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Sandpipers, snipe and phalaropes

Order: Charadriiformes Suborder Charadrii (waders)
Family: Scolopacidae Links: Sandpipers, snipe and phalaropes. waders

A large, diverse family of wading birds. Different lengths of legs and bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are about 89 species worldwide, of which 53 are found in Britain.

Bird	Latin	Lists	Links	Notes
Sandpiper (Common)	Actitis hypoleucos	A	Common Sandpiper RSPB
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis	A	Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	A	Curlew Sandpiper RSPB
Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	A	Green Sandpiper RSPB
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	A	Pectoral Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper	Calidris maritima	A	Purple Sandpiper RSPB
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	A	Wood Sandpiper RSPB
Solitary Sandpiper	Tringa solitaria	A	Solitary Sandpiper	rare
Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	A	Terek Sandpiper	rare
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularius	A	Spotted Sandpiper	rare
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Calidris pusilla	A	Semipalmated Sandpiper	rare
Western Sandpiper	Calidris mauri	A	Western Sandpiper	rare
Least Sandpiper	Calidris minutilla	A	Least Sandpiper	rare
White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	A	White-rumped Sandpiper	rare
Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	A	Baird's Sandpiper	rare
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	A	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	rare
Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	A	Stilt Sandpiper	rare
Broad-billed Sandpiper	Limicola falcinellus	A	Broad-billed Sandpiper	rare
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	A	Marsh Sandpiper	rare
Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	A	Upland Sandpiper	rare
Red Knot	Calidris canutus	A	Red Knot
Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	A	Great Knot	rare
Sanderling	Calidris alba	A	Sanderling RSPB
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	A	Little Stint RSPB
Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	A	Temminck's Stint RSPB
Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	A	Red-necked Stint	rare
Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	A	Long-toed Stint	rare
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	A	Dunlin RSPB
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	A	Ruff RSPB
Snipe (Common)	Gallinago gallinago	A	Common Snipe RSPB
Jack Snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus	A	Jack Snipe RSPB
Great Snipe	Gallinago media	A	Great Snipe	rare
Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	A	Short-billed Dowitcher	rare
Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	A	Long-billed Dowitcher	rare
Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	A	Woodcock RSPB
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	A	Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	A	Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	A	Hudsonian Godwit	rare
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	A	Whimbrel RSPB
Curlew	Numenius arquata	A	Curlew RSPB
Little Curlew	Numenius minutus	A	Little Curlew	rare
Eskimo Curlew	Numenius borealis	B	Eskimo Curlew	extinct ****
Slender-billed Curlew	Numenius tenuirostris	A	Slender-billed Curlew	rare
Redshank (Common)	Tringa totanus	A	Common Redshank RSPB
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	A	Spotted Redshank RSPB
Greenshank (Common)	Tringa nebularia	A	Common Greenshank RSPB
Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca	A	Greater Yellowlegs	rare
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	A	Lesser Yellowlegs	rare
Grey-tailed Tattler	Heterosceles brevipes	A	Grey-tailed Tattler	rare
Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	A	Turnstone RSPB
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	A	Red-necked Phalarope RSPB
Grey Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicaria	A	Grey Phalarope
Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	A	Wilson's Phalarope	rare

By: Keith Park	Section: Wildlife	Key:
Page Ref: sandpipers	Topic: Birds	Last Updated: 03/2010

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