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Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
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| African Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago nigripennis | AF | subtropical to tropical wetlands of ne, sc, s Africa | |
| Amami Woodcock (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax mira | PAL | Amami-Oshima to Tokunoshima (n Ryukyu Is., s Japan) | s to Okinawa (c Ryukyu Is., s Japan) |
| American Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax minor | NA | temperate e Nearctic forest and edge: sw Alberta e to Maritime Provinces (sc to se Canada) and s to se Texas and n Florida (e USA) | to woodlands and fields of se Texas and s Florida |
| Asian Dowitcher (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Limnodromus semipalmatus | PAL | inland wetlands of temperate c, e Palearctic: sw Siberia and e Kazakhstan, (probably) n Mongolia to Amurland (se Siberia) and ne China | OR, AU : coastal s Thailand, Malay Pen., Indonesian Arch., n Australia and Philippines (rare) |
| Baird's Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris bairdii | NA, PAL | high Arctic (locally to subarctic) dry tundra: Wrangel I. (n of ne Siberia and e Chukotskiy Pen. (far ne Siberia), n, c Alaska, n Canada including Arctic islands from Banks to Ellesmere and Baffin is. and nw Greenland | w, s SA : inland including montane and coastal from s Peru through Chile and c, s Argentina |
| Bar-tailed Godwit (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Limosa lapponica | PAL | patchily in low Arctic tundra of n Palearctic: far n Scandinavia to Chukotskiy and Anadyr pens. (ne Russia) and n, w Alaska | AF, OR, AU : mainly temperate to tropical coasts: British Isles, s Europe, w Mediterranean, Africa, Malagasy region through Middle East, Indian subcontinent, se Asia, Indonesian Arch.; Ryukyu Is. (s Japan), se China, Taiwan, Philippines, Australasia from |
| Black Turnstone i | Scolopacidae | Arenaria melanocephala | NA | coastal w Alaska, also along rivers, streambeds and lakes | rocky coastal se Alaska to s Baja California, Gulf of California, and Sonora (nw Mexico; e North Pacific) |
| Black-tailed Godwit (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Limosa limosa | PAL | widespread in subarctic and temperate wet grassland: Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles, Scandinavia s to sw France, e through nw Russia, n Kazakhstan, n Mongolia e to Chukotskiy Pen., Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Amurland (e Russia) and Inner Mongolia (ne Chin | AF, OR, AU : coastal and inland temperate to tropical wetlands: s British Isles, s Europe, Macaronesia (nw of n Africa; scarce), Africa (except s), Middle East, s, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., s New Guinea, Australia; Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto, s Japan), Ta |
| Bristle-thighed Curlew (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius tahitiensis | NA | low Arctic upland tundra of w Alaska: nc Seward Pen. and n Yukon Delta | c, s PO is.: Micronesia and Fiji (sw Polynesia) e through Northwestern Hawaiian Is. and Kaui (rarer on other main Hawaiian Is.) and all Polynesian islands; rarer to Japan and Melanesia |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris falcinellus | PAL | patchily in low Arctic to subarctic tundra bogs of n Palearctic: Scandinavia to Kanin Pen. (nw Russia); Taimyr Pen. (nw Siberia) and Lena to Kolyma rivers (ne Siberia) | AF, OR, AU : Paleotropical coasts, e Africa, Red Sea and Persian Gulf through se Asia, Indonesian Arch., s New Guinea and Australia (except sw, sc, Tasmania) |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris subruficollis | NA, PAL | high Arctic dry coastal tundra of far ne Palearctic and n Nearctic: n Chukotka e from Wrangel I. (n of ne Siberia), Alaskan North Slope from Pt. Barrow e through ne Canada, including Arctic is. from Banks to Devon is. (ne Canada) | se SA : coastal and inland grassland of subtropical s Neotropics: se Brazil, Uruguay and n, c Argentina; prone to extreme vagrancy worldwide |
| Bukidnon Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax bukidnonensis | OR | Calayan, Babuyan Claro, and montane Luzon and Mindanao (n, s Philippines) | |
| Chatham Islands Snipe (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha pusilla | AU | South East I. (=Rangatira), Mangere and Little Mangere is. and Star Keys (Chatham Is., e of South I., New Zealand) | |
