Sandpipers & Snipes
Scolopacidae
25 species
Species in this Family
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
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Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
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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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Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
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Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
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Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
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Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
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Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
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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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Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
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Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
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Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
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Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
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