Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (96 species) Again?
IUCN and region codes at bottom of page.
Order Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding subregions |
Nonbreeding subregions |
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African Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago nigripennis | AF : e, sc, s | |
Amami Woodcock (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax mira | EU : Ryukyu Islands | |
American Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax minor | NA : sc and se Canada, e USA | |
Asian Dowitcher (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Limnodromus semipalmatus | EU : c Asia and Mongolia to se Siberia and ne China | OR, AU |
Baird's Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris bairdii | NA, EU : ne Siberia, Alaska, n Canada and w Greenland | w, s SA |
Bar-tailed Godwit (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Limosa lapponica | EU : n, also Alaska | AF, OR, AU |
Black Turnstone i | Scolopacidae | Arenaria melanocephala | NA : coastal w Alaska | w NA coast |
Black-tailed Godwit (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Limosa limosa | EU : widespread | AF, OR, AU |
Bristle-thighed Curlew (VU) i U | Scolopacidae | Numenius tahitiensis | NA : Alaska | c, s PO Islands |
Broad-billed Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris falcinellus | EU : n | AF, OR, AU, also Middle East |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris subruficollis | NA, EU : ne Siberia, n Alaska and n Canada | se SA |
Bukidnon Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax bukidnonensis | OR : Philippines | |
Chatham Snipe (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha pusilla | AU : Chatham Islands | |
Common Greenshank i | Scolopacidae | Tringa nebularia | EU : n Europe to e Siberia | sw EU, AF, OR, AU |
Common Redshank i | Scolopacidae | Tringa totanus | EU : w, c | sw EU, AF, OR |
Common Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Actitis hypoleucos | EU : widespread | AF, OR, AU, also Middle East |
Common Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago gallinago | EU : widespread | s Europe, AF, OR |
Curlew Sandpiper (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris ferruginea | EU : n Asia | AF, OR, AU, also Middle East |
Dunlin i | Scolopacidae | Calidris alpina | NA, EU : n | s NA, AF, s EU |
Eskimo Curlew (CR) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius borealis | NA : nw Canada | se SA |
Eurasian Curlew (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius arquata | EU : c, w | AF, OR |
Eurasian Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax rusticola | EU : widespread | OR, n AF |
Far Eastern Curlew (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius madagascariensis | EU : e and se Siberia, ne China | AU |
Fuegian Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago stricklandii | SA : c and s Chile, s Argentina | |
Giant Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago undulata | SA : n, se | |
Great Knot (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris tenuirostris | EU : ne Siberia | OR, AU |
Great Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago media | EU : n Europe to c Asia | AF |
Greater Yellowlegs i | Scolopacidae | Tringa melanoleuca | NA : s Alaska and w Canada to e Canada | s USA, LA |
Green Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Tringa ochropus | EU : n and c Europe to e Siberia and ne China | sw EU, AF, OR |
Grey-tailed Tattler (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Tringa brevipes | EU : nc and ne Siberia | Malay Peninsula through AU |
Hudsonian Godwit i | Scolopacidae | Limosa haemastica | NA : w Alaska to c Canada | Southern Cone |
Imperial Snipe (NT) i U | Scolopacidae | Gallinago imperialis | SA : Colombia, Peru | |
Jack Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Lymnocryptes minimus | EU : n Europe to ne Siberia | OR, AF |
Jameson's Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago jamesoni | SA : Venezuela to Bolivia | |
Javan Woodcock (NT) i U | Scolopacidae | Scolopax saturata | OR : Sumatra, Java | |
Kiritimati Sandpiper (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Prosobonia cancellata † | PO : Kiritimati I. | |
Latham's Snipe i U | Scolopacidae | Gallinago hardwickii | EU : e Siberia, Japan | e Australia |
Least Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris minutilla | NA : Alaska and n Canada | s USA, LA |
Lesser Yellowlegs i | Scolopacidae | Tringa flavipes | NA : Alaska to c Canada | s USA, LA |
Little Curlew i | Scolopacidae | Numenius minutus | EU : nc and ne Siberia | AU |
Little Stint i | Scolopacidae | Calidris minuta | EU : n Europe and n Asia | e EU, AF, India |
Long-billed Curlew i | Scolopacidae | Numenius americanus | NA : sw and sc Canada to sw, wc USA | s USA through MA |
Long-billed Dowitcher i | Scolopacidae | Limnodromus scolopaceus | EU, NA : ne Siberia, Alaska and n Canada | s USA, MA |
Long-toed Stint i | Scolopacidae | Calidris subminuta | EU : c and e Siberia | OR, AU |
Madagascan Snipe (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago macrodactyla | AF : Madagascar | |
Marbled Godwit i | Scolopacidae | Limosa fedoa | NA : c | s USA, MA |
Marsh Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Tringa stagnatilis | EU : e Europe to e Siberia and ne China | AF, OR, AU |
Moluccan Woodcock (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax rochussenii | AU : Moluccas | |
Moorea Sandpiper (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Prosobonia ellisi † | PO : Moorea (Society Islands) | |
New Guinea Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax rosenbergii | AU : New Guinea | |
Noble Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago nobilis | SA : Venezuela, Colombia | |
Nordmann's Greenshank (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Tringa guttifer | EU : e Siberia | OR |