| Common Greenshank i | Scolopacidae | Tringa nebularia | PAL | inland and coastal subarctic to temperate taiga wetlands of Palearctic: n Europe to e Siberia: Scotland, Scandinavia and Baltic states e through temperate Russia to Chukotskiy Pen., Kamchatka and Amurland (se Russia) | sw PAL, AF, OR, AU : inland and coastal s temperate to tropical Old World: sw, s Europe, Canary and Cape Verde is. (Macaronesia, w of n Africa), Africa, Malagasy region, Middle East, s, se Asia to e China, Indonesian Arch., New Guinea region, Australia an |
| Common Redshank i | Scolopacidae | Tringa totanus | PAL | subarctic to temperate coastal and inland marshes, meadows of Palearctic: Iceland to n Scandinavia and s to s Iberian Pen. and coastal Tunisia, in n from Baltics, sw Russia, Kazakhstan, n Mongolia e to Amurland (se Russia), s through n Middle East, most o | sw PAL, AF, OR : temperate to tropical inland and coastal wetlands of Africa to n Australia: s British Isles, Africa (except s), Middle East, s, se Asia to Malay Pen., Indonesian Arch., e China, Philippines, Taiwan and Ryukyu Is. (s Japan) |
| Common Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Actitis hypoleucos | PAL | widespread, subarctic to temperate inland waterbody margins of Palearctic: British Isles n to Scandinavia s to Iberian Pen., e through temperate Russia to ec Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Russia), s from Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, c Asia to Kashmir (nw Himalayas), n M | AF, OR, AU, also Middle East : tropical to subtropical inland and coastal waterbodies of Paleotropics: sw Europe, s Macaronesia (nw of w Africa), Africa, Malagasy region, s Middle East, s, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., Philippines, Taiwan, e China, s Japan, |
| Common Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago gallinago | PAL | widespread low Arctic to temperate wetlands of Palearctic: Iceland to British Isles, Scandinavia, France and Azores (n Macaronesia, nw of n Africa) e through n Russia to c Chukotskiy Pen., Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk and Commander Is. (se Russia); in s to n | s Europe, AF, OR : temperate to tropical wetlands of Eastern Hemisphere mainly n of Equator: British Isles to s Europe, Macaronesia (nw of n Africa), n Africa, wc to ec Africa, Middle East, c, s se Asia, e Asia, Greater Sundas, Philippines, Taiwan, e Chin |
| Curlew Sandpiper (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris ferruginea | PAL | drier low Arctic tundra of nc, ne Palearctic: nw Siberia from Yamal Pen. to nw Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Siberia), and New Siberian Is. (n of nc Siberia) | AF, OR, AU : inland and coastal wetlands of Paleotropics: s Europe, Cape Verde Is. (s Macaronesia, w of w Africa), Africa, Malagasy region, through s, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., se China, Taiwan, Philippines, s New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania, Bismarck |
| Dunlin i | Scolopacidae | Calidris alpina | NA, PAL | low (locally high) Arctic to temperate wet tundra of Holarctic: sw to ne Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., n British Isles, Scandinavia, Baltic states e through n Russia including Novaya Zemlya (n of nw Siberia) and New Siberian Is. (n of ec Russia), through | s NA, AF, s PAL : coastal and inland wetlands from temperate to tropical zones n of Equator: British Isles, w Europe, Mediterranean, n, nc Africa, Middle East, n Indian subcontinent to n Vietnam and e China, Taiwan, Korean Pen. and Japan (except n); sw Ca |
| Eskimo Curlew (CR) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius borealis | NA | low Arctic tundra of nw North America: n NWT (nw Canada; possibly also n Alaska; probably extinct) | grassland of se South America: se Brazil, Uruguay and ne Argentina (probably extinct) |
| Eurasian Curlew (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius arquata | PAL | subarctic and temperate Palearctic wetlands, meadows: Faroe Is., British Isles, Scandinavia s to s France, e through n Kazakhstan and (locally) n Mongolia to Transbaikalia (ne Russia), Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang (ne China) | AF, OR : mainly subtropical to tropical coasts and larger rivers, Iceland, s British Isles, s Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, Malagasy region through Middle East, Indian subcontinent, se Asia, Indonesian Arch.; s, sc Japan, Korean Pen., se China, Taiwan an |
