
| Name | Binomial | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| South American Snipe | Gallinago paraguaiae | Trinidad only |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Trinidad only |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Rare/Accidental |
| Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Rare/Accidental, Critically endangered (possibly extinct) |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | Trinidad only; Rare/Accidental, Near-threatened |
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Tobago only; Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Trinidad only |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Trinidad only |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Trinidad only; Rare/Accidental |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Trinidad And Tobago
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