91 species of sandpipers and allies around the world, from the Spotted Sandpiper to the Sulawesi Woodcock. Every species links to photos, calls and identification notes.
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
DunlinCalidris alpina
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
WilletTringa semipalmata
SanderlingCalidris alba
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
RuffCalidris pugnax
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Little StintCalidris minuta
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
American WoodcockScolopax minor
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Wandering TattlerTringa incana
SurfbirdCalidris virgata
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
Latham's SnipeGallinago hardwickii
Rock SandpiperCalidris ptilocnemis
Great SnipeGallinago media
African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
Pantanal SnipeGallinago paraguaiae
Magellanic SnipeGallinago magellanica
Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus
Little CurlewNumenius minutus
Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis
Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttifer
Spoon-billed SandpiperCalidris pygmaea
Noble SnipeGallinago nobilis
Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Puna SnipeGallinago andina
Giant SnipeGallinago undulata
Solitary SnipeGallinago solitaria
Jameson's SnipeGallinago jamesoni
Bukidnon WoodcockScolopax bukidnonensis
Madagascar SnipeGallinago macrodactyla
Amami WoodcockScolopax mira
Subantarctic SnipeCoenocorypha aucklandica
Chatham Islands SnipeCoenocorypha pusilla- Imperial SnipeGallinago imperialis
- New Guinea WoodcockScolopax rosenbergii
Snares SnipeCoenocorypha huegeli
Wood SnipeGallinago nemoricola- Moluccan WoodcockScolopax rochussenii
Fuegian SnipeGallinago stricklandii
Javan WoodcockScolopax saturata
Tuamotu SandpiperProsobonia parvirostris- Sulawesi WoodcockScolopax celebensis