Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Africa-Inland Waters [1] America, North - Inland waters [2] America, South - Inland waters [3] Asia - Inland waters [4] Europe - Inland waters [5] Oceania - Inland waters [6] Former USSR - Inland waters [7] Antarctica - Inland waters [8] Arctic Ocean [18] Atlantic, Northwest [21] Atlantic, Northeast [27] Atlantic, Western Central [31] Atlantic, Eastern Central [34] Mediterranean and Black Sea [37] Atlantic, Southwest [41] Atlantic, Southeast [47] Atlantic, Antarctic [48] Indian Ocean, Western [51] Indian Ocean, Eastern [57] Indian Ocean, Antarctic [58] Pacific, Northwest [61] Pacific, Northeast [67] Pacific, Western Central [71] Pacific, Eastern Central [77] Pacific, Southwest [81] Pacific, Southeast [87] Pacific, Antarctic [88] All areas (World total) [99]
Scientific Name
English Name
Distribution
Max. Length (cm)
Actitis hypoleucos Common sandpiper
Indo-West Pacific.
Actitis macularius Spotted sandpiper
Eastern Pacific and Weste
19 TL
Arenaria interpres Ruddy turnstone
Northeast Atlantic and We
Arenaria melanocephala Black turnstone
Arctic
Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed sandpiper
Pacific Ocean
Calidris alba Sanderling
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic, A
22 TL
Calidris alpina Dunlin
Pacific, Atlantic, Wester
23 TL
Calidris bairdii Baird's sandpiper
Pacific Ocean and Atlanti
Calidris canutus Red knot
Pacific, Atlantic and Ind
Calidris ferruginea Curlew sandpiper
Western Central Pacific,
Calidris fuscicollis White-rumped sandpiper
Western Atlantic, Eastern
Calidris himantopus Stilt sandpiper
Northeast Pacific
Calidris maritima Northeast Atlantic and th
Calidris mauri Western sandpiper
Arctic and Northeast Paci
18 TL
Calidris melanotos Pectoral sandpiper
Pacific Ocean and Atlanti
Calidris minuta Little stint
Western Indian Ocean, Eas
Calidris minutilla Least sandpiper
Western Atlantic and Nort
17 TL
Calidris ptilocnemis Rock sandpiper
Northeast Pacific
Calidris pusilla Semipalmated sandpiper
Northern Pacific and Atla
Calidris ruficollis Red-necked stint
Western Central Pacific
Calidris subminuta Long-toed stint
Western Central Pacific a
Calidris temminckii Temminck's stint
Indo-Pacific, Eastern Atl
Calidris tenuirostris Great knot
Northwest Pacific
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Arctic
Limnodromus semipalmatus Asian dowitcher
Pacific Ocean.
Limosa lapponica Western Pacific
Numenius arquata Western Central Pacific
Numenius borealis Arctic and Northeast Atla
Numenius madagascariensis Far Eastern curlew
Pacific Ocean.
Numenius minutus Little curlew
Western Central Pacific
Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel
Indo-West Pacific. Tropi
Numenius tahitiensis Bar-tailed godwit
Pacific Ocean.
Numenius tenuirostris Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Nor
Phalaropus fulicarius Red phalarope
Northern and Eastern Paci
Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked phalarope
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Phalaropus tricolor Wilson's phalarope
Northeast Pacific and Ant
Philomachus pugnax Western Central Pacific
Tringa brevipes Grey-tailed tattler
Indo-West Pacific.
Tringa flavipes Lesser yellowlegs
Pacific Ocean and Atlanti
Tringa guttifer Spotted greenshank
Indo-West Pacific.
Tringa incana Wandering tattler
Pacific
Tringa melanoleuca Greater yellowlegs
Northeast Pacific and Atl
Tringa nebularia Common greenshank
Indo-West Pacific.
Tringa semipalmatus Willet
Northeast Pacific and Wes
Tringa stagnatilis Marsh sandpiper
Western Indian Ocean
Tringa totanus Common redshank
Indo-West Pacific.