North Island Snipe (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha barrierensis † | AU : North, Browns and Little Barrier Is., NZ | |
Pectoral Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris melanotos | NA, EU : n Siberia, w and n Alaska and n Canada | AU, Southern Cone |
Pin-tailed Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago stenura | EU : nw Russia and Mongolia to e Siberia | OR |
Puna Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago andina | SA : Peru to nw Argentina | |
Purple Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris maritima | NA, EU : n Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Scandinavia to nc Siberia | e NA, w Europe |
Red Knot (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris canutus | NA, EU : n | SA, Europe, AF, AU |
Red Phalarope i | Scolopacidae | Phalaropus fulicarius | NA, EU : n Alaska, n Canada, n Europe and n Asia | se PO, se AO |
Red-necked Phalarope i | Scolopacidae | Phalaropus lobatus | NA, EU : n Alaska, n Canada, n Europe and n Asia | w, e PO, n IO |
Red-necked Stint (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris ruficollis | EU : n and ne Siberia | OR, AU |
Rock Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris ptilocnemis | EU, NA : e Siberia to Alaska | Japan, w NA coast |
Ruddy Turnstone i | Scolopacidae | Arenaria interpres | NA, EU : n | Worldwide |
Ruff i | Scolopacidae | Calidris pugnax | EU : Europe to e Siberia | AF, sw EU, India |
Sanderling i | Scolopacidae | Calidris alba | NA, EU : n | Worldwide |
Semipalmated Sandpiper (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris pusilla | NA, EU : ne Siberia, w and n Alaska and n Canada | MA, SA, Caribbean |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris acuminata | EU : n Siberia | AU |
Short-billed Dowitcher i | Scolopacidae | Limnodromus griseus | NA : n | s USA, LA |
Slender-billed Curlew (CR) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius tenuirostris | EU : w Russia | n AF |
Snares Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha huegeli | AU : Snares Is., NZ | |
Solitary Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Tringa solitaria | NA : n | MA, SA, Caribbean |
Solitary Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago solitaria | EU : c, e | n OR |
South American Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago paraguaiae | SA : widespread | |
South Island Snipe (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha iredalei † | AU : Small islands of Stewart Is., NZ | |
Spoon-billed Sandpiper (CR) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris pygmaea | EU : ne Siberia | OR |
Spotted Redshank i | Scolopacidae | Tringa erythropus | EU : n Europe to ne Siberia | sw EU, AF, OR |
Spotted Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Actitis macularius | NA : widespread | s USA through LA |
Stilt Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris himantopus | NA : n Alaska and n Canada | sc SA |
Subantarctic Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha aucklandica | AU : Antipodes Is., Auckland Is. NZ | |
Sulawesi Woodcock (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax celebensis | AU : Sulawesi | |
Surfbird i | Scolopacidae | Calidris virgata | NA : Alaska and nw Canada | w NA , LA coasts |
Swinhoe's Snipe i U | Scolopacidae | Gallinago megala | EU : c Asia and n Mongolia, se Siberia | OR, AU |
Tahiti Sandpiper (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Prosobonia leucoptera † | PO : Tahiti (Society Islands) | |
Temminck's Stint i | Scolopacidae | Calidris temminckii | EU : n Europe and n Asia | AF, OR, Middle East |
Terek Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Xenus cinereus | EU : e Europe to ne Siberia | AF, OR, AU, also Middle East |
Tuamotu Sandpiper (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Prosobonia parvirostris | PO : Tuamotu Archipelago | |
Upland Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Bartramia longicauda | NA : Alaska and nw Canada, sc Canada to c and ne USA | se SA |
Wandering Tattler i | Scolopacidae | Tringa incana | EU, NA : ne Siberia, Alaska and nw Canada | w USA, s PO islands |
Western Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris mauri | NA, EU : ne Siberia, w and n Alaska | NA, MA, n SA |
Whimbrel i | Scolopacidae | Numenius phaeopus | NA, EU : n | widespread |
White-rumped Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris fuscicollis | NA : n Alaska and n Canada | Southern Cone |
Willet i | Scolopacidae | Tringa semipalmata | NA : e, c, se | sw NA, LA |
Wilson's Phalarope i | Scolopacidae | Phalaropus tricolor | NA : w and c Canada, n USA | s SA |
Wilson's Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago delicata | NA, MA, SA : widespread to nw SA | |
Wood Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Tringa glareola | EU : n and c Europe to e Siberia and ne China | AF, OR, AU |
Wood Snipe (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago nemoricola | OR : s Himalayas to e India and n Vietnam | |
75% 69 species of 96 (5 extinct).
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IUCN Status Codes |
EX | Extinct |
EW | Extinct in the wild |
CR | Critically Endangered |
EN | Endangered |
VU | Vulnerable |
NT | Near Threatened |
LC | Least Concern |
DD | Data deficient |
NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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Breeding Range Codes |
AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
AN | Antarctica |
AO | Atlantic Ocean |
AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
EU | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
IO | Indian Ocean |
LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
NO | Northern oceans |
OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
PO | Pacific Ocean |
SA | South America |
SO | Southern oceans |
TO | Temperate oceans |
TrO | Tropical oceans |
Worldwide | Worldwide |
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