| Eurasian Whimbrel i | Scolopacidae | Numenius phaeopus | PAL | patchily in subarctic tundra of Palearctic: ne Greenland and n Scotland through subarctic Russia to Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Russia) | widespread on temperate to tropical Palearctic coasts: s British Isles, Madeira to Cape Verde (Macaronesia, nw of n Africa), w Mediterranean, Africa, Indian Ocean and associated gulfs, bays and islands, Australasia to North and n South is. (New Zealand) a |
| Eurasian Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax rusticola | PAL | widespread subarctic to temperate and montane subtropical moist forests of Palearctic: British Isles n to Scandinavia (except far n) s to n Iberian Pen., Azores, Madeira and w, c Canary Is. (Macaronesia, nw of w Africa), e through temperate Russia, ne Kaz | OR, n AF : temperate to subtropical Eastern Hemisphere woodlands: to Iberian Pen., n Africa, n Middle East, sw India, n se Asia, e China, Taiwan, Korean Pen. and c, s Japan |
| Far Eastern Curlew (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius madagascariensis | PAL | inland wetlands of subarctic to temperate ne Palearctic: ec Siberia to Kamchatka and Ussuriland (se Russia) and Heilongjiang (ne China) | AU : coastal subtropical to tropical e Asia: Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto, s Japan), Taiwan, se coastal China, Philippines, e Vietnam, Malay Pen., Indonesian Arch., s, se New Guinea, Australia, Tasmania, North and South is. (New Zealand) |
| Fuegian Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago stricklandii | SA | bogs of temperate s South America: c, s Chile and s Argentina to Cape Horn and Isla de los Estados (e of Tierra del Fuego) | |
| Giant Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago undulata | SA | wet grassland of n, se South America | |
| Great Knot (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris tenuirostris | PAL | low Arctic and subarctic montane tundra: ne Siberia from Yakutsk e to Anadyr Pen. | OR, AU : coastal Australasia: ne Arabian Pen., coastal s, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., Taiwan, se China, Philippines, nw, s New Guinea, Australia including Tasmania |
| Great Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago media | PAL | subarctic to temperate meadows of nw Palearctic: w, n Scandinavia and e Poland through w Russia to Yenisei River (w Siberia) | AF : wet grassland of tropical and subtropical Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Greater Yellowlegs i | Scolopacidae | Tringa melanoleuca | NA | (mainly) temperate taiga muskeg of Nearctic: s Alaska and sw Canada through s tier of Canadian provinces to e Labrador (e Canada) | s USA and LA : temperate to tropical coastal and inland Neotropical wetlands: n California, Pennsylvania, and throughout Caribbean s to Tierra del Fuego; Galápagos |
| Green Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Tringa ochropus | PAL | subarctic to temperate zone taiga wetlands of Palearctic: Scandinavia (except far n) s to Germany, e to e Sakha Republic (ne Siberia), s through n, e Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, w, nw Xinjiang (nw China), n Mongolia and Inner Mongolia (ne China) | sw PAL, AF, OR : temperate to tropical inland and coastal wetlands of Palearctic: s British Isles to Canary Is. (Macaronesia, w of n Africa), Africa (except far s), Middle East, s, se Asia to Malay Pen., e China, n, w Philippines, Taiwan, Korean Pen. and |
| Grey-tailed Tattler (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Tringa brevipes | PAL | (mainly) subarctic tundra of nc, ne Palearctic: montane Krasnoyarsk (wc Siberia) and Yana River to Anadyr Pen. and Kamchatka (ec, e Siberia) | e IO and w PO islands : subtropical to tropical mainly muddy to sandy Pacific coasts: Malay Pen., Indonesian Arch., New Guinea region, w, n, e Australia, Melanesia, New Zealand, Micronesia, Fiji and Tuvalu (w Polynesia) |
| Hudsonian Godwit i | Scolopacidae | Limosa haemastica | NA | patchily in low Arctic bogs near treeline, w Alaska to c Canada: w, sc Alaska, n and sc NWT, sw shores of Hudson Bay in n Manitoba and n Ontario (ec Canada) | mainly temperate coastal wetlands of s South America; highly localized: n Peru to s Chile (e South Pacific) and s Brazil to s Argentina (w South Atlantic) |
