Sandpipers & Snipes
Scolopacidae
44 species
Species in this Family
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
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Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
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Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
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Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
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Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
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Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
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Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
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Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
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Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
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Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
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Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
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Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
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Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
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Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
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Hudsonian Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicusLC
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Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
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Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
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Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
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Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
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Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
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Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
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Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
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Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
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Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
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Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
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Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
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Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
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Ruff
Philomachus pugnaxLC
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Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
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Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminataVU
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Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
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Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
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Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
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Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
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Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
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Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
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Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
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Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
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White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
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Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
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Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
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Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
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