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

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  1. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (August 2024). "Sandpipers, snipes, Crab-plover, coursers". IOC World Bird List. v 14.2. Retrieved August 20, 2024.