List of sandpipers


A total of 98 species of sandpipers and allies in the family Scolopacidae are accepted by the International Ornithological Committee. In addition to the species directly called "sandpiper", the family includes curlews, dowitchers, godwits, stints, snipe, woodcocks, and a few other groups. They are distributed among 15 genera, three of which have only one species. Six species are known to be extinct, and one which is probably extinct, are included.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Common nameBinomial nameIOC sequence
Upland sandpiperBartramia longicauda 1
Bristle-thighed curlewNumenius tahitiensis 2
Eurasian whimbrelNumenius phaeopus 3
Hudsonian whimbrelNumenius hudsonicus Latham, 17904
Little curlewNumenius minutus Gould, 18415
Eskimo curlewNumenius borealis 6
Long-billed curlewNumenius americanus Bechstein, 18127
Far Eastern curlewNumenius madagascariensis 8
Slender-billed curlewNumenius tenuirostris Vieillot, 1817 9
Eurasian curlewNumenius arquata 10
Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponica 11
Black-tailed godwitLimosa limosa 12
Hudsonian godwitLimosa haemastica 13
Marbled godwitLimosa fedoa 14
Asian dowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus 15
Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus 16
Short-billed dowitcherLimnodromus griseus 17
Jack snipeLymnocryptes minimus 18
American woodcockScolopax minor Gmelin, JF, 178919
Eurasian woodcockScolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 175820
Amami woodcockScolopax mira Hartert, EJO, 191621
Bukidnon woodcockScolopax bukidnonensis Kennedy, RS, Fisher, TH, Harrap, Diesmos & Manamtam, 200122
Javan woodcockScolopax saturata Horsfield, 182123
New Guinea woodcockScolopax rosenbergii Schlegel, 187124
Sulawesi woodcockScolopax celebensis Riley, 192125
Moluccan woodcockScolopax rochussenii Schlegel, 186626
North Island snipeCoenocorypha barrierensis Oliver, 1955 27
South Island snipeCoenocorypha iredalei Rothschild, 1921 28
Chatham Islands snipeCoenocorypha pusilla 29
Snares snipeCoenocorypha huegeli 30
Subantarctic snipeCoenocorypha aucklandica 31
Imperial snipeGallinago imperialis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 186932
Jameson's snipeGallinago jamesoni 33
Fuegian snipeGallinago stricklandii 34
Solitary snipeGallinago solitaria Hodgson, 183135
Wood snipeGallinago nemoricola Hodgson, 183636
Great snipeGallinago media 37
Swinhoe's snipeGallinago megala Swinhoe, 186138
Pin-tailed snipeGallinago stenura 39
Latham's snipeGallinago hardwickii 40
African snipeGallinago nigripennis Bonaparte, 183941
Common snipeGallinago gallinago 42
Wilson's snipeGallinago delicata 43
Giant snipeGallinago undulata 44
Noble snipeGallinago nobilis Sclater, PL, 185645
Puna snipeGallinago andina Taczanowski, 187546
Madagascar snipeGallinago macrodactyla Bonaparte, 183947
Pantanal snipeGallinago paraguaiae 48
Magellanic snipeGallinago magellanica 49
Wilson's phalaropePhalaropus tricolor 50
Red phalaropePhalaropus fulicarius 51
Red-necked phalaropePhalaropus lobatus 52
Terek sandpiperXenus cinereus 53
Common sandpiperActitis hypoleucos 54
Spotted sandpiperActitis macularius 55
Green sandpiperTringa ochropus Linnaeus, 175856
Solitary sandpiperTringa solitaria Wilson, A, 181357
Grey-tailed tattlerTringa brevipes 58
Wandering tattlerTringa incana 59
Marsh sandpiperTringa stagnatilis 60
Wood sandpiperTringa glareola Linnaeus, 175861
Common redshankTringa totanus 62
Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipes 63
Nordmann's greenshankTringa guttifer 64
WilletTringa semipalmata 65
Spotted redshankTringa erythropus 66
Common greenshankTringa nebularia 67
Greater yellowlegsTringa melanoleuca 68
Kiritimati sandpiperProsobonia cancellata 69
Tahiti sandpiperProsobonia leucoptera 70
Moorea sandpiperProsobonia ellisi Sharpe, 1906 71
Tuamotu sandpiperProsobonia parvirostris 72
Ruddy turnstoneArenaria interpres 73
Black turnstoneArenaria melanocephala 74
Great knotCalidris tenuirostris 75
Red knotCalidris canutus 76
SurfbirdCalidris virgata 77
RuffCalidris pugnax 78
Broad-billed sandpiperCalidris falcinellus 79
Sharp-tailed sandpiperCalidris acuminata 80
Stilt sandpiperCalidris himantopus 81
Curlew sandpiperCalidris ferruginea 82
Temminck's stintCalidris temminckii 83
Long-toed stintCalidris subminuta 84
Red-necked stintCalidris ruficollis 85
Spoon-billed sandpiperCalidris pygmaea 86
Buff-breasted sandpiperCalidris subruficollis 87
SanderlingCalidris alba 88
DunlinCalidris alpina 89
Purple sandpiperCalidris maritima 90
Rock sandpiperCalidris ptilocnemis 91
Baird's sandpiperCalidris bairdii 92
Little stintCalidris minuta 93
Least sandpiperCalidris minutilla 94
White-rumped sandpiperCalidris fuscicollis 95
Pectoral sandpiperCalidris melanotos 96
Western sandpiperCalidris mauri 97
Semipalmated sandpiperCalidris pusilla 98