Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (98 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 Is. |
American Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax minor | NA | sc, se Canada and e USA |
Asian Dowitcher (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Limnodromus semipalmatus | EU | c Asia and Mongolia to se Siberia and ne China |
Baird's Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris bairdii | NA, EU | ne Siberia, Alaska, n Canada and w Greenland |
Bar-tailed Godwit (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Limosa lapponica | EU | n, also Alaska |
Black Turnstone i | Scolopacidae | Arenaria melanocephala | NA | coastal w Alaska |
Black-tailed Godwit (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Limosa limosa | EU | widespread |
Bristle-thighed Curlew (NT) i U | Scolopacidae | Numenius tahitiensis | NA | Alaska |
Broad-billed Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris falcinellus | EU | n |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris subruficollis | NA, EU | ne Siberia, n Alaska and n Canada |
Bukidnon Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax bukidnonensis | OR | Philippines |
Chatham Snipe (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha pusilla | AU | Chatham Is. (New Zealand) |
Common Greenshank i | Scolopacidae | Tringa nebularia | EU | n Europe to e Siberia |
Common Redshank i | Scolopacidae | Tringa totanus | EU | w, c |
Common Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Actitis hypoleucos | EU | widespread |
Common Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago gallinago | EU | widespread |
Curlew Sandpiper (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris ferruginea | EU | n Asia |
Dunlin i | Scolopacidae | Calidris alpina | NA, EU | n |
Eskimo Curlew (CR) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius borealis | NA | nw Canada |
Eurasian Curlew (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius arquata | EU | c, w |
Eurasian Whimbrel i | Scolopacidae | Numenius phaeopus | NA, EU | n |
Eurasian Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax rusticola | EU | widespread |
Far Eastern Curlew (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius madagascariensis | EU | e, se Siberia and ne China |
Fuegian Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago stricklandii | SA | c, s Chile and s Argentina |
Giant Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago undulata | SA | n, se |
Great Knot (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris tenuirostris | EU | ne Siberia |
Great Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago media | EU | n Europe to c Asia |
Greater Yellowlegs i | Scolopacidae | Tringa melanoleuca | NA | s Alaska and w Canada to e Canada |
Green Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Tringa ochropus | EU | n, c Europe to e Siberia and ne China |
Grey-tailed Tattler (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Tringa brevipes | EU | nc, ne Siberia |
Hudsonian Godwit i | Scolopacidae | Limosa haemastica | NA | w Alaska to c Canada |
Hudsonian Whimbrel i | Scolopacidae | Numenius hudsonicus | NA | Alaska and Canada |
Imperial Snipe (NT) i U | Scolopacidae | Gallinago imperialis | SA | Colombia and Peru |
Jack Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Lymnocryptes minimus | EU | n Europe to ne Siberia |
Jameson's Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago jamesoni | SA | Venezuela to Bolivia |
Javan Woodcock (NT) i U | Scolopacidae | Scolopax saturata | OR | Sumatra and Java |
Kiritimati Sandpiper (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Prosobonia cancellata | PO | Kiritimati I. |
Latham's Snipe i U | Scolopacidae | Gallinago hardwickii | EU | e Siberia and Japan |
Least Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris minutilla | NA | Alaska and n Canada |
Lesser Yellowlegs i | Scolopacidae | Tringa flavipes | NA | Alaska to c Canada |
Little Curlew i | Scolopacidae | Numenius minutus | EU | nc, ne Siberia |
Little Stint i | Scolopacidae | Calidris minuta | EU | n Europe and n Asia |
Long-billed Curlew i | Scolopacidae | Numenius americanus | NA | sw, sc Canada to sw, wc USA |
Long-billed Dowitcher i | Scolopacidae | Limnodromus scolopaceus | EU, NA | ne Siberia, Alaska and n Canada |
Long-toed Stint i | Scolopacidae | Calidris subminuta | EU | c, e Siberia |
Madagascan Snipe (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago macrodactyla | AF | Madagascar |
Magellanic Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago magellanica | SA | c Chile and c Argentina to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is. |
Marbled Godwit i | Scolopacidae | Limosa fedoa | NA | c |
Marsh Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Tringa stagnatilis | EU | e Europe to e Siberia and ne China |
Moluccan Woodcock (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax rochussenii | AU | Moluccas |
