Sandpipers - Family Scolopacidae - Order Charadriiformes

Sandpipers are a large family of waders or shorebirds. They include 96 species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Different lengths of bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. Sandpipers have long bodies and legs, and narrow wings. Most species have a narrow bill, but otherwise the form and length are quite variable. The bills are sensitive, allowing the birds to feel the mud and sand as they probe for food. They generally have dull plumage, with cryptic brown, grey, or streaked patterns, although some display brighter colours during the breeding season.

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropus

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Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

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Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

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Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

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Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

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Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

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Sanderling

Calidris alba

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Little Ringed Plover

Charadrius dubius

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Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

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Purple Sandpiper

Calidris maritima

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Dunlin

Calidris alpina

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Broad-billed Sandpiper

Calidris falcinellus

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Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

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Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

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Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdii

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African Snipe

Gallinago nigripennis

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Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Calidris pygmaea

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Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Calidris pygmaea

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Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Calidris pygmaea

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Nordmann's Greenshank

Tringa guttifer

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Nordmann's Greenshank

Tringa guttifer

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Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

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Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

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Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis

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Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

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Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

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Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdii

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Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdii

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Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdii

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Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax rusticola

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Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

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Jack Snipe

Lymnocryptes minimus

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Dunlin

Calidris alpina

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