| Hudsonian Whimbrel i | Scolopacidae | Numenius hudsonicus | NA | low Arctic coastal and inland tundra of Alaska and Canada: w, n, c Alaska, far w, nw Canada and sw shore of Hudson Bay | widespread on temperate to tropical Western Hemisphere coasts: c California (e North Pacific) and se coast of USA (w North Atlantic), Gulf of Mexico through Caribbean and Mexico, Central America and to s tip of South America; also Revillagigedo (far w of |
| Imperial Snipe (NT) i U | Scolopacidae | Gallinago imperialis | SA | elfin forest montane bogs of nw South America: Ecuador to Peru (old records Colombia) | |
| Jack Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Lymnocryptes minimus | PAL | subarctic to temperate taiga wetlands of n Palearctic: Scandinavia and ne Poland to e Sakha Republic (ec Siberia) | OR, AF : temperate to tropical inland wetlands of w, c Eastern Hemisphere mainly n of Equator: Faroe and British Isles, w, s Europe, Mediterranean, n, c tropical Africa, Middle East and Indian subcontinent |
| Jameson's Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago jamesoni | SA | montane bogs of n to wc South America: wc Venezuela to nc Bolivia | |
| Javan Woodcock (NT) i U | Scolopacidae | Scolopax saturata | OR | montane Sumatra and w Java | |
| Kiritimati Sandpiper (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Prosobonia cancellata † | PO | Kiritimati (Line Is., e Polynesia) | |
| Latham's Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago hardwickii | PAL | meadows and fields of temperate ne Palearctic: e Amurland and s Sakhalin (se Russia) and s Kuril Is. s through Honshu and ?Kyushu (n to s Japan) | AU : tropical to temperate freshwater wetlands: e Australia including Tasmania |
| Least Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris minutilla | NA | low Arctic and subarctic n Nearctic tundra and taiga wetlands: e Aleutian Is., all Alaskan mainland, n Canada from n Yukon to n British Columbia, e to s James Bay, Ungava Pen., Labrador and Nova Scotia | subtropical to tropical coastal mudflats and inland wetlands from s USA, Caribbean, and Mexico to n South America |
| Lesser Yellowlegs i | Scolopacidae | Tringa flavipes | NA | (mainly) subarctic tundra to forest of n Nearctic: Alaska mainland (except far w, far n) s to c British Columbia and s Alberta, e to James Bay and probably c Quebec (ec Canada) | s USA and LA : temperate to tropical coastal and inland Neotropical wetlands: n California, North Carolina, and throughout Caribbean s to Tierra del Fuego; Galápagos |
| Little Curlew i | Scolopacidae | Numenius minutus | PAL | patchily in subarctic taiga of wc to ec Siberia | AU : coastal and inland Trans-Fly (sc New Guinea), Port Moresby area (se New Guinea) and n Australia to wc, ec coasts |
| Little Stint i | Scolopacidae | Calidris minuta | PAL | high to low Arctic drier tundra of n Palearctic: far n Scandinavia, White Sea coast, s Novaya Zemlya, through n Russia to New Siberian Is. (ec Siberia) | e PAL, AF, India : coastal and inland mudflats and marshes, s Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, w Madagascar, Middle East, c to s Asia |
| Long-billed Curlew i | Scolopacidae | Numenius americanus | NA | inland grassland of temperate wc North America: s British Columbia e to sw Saskatchewan (sw, sc Canada) and s to ne California, ne New Mexico and nw Nebraska (sw, wc USA) | coastal and inland s USA, Mexico, and w Central America: California, coastal se USA, coastal and inland Mexico to c Panama (e North Pacific) and to w Yucatan Pen. (e Mexico; w North Atlantic) |
| Long-billed Dowitcher i | Scolopacidae | Limnodromus scolopaceus | PAL, NA | low Arctic to subarctic wet meadows of e Palearctic and w Nearctic: Lena River to e Chukotskiy Pen. and s to Anadyr Pen. (ne Siberia); St. Lawrence I. (Bering Sea; rare), w Alaska and n NWT (nc Canada) | s USA and MA : coastal and inland temperate to subtropical Nearctic: from n California, Florida and Gulf of Mexico through s USA, Mexico to Campeche (ec Mexico) and Pacific coast of Central America to nw Costa Rica |
| Long-toed Stint i | Scolopacidae | Calidris subminuta | PAL | subarctic to temperate bogs of c, e Palearctic: disjunctly from sw to s Chukotskiy Pen., n Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia); (perhaps) n Mongolia | OR, AU : inland and coastal e India and Sri Lanka, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., w, se Australia, Philippines, se China, Taiwan and s, sc Japan |
| Madagascar Snipe (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago macrodactyla | AF | wetlands of e Madagascar | |
