AVITOPIA - Sandpipers and Snipes

Scientific system: Clements et al.

Familia: Scolopacidae

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Bartramia

Numenius

Limosa

Arenaria

Prosobonia

Calidris

Limnodromus

Lymnocryptes

Scolopax

Coenocorypha

Gallinago

Xenus

Phalaropus

Actitis

Tringa

The family of Snipes is distributed worldwide, most of the species are migratory birds that sometimes cover great distances. The body length ranges from 13 cm to 60 cm. They usually live near water and outside the breeding season often form large flocks on the seashore. The diet consists of small invertebrates. The young birds leave the nest immediately after hatching.

Bartramia

     longicauda - Upland Sandpiper (4)

Numenius

     tahitiensis - Bristle-thighed Curlew (4)
     phaeopus - Whimbrel (12)
     minutus - Little Curlew (3)
     borealis - Eskimo Curlew (4)
     americanus - Long-billed Curlew (6)
     madagascariensis - Eastern Curlew (2)
     tenuirostris - Slender-billed Curlew (5)
     arquata - Eurasian Curlew (9)

Limosa

     lapponica - Bar-tailed Godwit (8)
     limosa - Black-tailed Godwit (13)
     haemastica - Hudsonian Godwit (3)
     fedoa - Marbled Godwit (4)

Arenaria

     interpres - Ruddy Turnstone (9)
     melanocephala - Black Turnstone (2)

Prosobonia

     cancellata - Kiritimati Sandpiper (4)
     leucoptera - Tahiti Sandpiper (3)
     ellisi - Moorea Sandpiper (1)
     parvirostris - Tuamotu Sandpiper (1)

Calidris

     tenuirostris - Great Knot (4)
     canutus - Red Knot (6)
     virgata - Surfbird (4)
     pugnax - Ruff (17)
     falcinellus - Broad-billed Sandpiper (5)
     acuminata - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (3)
     himantopus - Stilt Sandpiper (5)
     ferruginea - Curlew Sandpiper (6)
     temminckii - Temminck's Stint (3)
     subminuta - Long-toed Stint (1)
     pygmea - Spoon-billed Sandpiper (5)
     ruficollis - Red-necked Stint (2)
     alba - Sanderling (10)
     alpina - Dunlin (11)
     ptilocnemis - Rock Sandpiper (3)
     maritima - Purple Sandpiper (4)
     bairdii - Baird's Sandpiper (3)
     minuta - Little Stint (5)
     minutilla - Least Sandpiper (4)
     fuscicollis - White-rumped Sandpiper (3)
     subruficollis - Buff-breasted Sandpiper (4)
     melanotos - Pectoral Sandpiper (6)
     pusilla - Semipalmated Sandpiper (5)
     mauri - Western Sandpiper (2)

Limnodromus

     semipalmatus - Asian Dowitcher (2)
     griseus - Short-billed Dowitcher (5)
     scolopaceus - Long-billed Dowitcher (5)

Lymnocryptes

     minimus - Jack Snipe (4)

Scolopax

     rusticola - Eurasian Woodcock (6)
     mira - Amami Woodcock (1)
     bukidnonensis - Bukidnon Woodcock (1)
     saturata - Javan Woodcock (2)
     rosenbergii - New Guinea Woodcock (1)
     celebensis - Sulawesi Woodcock (1)
     rochussenii - Moluccan Woodcock (1)
     minor - American Woodcock (4)

Coenocorypha

     barrierensis - North Island Snipe (1)
     iredalei - South Island Snipe (1)
     chathamica - Forbes's Snipe (1)
     pusilla - Chatham Snipe (1)
     huegeli - Snares Island Snipe (1)
     aucklandica - Subantarctic Snipe (3)

Gallinago

     imperialis - Imperial Snipe (1)
     jamesoni - Andean Snipe (1)
     stricklandii - Fuegian Snipe (2)
     solitaria - Solitary Snipe (3)
     hardwickii - Latham's Snipe (2)
     nemoricola - Wood Snipe (3)
     media - Great Snipe (4)
     gallinago - Common Snipe (8)
     delicata - Wilson's Snipe (6)
     paraguaiae - South American Snipe (2)
     andina - Puna Snipe (1)
     nobilis - Noble Snipe (1)
     stenura - Pin-tailed Snipe (4)
     megala - Swinhoe's Snipe (3)
     nigripennis - African Snipe (3)
     macrodactyla - Madagascar Snipe (1)
     undulata - Giant Snipe (1)

Xenus

     cinereus - Terek Sandpiper (4)

Phalaropus

     tricolor - Wilson's Phalarope (7)
     lobatus - Red-necked Phalarope (5)
     fulicarius - Red Phalarope (8)

Actitis

     hypoleucos - Common Sandpiper (8)
     macularius - Spotted Sandpiper (6)

Tringa

     ochropus - Green Sandpiper (4)
     solitaria - Solitary Sandpiper (5)
     brevipes - Grey-tailed Tattler (3)
     incana - Wandering Tattler (6)
     erythropus - Spotted Redshank (6)
     melanoleuca - Greater Yellowlegs (3)
     nebularia - Common Greenshank (8)
     guttifer - Nordmann's Greenshank (2)
     semipalmata - Willet (5)
     flavipes - Lesser Yellowlegs (6)
     stagnatilis - Marsh Sandpiper (6)
     glareola - Wood Sandpiper (9)
     totanus - Common Redshank (11)

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