Family

Scolopacidae

73 species · Animals

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Temminck's Stint

Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812)

Calidris temminckii is a small drab wader distinguished from similar species by yellow legs and white outer tail feathers.

Little Stint

Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)

Calidris minuta, the little stint, is a small wader with distinct identification features and feeds on small mud invertebrates.

Rock Sandpiper

Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873)

Calidris ptilocnemis, the rock sandpiper, is a migratory shorebird with distinct physical traits and habitat preferences.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821)

Calidris acuminata, the sharp-tailed sandpiper, is a migratory wader that breeds in Siberia and mostly winters in Australasia.

Red Knot

Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calidris canutus, the red knot, is a long-distance migrating Arctic breeding sandpiper dependent on stopover food resources like horseshoe crab eggs.

Long-toed Stint

Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853)

Calidris subminuta, the long-toed stint, is a very small wader that breeds in Siberia and winters in southern Asia and Australasia.

Sanderling

Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)

Calidris alba, the sanderling, is a small migratory wading bird that breeds in the Arctic and winters on coasts worldwide.

Stilt Sandpiper

Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826)

Calidris himantopus, the stilt sandpiper, is a small migratory North American wading bird with distinct plumages and specific habitat preferences.

Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861)

Calidris bairdii, or Baird's sandpiper, is a small migratory shorebird that breeds in the Arctic tundra and winters in western and southern South America.

Great Knot

Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)

Calidris tenuirostris, the great knot, is a large migratory shorebird that breeds in Siberian tundra and winters across southern Asia to Australia.

Red-necked Stint

Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776)

Calidris ruficollis, the red-necked stint, is a small migratory wader that breeds in Arctic eastern Eurasia and feeds on small invertebrates.

Western Sandpiper

Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857)

Calidris mauri, the western sandpiper, is a small shorebird that can be hard to distinguish from the similar semipalmated sandpiper.

Purple Sandpiper

Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)

Calidris maritima, the purple sandpiper, is a small Arctic-breeding migratory shorebird with distinct physical traits.

Dunlin

Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calidris alpina, the dunlin, is a small migratory wader with distinct plumage traits and philopatric southern subspecies in Northern Europe.

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766)

Calidris pusilla, the semipalmated sandpiper, is a small North American tundra-breeding shorebird with specific feeding and nesting habits.

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Calidris ferruginea, the curlew sandpiper, is a small migratory wader that breeds in the Siberian Arctic.

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)

Calidris minutilla, the least sandpiper, is a small shorebird with distinct plumage by age and season, closely related to the long-toed stint.

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)

Calidris melanotos, the pectoral sandpiper, is a long-distance migratory Arctic-breeding shorebird that has declined 50% since 1974.

White-rumped Sandpiper

Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819)

Calidris fuscicollis, the white-rumped sandpiper, is a small arctic-breeding shorebird identifiable by its white rump and long wings.

Surfbird

Calidris virgata (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)

Calidris virgata, the surfbird, is a large North American sandpiper with distinct breeding plumage and specialized coastal and alpine habitats.

Ruff

Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calidris pugnax, the ruff, is a migratory sexually dimorphic wader breeding across northern Eurasia and wintering mainly in tropical Africa.

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Calidris falcinellus, the broad-billed sandpiper, is a small migratory wader that breeds in Arctic Eurasia and winters from Africa to Australasia.

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819)

Calidris subruficollis, the buff-breasted sandpiper, is a long-distance migratory North American breeding shorebird that regularly wanders to Western Europe.