These 98 species of sandpipers and allies in the family Scolopacidae are recognized by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC). In addition to the species directly called "sandpiper", the family includes curlews, godwits, stints, snipes, and a few other groups. They are distributed among 15 genera, three of which have only one member. Five species are known to be extinct (marked E) and one which probably is are included.[1]
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
| Common name | Binomial name | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|
| Upland sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812) | 1 |
| Bristle-thighed curlew | Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 2 |
| Eurasian whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 3 |
| Hudsonian whimbrel | Numenius hudsonicus Latham, 1790 | 4 |
| Little curlew | Numenius minutus Gould, 1841 | 5 |
| Eskimo curlew | Numenius borealis (Forster, JR, 1772) (probably E) | 6 |
| Long-billed curlew | Numenius americanus Bechstein, 1812 | 7 |
| Far Eastern curlew | Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 8 |
| Slender-billed curlew | Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot, 1817 | 9 |
| Eurasian curlew | Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 10 |
| Bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) | 11 |
| Black-tailed godwit | Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758) | 12 |
| Hudsonian godwit | Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758) | 13 |
| Marbled godwit | Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758) | 14 |
| Asian dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus (Blyth, 1848) | 15 |
| Long-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say, 1822) | 16 |
| Short-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 17 |
| Jack snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764) | 18 |
| American woodcock | Scolopax minor Gmelin, JF, 1789 | 19 |
| Eurasian woodcock | Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758 | 20 |
| Amami woodcock | Scolopax mira Hartert, EJO, 1916 | 21 |
| Bukidnon woodcock | Scolopax bukidnonensis Kennedy, RS, Fisher, TH, Harrap, Diesmos & Manamtam, 2001 | 22 |
| Javan woodcock | Scolopax saturata Horsfield, 1821 | 23 |
| New Guinea woodcock | Scolopax rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871 | 24 |
| Sulawesi woodcock | Scolopax celebensis Riley, 1921 | 25 |
| Moluccan woodcock | Scolopax rochussenii Schlegel, 1866 | 26 |
| North Island snipe | Coenocorypha barrierensis Oliver, 1955 (E) | 27 |
| South Island snipe | Coenocorypha iredalei Rothschild, 1921 (E) | 28 |
| Chatham Islands snipe | Coenocorypha pusilla (Buller, 1869) | 29 |
| Snares snipe | Coenocorypha huegeli (Tristram, 1893) | 30 |
| Subantarctic snipe | Coenocorypha aucklandica (Gray, GR, 1845) | 31 |
| Imperial snipe | Gallinago imperialis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869 | 32 |
| Jameson's snipe | Gallinago jamesoni (Jardine & Bonaparte, 1855) | 33 |
| Fuegian snipe | Gallinago stricklandii (Gray, GR, 1845) | 34 |
| Solitary snipe | Gallinago solitaria Hodgson, 1831 | 35 |
| Wood snipe | Gallinago nemoricola Hodgson, 1836 | 36 |
| Great snipe | Gallinago media (Latham, 1787) | 37 |
| Swinhoe's snipe | Gallinago megala Swinhoe, 1861 | 38 |
| Pin-tailed snipe | Gallinago stenura (Bonaparte, 1831) | 39 |
| Latham's snipe | Gallinago hardwickii (Gray, JE, 1831) | 40 |
| African snipe | Gallinago nigripennis Bonaparte, 1839 | 41 |
| Common snipe | Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) | 42 |
| Wilson's snipe | Gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825) | 43 |
| Giant snipe | Gallinago undulata (Boddaert, 1783) | 44 |
| Noble snipe | Gallinago nobilis Sclater, PL, 1856 | 45 |
| Puna snipe | Gallinago andina Taczanowski, 1875 | 46 |
| Madagascar snipe | Gallinago macrodactyla Bonaparte, 1839 | 47 |
| Pantanal snipe | Gallinago paraguaiae (Vieillot, 1816) | 48 |
| Magellanic snipe | Gallinago magellanica (King, PP, 1828) | 49 |
| Wilson's phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot, 1819) | 50 |
| Red phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) | 51 |
| Red-necked phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 52 |
| Terek sandpiper | Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775) | 53 |
| Common sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758) | 54 |
| Spotted sandpiper | Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 55 |
| Green sandpiper | Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758 | 56 |
| Solitary sandpiper | Tringa solitaria Wilson, A, 1813 | 57 |
| Grey-tailed tattler | Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816) | 58 |
| Wandering tattler | Tringa incana (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 59 |
| Marsh sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis (Bechstein, 1803) | 60 |
| Wood sandpiper | Tringa glareola Linnaeus, 1758 | 61 |
| Common redshank | Tringa totanus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 62 |
| Lesser yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 63 |
| Nordmann's greenshank | Tringa guttifer (Nordmann, 1835) | 64 |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 65 |
| Spotted redshank | Tringa erythropus (Pallas, 1764) | 66 |
| Common greenshank | Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767) | 67 |
| Greater yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 68 |
| Kiritimati sandpiper | Prosobonia cancellata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (E) | 69 |
| Tahiti sandpiper | Prosobonia leucoptera (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (E) | 70 |
| Moorea sandpiper | Prosobonia ellisi Sharpe, 1906 (E) | 71 |
| Tuamotu sandpiper | Prosobonia parvirostris (Peale, 1849) | 72 |
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758) | 73 |
| Black turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala (Vigors, 1829) | 74 |
| Great knot | Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821) | 75 |
| Red knot | Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 76 |
| Surfbird | Calidris virgata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 77 |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) | 78 |
| Broad-billed sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | 79 |
| Sharp-tailed sandpiper | Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821) | 80 |
| Stilt sandpiper | Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826) | 81 |
| Curlew sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) | 82 |
| Temminck's stint | Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812) | 83 |
| Long-toed stint | Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853) | 84 |
| Red-necked stint | Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) | 85 |
| Spoon-billed sandpiper | Calidris pygmaea (Linnaeus, 1758) | 86 |
| Buff-breasted sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) | 87 |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) | 88 |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 89 |
| Purple sandpiper | Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) | 90 |
| Rock sandpiper | Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) | 91 |
| Baird's sandpiper | Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861) | 92 |
| Little stint | Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) | 93 |
| Least sandpiper | Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) | 94 |
| White-rumped sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) | 95 |
| Pectoral sandpiper | Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) | 96 |
| Western sandpiper | Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857) | 97 |
| Semipalmated sandpiper | Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766) | 98 |
References
edit- ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (August 2024). "Sandpipers, snipes, Crab-plover, coursers". IOC World Bird List. v 14.2. Retrieved August 20, 2024.