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Order Species Family Scientific name Breeding subregions Nonbreeding subregions - CHARADRIIFORMES   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  Madagascar 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 77%   72 species of 98 (5 extinct).   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.   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