Scolopacidae
Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812)
Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812)
Calidris temminckii is a small drab wader distinguished from similar species by yellow legs and white outer tail feathers.
Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)
Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)
Calidris minuta, the little stint, is a small wader with distinct identification features and feeds on small mud invertebrates.
Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873)
Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873)
Calidris ptilocnemis, the rock sandpiper, is a migratory shorebird with distinct physical traits and habitat preferences.
Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821)
Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821)
Calidris acuminata, the sharp-tailed sandpiper, is a migratory wader that breeds in Siberia and mostly winters in Australasia.
Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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.
Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853)
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.
Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
Calidris alba, the sanderling, is a small migratory wading bird that breeds in the Arctic and winters on coasts worldwide.
Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826)
Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826)
Calidris himantopus, the stilt sandpiper, is a small migratory North American wading bird with distinct plumages and specific habitat preferences.
Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861)
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.
Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)
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.
Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776)
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.
Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857)
Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857)
Calidris mauri, the western sandpiper, is a small shorebird that can be hard to distinguish from the similar semipalmated sandpiper.
Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)
Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)
Calidris maritima, the purple sandpiper, is a small Arctic-breeding migratory shorebird with distinct physical traits.
Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calidris alpina, the dunlin, is a small migratory wader with distinct plumage traits and philopatric southern subspecies in Northern Europe.
Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766)
Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766)
Calidris pusilla, the semipalmated sandpiper, is a small North American tundra-breeding shorebird with specific feeding and nesting habits.
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Calidris ferruginea, the curlew sandpiper, is a small migratory wader that breeds in the Siberian Arctic.
Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)
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.
Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)
Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)
Calidris melanotos, the pectoral sandpiper, is a long-distance migratory Arctic-breeding shorebird that has declined 50% since 1974.
Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819)
Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819)
Calidris fuscicollis, the white-rumped sandpiper, is a small arctic-breeding shorebird identifiable by its white rump and long wings.
Calidris virgata (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
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.
Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calidris pugnax, the ruff, is a migratory sexually dimorphic wader breeding across northern Eurasia and wintering mainly in tropical Africa.
Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
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.
Calidris subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819)
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.
Calidris pygmaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calidris pygmaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calidris pygmaea, the spoon-billed sandpiper, is a small migratory wader with a unique spatulate bill.
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