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. There are 89 species worldwide of which 39 occur in Thailand.
| Common name | Binomial | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | Winter visitor |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Rare winter visitor |
| Wood Snipe | Gallinago nemoricola | Very rare winter visitor |
| Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | Winter visitor |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | Very rare winter visitor |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Winter visitor |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | One record |
| Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Rare on passage |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Winter visitor |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Winter visitor |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Very rare passage migrant |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Winter visitor |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Winter visitor |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Rare passage migrant |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Winter visitor |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Winter visitor |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Winter visitor |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Winter visitor |
| Nordmann's Greenshank | Tringa guttifer | Rare winter visitor |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Winter visitor |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Winter visitor |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Winter visitor |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Winter visitor |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Heterosceles brevipes | Rare on passage |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Winter visitor |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Mainly passage migrant |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Winter visitor |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Winter visitor |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Common winter visitor |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare in winter |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | Winter visitor |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Winter visitor |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Very rare winter visitor |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Winter visitor |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare winter visitor |
| Spoon-billed Sandpiper | Eurynorhynchus pygmeus | Rare on passage and in winter, declining due to collapse of breeding population |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus | Winter visitor |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | Winter and passage visitor |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare in winter or on passage |
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