All Species
54 Species in Family Scolopacidae
Nominal species list for Scolopacidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Tryngites subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) Buff-breasted sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis (Bechstein, 1803) Marsh sandpiper
Tringa totanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Common redshank
Tringa solitaria Wilson, 1813 Solitary sandpiper
Tringa semipalmata (Gmelin, 1789) Willet
Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767) Common greenshank
Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, 1789) Greater yellowlegs
Tringa incana (Gmelin, 1789) Wandering tattler
Tringa guttifer (Nordmann, 1835) Spotted greenshank
Tringa flavipes (Gmelin, 1789) Lesser yellowlegs
Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816) Grey-tailed tattler
Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phalaropus tricolor Vieillot, 1819 Wilson's phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Red-necked phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Red phalarope
Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin, 1789) Bar-tailed godwit
Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot, 1817
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Whimbrel
Numenius minutus Gould, 1841 Little curlew
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) Far Eastern curlew
Numenius borealis (Forster, 1772)
Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Numenius americanus Bechstein, 1812 Long-billed curlew
Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) Bar-tailed godwit
Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Black-tailed godwit
Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758) Hudsonian godwit
Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758) Marbled godwit
Limnodromus semipalmatus (Blyth, 1848) Asian dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) Short-billed dowitcher
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821) Great knot
Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812) Temminck's stint
Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853) Long-toed stint
Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) Red-necked stint
Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766) Semipalmated sandpiper
Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) Rock sandpiper
Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) Little stint
Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) Least sandpiper
Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) Pectoral sandpiper
Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857) Western sandpiper
Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) Purple sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) White-rumped sandpiper
Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826) Stilt sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) Curlew sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861) Baird's sandpiper
Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758) Red knot
Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) Dunlin
Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) Sanderling
Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821) Sharp-tailed sandpiper
Arenaria melanocephala (Vigors, 1829) Black turnstone
Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758) Ruddy turnstone
Actitis macularius Linnaeus, 1766 Spotted sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos Linnaeus, 1758 Common sandpiper
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