| Magellanic Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago magellanica | SA | wet grassland of temperate s South America: c Chile and c Argentina to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is. | |
| Marbled Godwit i | Scolopacidae | Limosa fedoa | NA | subarctic to temperate grassland of Nearctic: disjunctly c Alaska Pen.; sc Canada to nc USA; and w James Bay area (n Ontario, ec Canada) | coastal s USA and Mexico: Washington to Baja California, Gulf of California to c Panama (e North Pacific); New Jersey to Florida (w North Atlantic), Gulf of Mexico to Yucatan Pen. |
| Marsh Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Tringa stagnatilis | PAL | temperate zone freshwater marshes of wc to ec Palearctic: e Poland and Baltic states e through s Russia, n Kazakhstan and n Mongolia to Amurland and ne China | AF, OR, AU : inland and coastal wetlands of Paleotropics: Africa, n Middle East, s, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., s New Guinea, Australia (except Tasmania), Mariana Is. and Palau (w Micronesia), Philippines, s China, Taiwan and Ryukyu Is. (s Japan) |
| Moluccan Woodcock (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax rochussenii | AU | Obi (nc Moluccas) | |
| Moorea Sandpiper (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Prosobonia ellisi † | PO | Moorea (Society Is., e Polynesia) | |
| New Guinea Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax rosenbergii | AU | montane New Guinea | |
| Noble Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago nobilis | SA | montane wet grassland of nw South America: far w Venezuela to far n Peru | |
| Nordmann's Greenshank (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Tringa guttifer | PAL | coastal larch forest of ne Palearctic: w, s coastal Sea of Okhotsk, Tatar Strait (w of Sakhalin) and Sakhalin (e Siberia) | OR : coastal mudflats and saltpans of tropical s se Asia: se Bangladesh, s Myanmar, s Thailand, Malay Pen., Sumatra and sw Borneo |
| North Island Snipe (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha barrierensis † | AU | North, Browns and Little Barrier is. (n New Zealand) | |
| Pantanal Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago paraguaiae | SA | wetlands of tropical to subtropical n, c South America: Trinidad, c, e Colombia through the Guianas s to n Argentina and Uruguay | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris melanotos | NA, PAL | high to low Arctic wet tundra of Holarctic: Yamal Pen. (nw Siberia) e to Chukotskiy Pen., s to Anadyr, including New Siberian and Wrangel is. (ne Russia); w, n Alaska through ne Canada, including Arctic islands from Banks to Devon and Southampton (ne Cana | AU, Southern Cone : mainly wet grassland, wetland edge of subtropical and temperate zone; few to se Australia, New Zealand, Chatham Is. (e of North I., New Zealand); most to Peru, Bolivia, and s Brazil s to Tierra del Fuego; a few winter farther north; pr |
| Pin-tailed Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago stenura | PAL | low Arctic tundra to temperate montane meadows of nc, ne Palearctic: nw Siberia and ne Kazakhstan and n Mongolia to c Chukotskiy Pen. to Sea of Okhotsk (e Siberia) | OR : inland wetlands of subtropical to tropical Oriental region: s, se Arabian Pen., s, se Asia, Greater Sundas, se China, Taiwan, Korean Pen., Ryukyu Is. (s Japan) |
| Puna Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago andina | SA | montane wet grassland of w South America: Peru to n Chile and nw Argentina | |
| Purple Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris maritima | NA, PAL | high to low montane Arctic of North Atlantic and Arctic oceans: Greenland (except n, ne), Iceland, Jan Mayen (ne of Iceland), Bear I. and Svalbard (n of Norway), Scandinavia to far nw Russia, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya (n of nw Siberia) and Severn | e NA, w Europe : rocky North Atlantic coasts: Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles, Scandinavia and w Europe (e North Atlantic); Labrador and Gulf of St. Lawrence (se Canada) to North Carolina (w North Atlantic) |
| Red Knot (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris canutus | NA, PAL | patchily in high Arctic (mainly) tundra of Holarctic: nw, e Greenland, nc Siberia, islands n of nc and ne Siberia, and n Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Siberia) | SA, Europe, AF, AU : coasts worldwide from temperate zone to tropics; in Indian Ocean mainly w Australia, and in Pacific in New Zealand but rare on other remote islands |
