Sandpipers, Curlews, Stints, Godwits, Snipes, and Phalaropes
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 name | Species | Habitat | Breeding Status | Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | ML | WV | r | - | - | - |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | ML | WV | u | u | - | u |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | ML | St | - | - | - | r |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | ML | WV | r | r | - | - |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | ML | WV | c | c | - | u |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | ML | WV | c | u | - | u |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | ML | M | - | r | - | - |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | ML | WV | u | u | - | - |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | ML | B | c | c | - | c |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | ML | WV | u | u | o | u |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Ereunetes pusillus | ML | WV | o | o | o | - |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | ML | WV | - | o | - | r |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | ML | WV | o | o | - | - |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | ML | St | - | - | - | r |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | ML | M | - | r | - | r |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Micropalama himantopus | ML | WV | o | o | - | - |
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