Sandpipers and Allies
Scolopacidae
Sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Different lengths of bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.
16 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 92 known species
Calidris Sandpipers
genusCalidris
Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies
genusTringa
Common and Spotted Sandpipers
genusActitis
Curlews
genusNumenius
Turnstones
genusArenaria
Godwits
genusLimosa
Typical Snipes
genusGallinago
Dowitchers
genusLimnodromus
Phalaropes
genusPhalaropus
Woodcocks
genusScolopax
Xenus
genusXenus
Bartramia
genusBartramia
Lymnocryptes
genusLymnocryptes
Austral Snipes
genusCoenocorypha
Polynesian Sandpipers
genusProsobonia
Turnstones × Calidris Sandpipers
genushybridArenaria × Calidris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 3835.