| Red Phalarope i | Scolopacidae | Phalaropus fulicarius | NA, PAL | mostly high (locally low) Arctic marshy tundra of Holarctic: from sw, ec Greenland, Iceland (local), Svalbard (n of Norway), Novaya Zemlya and n Siberia to Bering Strait; n Alaska and n Canada including s tier of Arctic Canadian islands | temperate to tropical coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific oceans: from n California to s Chile (e Pacific) and Atlantic USA to n Florida (w North Atlantic); coastal waters of e tropical and South Atlantic off nw, w, sw Africa |
| Red-necked Phalarope i | Scolopacidae | Phalaropus lobatus | NA, PAL | mostly low Arctic to subarctic Holarctic tundra and alpine tundra: s Greenland, Iceland, Scotland (rare), n Scandinavia, and Arctic and subarctic Russia to Kamchatka, Kuril and Commander is.; Aleutian Is., Arctic and subarctic Alaska and Canada | to tropical and subtropical coastal waters and coasts: Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Bay of Bengal; seas of Indonesian Arch., off n, w New Guinea and Bismarck Arch.; and se North Pacific coasts of w Mexico and Central America to Peru and Galápagos |
| Red-necked Stint (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris ruficollis | PAL | coastal low Arctic to subarctic tundra of nc, ne Siberia: Taymyr Pen. (nc Siberia) e to Chukotskiy Pen. and s to n Kamchatka Pen. (ne Russia) | OR, AU : coastal ne India and Sri Lanka through se Asia, Indonesian Arch., New Guinea, Australia, Melanesia from Bismarck Arch. to New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines to Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto, s Japan) |
| Rock Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris ptilocnemis | PAL, NA | coastal low Arctic to subarctic tundra of far n Pacific: e Chukotskiy Pen. to (disjunctly) s Kamchatka, Commander and (perhaps) n Kuril is. (e Russia), Aleutian and Bering Sea is., w Alaska from Seward Pen. to Gulf of Alaska is. | rocky subarctic to temperate coasts: Hokkaido (n Japan, w North Pacific; rare) to c California (e North Pacific) |
| Ruddy Turnstone i | Scolopacidae | Arenaria interpres | NA, PAL | high and low Arctic tundra of coastal Holarctic | temperate to tropical coasts worldwide |
| Ruff i | Scolopacidae | Calidris pugnax | PAL | low Arctic to temperate tundra and steppe of Palearctic: nw Europe from Belgium and Scandinavia s through n Ukraine, nw Kazakhstan, n Mongolia to far e Siberia | AF, sw PAL, India : inland and coastal c, s Europe, Africa, Middle East, Indian subcontinent, se Asia, Philippines, ec China, Taiwan and c to s Japan; rarer Indonesian Arch. |
| Sanderling i | Scolopacidae | Calidris alba | NA, PAL | high Arctic tundra wetlands of Holarctic: nw, se Greenland, Svalbard (n of Norway), n Taymyr Pen. and Severnaya Zemlya (to n), Lena Delta and New Siberian Is. (nc Siberia), Alaskan North Slope (rare), Canadian Arctic islands from Banks to Ellesmere and s | Worldwide : sandy coastal beaches from temperate to tropical zone: British Isles and Macaronesia (nw of n Africa) through Africa, Malagasy region, Middle East, s, se Asia through Indonesian Arch. to Australia, Melanesia, Philippines and s, c Japan (but ra |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris pusilla | NA, PAL | low (locally high) Arctic to subarctic tundra of far ne Palearctic and Nearctic: e Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Siberia), w, n Alaska and n Canada including most of mainland Nunavut, around Hudson and James bays and e to n Labrador, and s Canadian Arctic islands f | MA, SA, Caribbean : subtropical to tropical coastal Neotropics: from Isthmus of Tehuantepec (sw Mexico) to far n Chile and Galápagos (e Pacific), throughout Caribbean and from n Yucatan Pen. to ne Brazil (w Atlantic) |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris acuminata | PAL | low Arctic to subarctic tundra of ne Palearctic: Lena to Kolyma rivers (ne Siberia) | AU : coastal and inland Wallacea, New Guinea, Australia, Melanesia, New Zealand and Fiji (sw Polynesia); prone to extreme vagrancy to North America and Europe |
| Short-billed Dowitcher i | Scolopacidae | Limnodromus griseus | NA | n temperate bogs in tundra and muskeg of Nearctic: Gulf of Alaska and inland sc Alaska, sw Yukon and montane nw British Columbia (nw Canada); nc Alberta to w Manitoba (c Canada); sw Hudson and James bays to w Labrador (ec Canada) | s USA and LA : coastal mudflats and mangroves of temperate to tropical Western Hemisphere: n California to n Peru and Galápagos (e Pacific) and North Carolina to ne Brazil (w Atlantic) |