Moorea Sandpiper (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Prosobonia ellisi | PO | Moorea (Society Is.) |
New Guinea Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax rosenbergii | AU | New Guinea |
Noble Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago nobilis | SA | Venezuela and Colombia |
Nordmann's Greenshank (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Tringa guttifer | EU | e Siberia |
North Island Snipe (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha barrierensis | AU | North, Browns and Little Barrier Is. (New Zealand) |
Pectoral Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris melanotos | NA, EU | n Siberia, w, n Alaska and n Canada |
Pin-tailed Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago stenura | EU | nw Russia and Mongolia to e Siberia |
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 |
Red Knot (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris canutus | NA, EU | n |
Red Phalarope i | Scolopacidae | Phalaropus fulicarius | NA, EU | n Alaska, n Canada, n Europe and n Asia |
Red-necked Phalarope i | Scolopacidae | Phalaropus lobatus | NA, EU | n Alaska, n Canada, n Europe and n Asia |
Red-necked Stint (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris ruficollis | EU | n, ne Siberia |
Rock Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris ptilocnemis | EU, NA | e Siberia to Alaska |
Ruddy Turnstone i | Scolopacidae | Arenaria interpres | NA, EU | n |
Ruff i | Scolopacidae | Calidris pugnax | EU | Europe to e Siberia |
Sanderling i | Scolopacidae | Calidris alba | NA, EU | n |
Semipalmated Sandpiper (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris pusilla | NA, EU | ne Siberia, w, n Alaska and n Canada |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris acuminata | EU | n Siberia |
Short-billed Dowitcher i | Scolopacidae | Limnodromus griseus | NA | n |
Slender-billed Curlew (CR) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius tenuirostris | EU | w Russia |
Snares Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha huegeli | AU | Snares Is. (New Zealand) |
Solitary Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Tringa solitaria | NA | n |
Solitary Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago solitaria | EU | c, e |
South American Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago paraguaiae | SA | Trinidad, Colombia through the Guianas s to n Argentina and Uruguay |
South Island Snipe (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha iredalei | AU | small islands off Stewart I. (New Zealand) |
Spoon-billed Sandpiper (CR) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris pygmaea | EU | ne Siberia |
Spotted Redshank i | Scolopacidae | Tringa erythropus | EU | n Europe to ne Siberia |
Spotted Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Actitis macularius | NA | widespread |
Stilt Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris himantopus | NA | n Alaska and n Canada |
Subantarctic Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha aucklandica | AU | Antipodes Is. and Auckland Is. (New Zealand) |
Sulawesi Woodcock (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax celebensis | AU | Sulawesi |
Surfbird i | Scolopacidae | Calidris virgata | NA | Alaska and nw Canada |
Swinhoe's Snipe i U | Scolopacidae | Gallinago megala | EU | c Asia, n Mongolia and se Siberia |
Tahiti Sandpiper (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Prosobonia leucoptera | PO | Tahiti (Society Is.) |
Temminck's Stint i | Scolopacidae | Calidris temminckii | EU | n Europe and n Asia |
Terek Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Xenus cinereus | EU | e Europe to ne Siberia |
Tuamotu Sandpiper (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Prosobonia parvirostris | PO | Tuamotu Arch. |
Upland Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Bartramia longicauda | NA | Alaska and nw, sc Canada to c, ne USA |
Wandering Tattler i | Scolopacidae | Tringa incana | EU, NA | ne Siberia, Alaska and nw Canada |
Western Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris mauri | NA, EU | ne Siberia and w, n Alaska |
White-rumped Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris fuscicollis | NA | n Alaska and n Canada |
Willet i | Scolopacidae | Tringa semipalmata | NA | e, c, se |
Wilson's Phalarope i | Scolopacidae | Phalaropus tricolor | NA | w, c Canada and n USA |
Wilson's Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago delicata | NA, MA, SA | widespread to nw SA |
Wood Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Tringa glareola | EU | n, c Europe to e Siberia and ne China |
Wood Snipe (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago nemoricola | OR | s Himalayas to e India and n Vietnam |
76% 71 species of 98 (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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