Charadriiformes
Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
HBW 3, p. 444
- Small to medium-sized waders with short to long legs; bill often long and may be straight, decurved or slightly recurved.
- All regions except Antarctic; most species breed in Northern Hemisphere and are highly migratory.
- Mainly coastal and on inland wetlands; breeds in open steppe, grassland, marsh, tundra, scrubland and even forest.
- 24 genera, 87 species, 134 taxa.
- 10 species threatened; 2 species and 1 subspecies extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 20 1 9 10 8 1 Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
- 1 1 4 2 Amami Woodcock (Scolopax mira)
- 2 1 1 8 3 Rufous Woodcock (Scolopax saturata)
- 0 6 4 Sulawesi Woodcock (Scolopax celebensis)
- 11 1 3 7 8 5 Bukidnon Woodcock (Scolopax bukidnonensis)
- 0 3 6 Moluccan Woodcock (Scolopax rochussenii)
- 3 1 2 8 7 American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)
- 0 4 8 Chatham Snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla)
- 2 1 1 6 9 Subantarctic Snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica)
- 20 16 4 8 10 Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
- 9 3 6 8 11 Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
- 20 1 6 13 8 12 Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
- 2 2 4 13 Wood Snipe (Gallinago nemoricola)
- 6 4 2 8 14 Pintail Snipe (Gallinago stenura)
- 1 1 8 15 Swinhoe's Snipe (Gallinago megala)
- 4 2 2 8 16 African Snipe (Gallinago nigripennis)
- 2 1 1 6 17 Madagascar Snipe (Gallinago macrodactyla)
- 8 6 2 6 18 Great Snipe (Gallinago media)
- 94 1 39 54 8 19 Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- 19 3 6 10 8 20 South American Snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae)
- 2 1 1 8 21 Noble Snipe (Gallinago nobilis)
- 6 1 3 2 8 22 Giant Snipe (Gallinago undulata)
- 0 6 23 Fuegian Snipe (Gallinago stricklandii)
- 2 1 1 8 24 Andean Snipe (Gallinago jamesoni)
- 1 1 6 25 Imperial Snipe (Gallinago imperialis)
- 28 1 17 10 8 26 Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
- 22 6 16 8 27 Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- 8 2 6 6 28 Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
- 111 4 47 60 6 29 Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- 9 6 3 8 30 Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
- 66 25 41 8 31 Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- 31 19 12 8 32 Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
- 6 2 4 8 33 Little Curlew (Numenius minutus)
- 0 2 34 Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis)
- 107 4 57 46 8 35 Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- 5 3 2 4 36 Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
- 1 1 2 37 Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)
- 56 2 19 35 6 38 Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
- 14 1 7 6 8 39 Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
- 25 14 11 8 40 Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- 17 2 10 5 8 41 Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
- 27 1 12 14 8 42 Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
- 86 3 32 51 8 43 Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- 50 26 24 8 44 Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- 78 6 38 34 8 46 Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- 8 2 6 3 46 Nordmann's Greenshank (Tringa guttifer)
- 68 1 41 26 8 47 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- 68 1 37 30 8 48 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- 49 4 13 32 8 49 Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- 45 1 16 28 8 50 Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
- 114 3 54 57 8 51 Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- 23 11 12 8 52 Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
- 127 5 55 67 8 53 Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- 69 2 34 33 8 54 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
- 28 13 15 8 55 Grey-tailed Tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes)
- 17 5 12 8 56 Wandering Tattler (Heteroscelus incanus)
- 49 1 25 23 8 57 Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
- 4 1 3 3 58 Tuamotu Sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata)
- 162 1 89 72 8 59 Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- 20 7 13 8 60 Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
- 28 8 20 8 61 Surfbird (Aphriza virgata)
- 18 7 11 8 62 Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
- 38 18 20 8 63 Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
- 114 57 57 8 65 Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- 47 1 24 22 8 65 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- 38 11 27 8 66 Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- 37 8 29 8 67 Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
- 88 1 30 57 8 68 Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- 34 2 13 19 8 69 Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
- 22 3 19 8 70 Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
- 56 30 26 8 71 Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- 30 2 17 11 8 72 White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
- 34 1 18 15 8 73 Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
- 42 1 14 27 8 74 Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
- 40 12 28 8 75 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
- 75 2 21 52 8 76 Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- 38 16 22 8 77 Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
- 11 5 6 8 78 Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
- 105 1 50 54 8 79 Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- 26 7 19 2 80 Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus)
- 14 4 10 8 81 Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)
- 18 8 10 8 82 Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus)
- 25 10 15 6 83 Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)
- 83 27 56 8 85 Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
- 35 11 24 8 85 Wilson's Phalarope (Steganopus tricolor)
- 71 3 25 43 8 86 Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- 34 3 11 20 8 87 Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria)
Family statistics
24 genera, 87 species
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| 24 genera | (100%) |
| 82 species | (94%) |
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