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