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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Scolopacidae sandpipers



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54 species
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Actitis hypoleucos
[Common sandpiper]
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Max. Length 19 cm TL

 
Actitis macularius
[Spotted sandpiper]

Aquino, Maria Theresa

Northern Atlantic and Ind

Arenaria interpres(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa
 
Arenaria interpres
[Ruddy turnstone]
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Arenaria melanocephala
[Black turnstone]
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Calidris acuminata
[Sharp-tailed sandpiper]
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Max. Length 22 cm TL

 
Calidris alba
[Sanderling]
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Max. Length 23 cm TL

 
Calidris alpina
[Dunlin]
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Calidris bairdii
[Baird's sandpiper]
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Calidris canutus
[Red knot]
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Calidris falcinellus
[]
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Calidris ferruginea
[Curlew sandpiper]
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Calidris fuscicollis
[White-rumped sandpiper]
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Calidris himantopus
[Stilt sandpiper]
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Calidris maritima
[Purple sandpiper]
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Max. Length 18 cm TL

 
Calidris mauri
[Western sandpiper]
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Calidris melanotos
[Pectoral sandpiper]
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Calidris minuta
[Little stint]
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Max. Length 17 cm TL

 
Calidris minutilla
[Least sandpiper]
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Calidris ptilocnemis
[Rock sandpiper]
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Calidris pusilla
[Semipalmated sandpiper]
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Calidris ruficollis
[Red-necked stint]
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Calidris subminuta
[Long-toed stint]
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Calidris temminckii
[Temminck's stint]
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Calidris tenuirostris
[Great knot]
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Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
[]
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Limnodromus griseus
[Short-billed dowitcher]
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Limnodromus semipalmatus
[Asian dowitcher]
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Limosa fedoa
[Marbled godwit]
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Limosa haemastica
[Hudsonian godwit]
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Limosa lapponica
[Bar-tailed godwit]
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Limosa limosa
[Black-tailed godwit]
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Numenius americanus
[Long-billed curlew]
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Numenius arquata
[]
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Numenius borealis
[]
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Numenius madagascariensis
[Far Eastern curlew]
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Numenius minutus
[Little curlew]
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Numenius phaeopus
[Whimbrel]
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Numenius tahitiensis
[Bar-tailed godwit]
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Numenius tenuirostris
[]
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Phalaropus fulicarius
[Red phalarope]
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Phalaropus lobatus
[Red-necked phalarope]
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Phalaropus tricolor
[Wilson's phalarope]
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Philomachus pugnax
[]
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Tringa brevipes
[Grey-tailed tattler]
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Tringa flavipes
[Lesser yellowlegs]
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Tringa guttifer
[Spotted greenshank]
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Tringa incana
[Wandering tattler]
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Tringa melanoleuca
[Greater yellowlegs]
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Tringa nebularia
[Common greenshank]
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Tringa semipalmata
[Willet]
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Tringa solitaria
[Solitary sandpiper]
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Tringa stagnatilis
[Marsh sandpiper]
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Tringa totanus
[Common redshank]
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Tryngites subruficollis
[Buff-breasted sandpiper]


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