| Slender-billed Curlew (CR) i | Scolopacidae | Numenius tenuirostris | PAL | sw Siberia (perhaps extinct) | n AF : coastal Tunisia and Morocco; vagrant se Arabian Pen. (perhaps extinct) |
| Snares Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha huegeli | AU | Snares Is. (s of South I., New Zealand) | |
| Solitary Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Tringa solitaria | NA | subarctic to temperate zone taiga muskeg of Nearctic: Alaska mainland (except far n), nw to sw Canada, e s of Hudson and James bays and n of Great Lakes to e Quebec (at least) | MA, SA, Caribbean : inland subtropical to tropical small wetlands of Neotropics: wc Mexico, s Texas, and throughout the Caribbean to c Peru and nc Argentina |
| Solitary Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago solitaria | PAL | montane wetlands of c, e Palearctic: Altai and Tien Shan mts. from sc Russia, ne Kazakhstan, nw Xinjiang and n Mongolia e to Kamchatka and ne China | n OR : montane e Kazakhstan to e Afghanistan, Himalayas, n se Asia, wc, se China, Korean Pen., n, c Japan and Sakhalin and Amurland (se Russia) |
| South Island Snipe (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha iredalei † | AU | South, Stewart, and satellites (New Zealand) | |
| Spoon-billed Sandpiper (CR) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris pygmaea | PAL | coastal low Arctic to subarctic tundra of ne Siberia: ne, e Chukotskiy Pen. to n Kamchatka Pen. (ne Russia) | OR : coastal mudflats from Taiwan and ec China to Bangladesh; mainly Thailand, Myanmar and Bangladesh |
| Spotted Redshank i | Scolopacidae | Tringa erythropus | PAL | low Arctic to subarctic wooded tundra of n Palearctic: n, c Scandinavia e through inland Russia to c Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Siberia) | sw PAL, AF, OR : subtropical to tropical inland and coastal wetlands of Paleotropics (except Australasia): s British Isles and Canary Is. (Macaronesia, w of n Africa) to tropical Africa, Middle East, s, se Asia to se China and Taiwan |
| Spotted Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Actitis macularius | NA | widespread, low Arctic to temperate inland waterbody margins of Nearctic: Aleutian Is., Alaska mainland except North Slope, Canada (except far n and Arctic Arch.) to Newfoundland, s to sw, ec USA | temperate to tropical coastal and inland waterbody margins of Western Hemisphere: s USA and Caribbean through South America (except far s), including Bermuda, the Azores (n Macaronesia, nw of n Africa), main Hawaiian Is. and Galápagos |
| Stilt Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris himantopus | NA | high and low Arctic tundra to taiga edge of n Nearctic: North Slope of Alaska and n Canada to s Victoria I. (nc Canada); also locally w coasts of Hudson and James bays | coastal and inland Mexico and throughout the West Indies; in Central America mainly along Pacific coast; coastal South America to Peru and n Brazil, and in pampas of nc Argentina |
| Subantarctic Snipe (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Coenocorypha aucklandica | AU | Antipodes Is. (se of Stewart I.) and Auckland and Campbell is. (s of South I.; New Zealand) | |
| Sulawesi Woodcock i | Scolopacidae | Scolopax celebensis | AU | montane Sulawesi | |
| Surfbird i | Scolopacidae | Calidris virgata | NA | montane low Arctic to subarctic w Nearctic tundra: Alaska mainland (except far n) and Yukon (nw Canada) | w NA, LA : e Pacific rocky coasts from se Alaska to Tierra del Fuego |
| Swinhoe's Snipe i U | Scolopacidae | Gallinago megala | PAL | temperate woodland-edge wetlands of c, e Palearctic: ne Kazakhstan, sc Siberia, nc Mongolia and Amurland (se Russia) | OR, AU : wetland edge of subtropical to tropical e Oriental region: s Korean Pen., ec China, Taiwan, Philippines, Malay Pen., Indonesian Arch., New Guinea, far n Australia, Bismarck Arch. (including Admiralty Is.), Solomon Is., Mariana Is. (n Micronesia) |
| Tahiti Sandpiper (EX) i | Scolopacidae | Prosobonia leucoptera † | PO | Tahiti (Society Is., e Polynesia) | |
| Temminck's Stint i | Scolopacidae | Calidris temminckii | PAL | low (locally high) Arctic to subarctic tundra of n Palearctic: s to n Scandinavia e through n Russia to e Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Russia), including New Siberian Is. (n of nc Siberia) | AF, OR : coastal and inland Paleotropics from se Europe, n to c Africa, Middle East, s, se Asia to Malay Pen., Borneo, sw Japan, Taiwan and ec China |
