Waders
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. There are 86 species world wide and 45 Korean species.
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
- Spoonbill Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
- Ruff Philomachus pugnax
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria
- Wilson's Phalarope Steganopus tricolor
Read more about this topic: List Of Non-passerine Birds Of Korea
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