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 |
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758) | 15 |
| Black turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala (Vigors, 1829) | 16 |
| Tuamotu sandpiper | Prosobonia parvirostris (Peale, 1849) | 17 |
| Kiritimati sandpiper | Prosobonia cancellata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (E) | 18 |
| Tahiti sandpiper | Prosobonia leucoptera (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (E) | 19 |
| Moorea sandpiper | Prosobonia ellisi Sharpe, 1906 (E) | 20 |
| Great knot | Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821) | 21 |
| Red knot | Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 22 |
| Surfbird | Calidris virgata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 23 |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) | 24 |
| Broad-billed sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | 25 |
| Sharp-tailed sandpiper | Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821) | 26 |
| Stilt sandpiper | Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826) | 27 |
| Curlew sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) | 28 |
| Temminck's stint | Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812) | 29 |
| Long-toed stint | Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853) | 30 |
| Spoon-billed sandpiper | Calidris pygmaea (Linnaeus, 1758) | 31 |
| Red-necked stint | Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) | 32 |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) | 33 |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 34 |
| Rock sandpiper | Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) | 35 |
| Purple sandpiper | Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) | 36 |
| Baird's sandpiper | Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861) | 37 |
| Little stint | Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) | 38 |
| Least sandpiper | Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) | 39 |
| White-rumped sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) | 40 |
| Buff-breasted sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) | 41 |
| Pectoral sandpiper | Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) | 42 |
| Semipalmated sandpiper | Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766) | 43 |
| Western sandpiper | Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857) | 44 |
| Asian dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus (Blyth, 1848) | 45 |
| Long-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say, 1822) | 46 |
| Short-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 47 |
| Eurasian woodcock | Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758 | 48 |
| Amami woodcock | Scolopax mira Hartert, EJO, 1916 | 49 |
| Javan woodcock | Scolopax saturata Horsfield, 1821 | 50 |
| New Guinea woodcock | Scolopax rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871 | 51 |
| Bukidnon woodcock | Scolopax bukidnonensis Kennedy, RS, Fisher, TH, Harrap, Diesmos & Manamtam, 2001 | 52 |
| Sulawesi woodcock | Scolopax celebensis Riley, 1921 | 53 |
| Moluccan woodcock | Scolopax rochussenii Schlegel, 1866 | 54 |
| American woodcock | Scolopax minor Gmelin, JF, 1789 | 55 |
| Chatham snipe | Coenocorypha pusilla (Buller, 1869) | 56 |
| North Island snipe | Coenocorypha barrierensis Oliver, 1955 (E) | 57 |
| South Island snipe | Coenocorypha iredalei Rothschild, 1921 (E) | 58 |
| Snares snipe | Coenocorypha huegeli (Tristram, 1893) | 59 |
| Subantarctic snipe | Coenocorypha aucklandica (Gray, GR, 1845) | 60 |
| Jack snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764) | 61 |
| Solitary snipe | Gallinago solitaria Hodgson, 1831 | 62 |
| Latham's snipe | Gallinago hardwickii (Gray, JE, 1831) | 63 |
| Wood snipe | Gallinago nemoricola Hodgson, 1836 | 64 |
| Pin-tailed snipe | Gallinago stenura (Bonaparte, 1831) | 65 |
| Swinhoe's snipe | Gallinago megala Swinhoe, 1861 | 66 |
| African snipe | Gallinago nigripennis Bonaparte, 1839 | 67 |
| Madagascar snipe | Gallinago macrodactyla Bonaparte, 1839 | 68 |
| Great snipe | Gallinago media (Latham, 1787) | 69 |
| Common snipe | Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) | 70 |
| Wilson's snipe | Gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825) | 71 |
| Pantanal snipe | Gallinago paraguaiae (Vieillot, 1816) | 72 |
| Magellanic snipe | Gallinago magellanica (King, PP, 1828) | 73 |
| Puna snipe | Gallinago andina Taczanowski, 1875 | 74 |
| Noble snipe | Gallinago nobilis Sclater, PL, 1856 | 75 |
| Giant snipe | Gallinago undulata (Boddaert, 1783) | 76 |
| Fuegian snipe | Gallinago stricklandii (Gray, GR, 1845) | 77 |
| Jameson's snipe | Gallinago jamesoni (Jardine & Bonaparte, 1855) | 78 |
| Imperial snipe | Gallinago imperialis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869 | 79 |
| Terek sandpiper | Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775) | 80 |
| Wilson's phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot, 1819) | 81 |
| Red-necked phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 82 |
| Red phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) | 83 |
| Common sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758) | 84 |
| Spotted sandpiper | Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 85 |
| Green sandpiper | Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758 | 86 |
| Solitary sandpiper | Tringa solitaria Wilson, A, 1813 | 87 |
| Wandering tattler | Tringa incana (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 88 |
| Grey-tailed tattler | Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816) | 89 |
| Lesser yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 90 |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 91 |
| Common redshank | Tringa totanus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 92 |
| Marsh sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis (Bechstein, 1803) | 93 |
| Wood sandpiper | Tringa glareola Linnaeus, 1758 | 94 |
| Spotted redshank | Tringa erythropus (Pallas, 1764) | 95 |
| Common greenshank | Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767) | 96 |
| Nordmann's greenshank | Tringa guttifer (Nordmann, 1835) | 97 |
| Greater yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 98 |
References
- ↑ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2023). "Sandpipers, snipes, Crab-plover, coursers". IOC World Bird List. v 13.1. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
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