| Terek Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Xenus cinereus | PAL | low Arctic to temperate tundra and taiga floodplains of nc Palearctic: Finland and Ukraine e through Russia to ec Chukotskiy Pen., n Kamchatka and s to w Amurland (e Russia) | AF, OR, AU, also Middle East : tropical to subtropical coastal mudflats, estuaries of Paleotropics:, s, e Africa, Malagasy region, Middle East, s, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., New Guinea, Australia (mainly nw, n, ne), Philippines, se China and Taiwan; rarer |
| Tuamotu Sandpiper (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Prosobonia parvirostris | PO | Tuamotu Is. (e Polynesia) | |
| Upland Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Bartramia longicauda | NA | inland grassland of subarctic to n temperate Neotropics: n to se Alaska and nw Canada, e to se Canada and New England, in s to e Oregon, ne Oklahoma and in se to Pennsylvania (ec USA) | inland grassland of subtropical to temperate s South America: mainly s Paraguay, s Brazil, Uruguay and wc to ec Argentina |
| Wandering Tattler i | Scolopacidae | Tringa incana | PAL, NA | subarctic montane tundra of far ne Palearctic and nw Nearctic: Chukotka (ne Siberia), Alaska mainland (except far n), Yukon, far NWT and nw British Columbia (nw Canada) | w USA and s PO islands : temperate to tropical, mainly rocky Pacific coasts: e Australia, se New Guinea satellites, Melanesia, Micronesia and all Polynesian groups including Hawaiian Is., isolated e Pacific islands including Clipperton (far sw of Mexico), |
| Western Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris mauri | NA, PAL | Chukotskiy Pen. s to Anadyr (ne Siberia; few), St. Lawrence I. (Bering Sea) and w, n Alaska mainland | NA, MA, n SA : temperate to n tropical (mainly) coastal Western Hemisphere: Washington to Peru and Galápagos (e Pacific), se Canada to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean islands and coasts to Guianas; inland c Mexico to n Costa Rica |
| White-rumped Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris fuscicollis | NA | high to low Arctic wet tundra of far n Nearctic: North Slope Alaska, coastal n Canada to nw Hudson Bay, and Banks to Devon and Baffin is. (ne Canada) | coastal and inland wetlands of temperate s South America: s Chile, se Brazil, nw to se Argentina, and Falkland Is. |
| Willet i | Scolopacidae | Tringa semipalmata | NA | temperate zone prairie wetlands and coastal saltmarshes of wc, e, se Canada and USA: inland c Alberta to sw Manitoba, s to ne California and n Nebraska; coastal Newfoundland to Florida and Gulf of Mexico s to Tamaulipas; Bahamas, most Greater Antilles, sc | sw NA, LA : temperate to tropical Western Hemisphere coasts: n California to n Chile and Galápagos (e Pacific); New Jersey through Caribbean to ne Brazil (w Atlantic coast) |
| Wilson's Phalarope i | Scolopacidae | Phalaropus tricolor | NA | temperate zone inland marshes of Nearctic: w, c Canada and nw to wc USA | to hypersaline lakes of w Canada and USA for molt migration; then mainly saline montane lakes from Peru to Argentina; also w coast of South America from Ecuador s and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego |
| Wilson's Snipe i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago delicata | NA | Alaska to e Canada and northern tier of continental USA | NA (south of breeding range) to n SA |
| Wood Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Tringa glareola | PAL | inland subarctic to temperate wooded wetlands of n Palearctic: Scotland (n British Isles), n Scandinavia, Austria e through inland n Russia to w Chukotskiy Pen., to e Siberia and ne China, in s through n Mongolia, ne China, Kamchatka and Commander Is. (e | AF, OR, AU : inland subtropical to tropical small open wetlands of Paleotropics: Africa, s Arabian Pen., s, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., New Guinea, Australia (except Tasmania), Philippines, Taiwan, e China and Ryukyu Is. (s Japan) |
| Wood Snipe (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Gallinago nemoricola | OR | alpine meadows and scrub of subtropical Asian mts.: w Himalayas from Himachal Pradesh to e India and sc China | OR : to lower-elevation wetlands and woodlands; rare to Indian Pen. and n se Asia |
82% 77 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) |
| PAL | 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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