Charadriiformes
Snipes and Sandpipers (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.
| 1078 files covering | ||
|---|---|---|
| 24 genera | 22 genera | (92%) |
| 87 species | 70 species | (80%) |
10 species threatened; 2 species and 1 subspecies extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
- 3 Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
- Amami Woodcock (Scolopax mira)
- 1 Rufous Woodcock (Scolopax saturata)
- 2 Bukidnon Woodcock (Scolopax bukidnonensis)
- Sulawesi Woodcock (Scolopax celebensis)
- Moluccan Woodcock (Scolopax rochussenii)
- 2 American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)
- Chatham Snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla)
- Subantarctic Snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica)
- 1 Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
- Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
- 12 Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
- Wood Snipe (Gallinago nemoricola)
- Pintail Snipe (Gallinago stenura)
- 1 Swinhoe's Snipe (Gallinago megala)
- 1 2 African Snipe (Gallinago nigripennis)
- Madagascar Snipe (Gallinago macrodactyla)
- Great Snipe (Gallinago media)
- 6 24 Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- 1 6 South American Snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae)
- Noble Snipe (Gallinago nobilis)
- 1 1 2 Giant Snipe (Gallinago undulata)
- Fuegian Snipe (Gallinago stricklandii)
- Andean Snipe (Gallinago jamesoni)
- Imperial Snipe (Gallinago imperialis)
- 1 3 9 Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
- 10 Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- 1 5 Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
- 1 3 36 Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- 1 1 Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
- 21 Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- 4 11 Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
- 2 Little Curlew (Numenius minutus)
- Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis)
- 2 10 21 Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- 1 Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
- Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)
- 2 17 Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
- 1 4 Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
- 10 Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- 1 2 Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
- 2 7 Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
- 2 2 16 Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- 3 14 Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- 4 14 Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- 1 1 Nordmann's Greenshank (Tringa guttifer)
- 1 2 19 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- 1 4 19 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- 1 1 10 Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- 1 2 14 Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
- 5 21 Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- 2 7 Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
- 6 25 Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- 1 6 21 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
- 2 9 Grey-tailed Tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes)
- 1 9 Wandering Tattler (Heteroscelus incanus)
- 6 19 Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
- Tuamotu Sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata)
- 1 17 43 Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- 3 11 Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
- 15 Surfbird (Aphriza virgata)
- 4 1 Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
- 2 7 Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
- 6 28 Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- 2 17 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- 22 Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- 2 21 Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
- 6 26 Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- 2 3 Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
- 3 12 Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
- 5 17 Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- 3 3 White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
- 1 10 Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
- 1 16 Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
- 2 24 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
- 5 32 Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- 6 11 Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
- 1 Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
- 6 29 Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- 5 3 Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus)
- 7 Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)
- 6 Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus)
- 1 4 Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)
- 5 25 Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
- 2 17 Wilson's Phalarope (Steganopus tricolor)
- 4 27 Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- 7 16 Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria)