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Scolopacidae - Sandpipers and Snipes
 
 
Subfamily - Gallinagininae    
 
       
  Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura monotypic
  * African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis angolensis
Updated - 06.09.15 * African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis nigripennis
  Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago gallinago
  Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata monotypic
  South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae magellanica
 
  Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus monotypic
 
       
Subfamily - Tringinae    
 
       
* Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa limosa
* Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa melanuroides
  Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica monotypic
  Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica taymyrensis
 
* Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus
* Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
  * Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata arquata
  * Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata orientalis
 
  Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus monotypic
  * Common Redshank Tringa totanus totanus  
  * Common Redshank Tringa totanus terrignotae  
  * Common Redshank Tringa totanus eurhina  
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis monotypic
Updated - 06.09.15 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia monotypic
  Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer monotypic
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca monotypic
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes monotypic
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria solitaria
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola monotypic
Willet Tringa semipalmata semipalmata
 
  Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus monotypic, single member of genus
 
  Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos monotypic
  Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius monotypic
 
       
Subfamily - Arenariinae    
 
       
Updated - 06.09.15 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpres
 
       
Subfamily - Calidridinae    
 
       
  Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris monotypic
  Red Knot Calidris canutus canutus
  Sanderling Calidris alba alba
  Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis monotypic
Updated - 06.09.15 Little Stint Calidris minuta monotypic
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii monotypic
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta monotypic
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla monotypic
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis monotypic
  Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii monotypic
  Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos monotypic
  Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea monotypic
  Dunlin Calidris alpina sakhalina
  Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus monotypic
 
  Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus monotypic, single member of genus
 
  Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus falcinellus single member of genus
 
  Ruff Philomachus pugnax monotypic, single member of genus
 
       
Subfamily - Phalaropodinae    
 
       
  Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor monotypic
Updated - 06.09.15 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus monotypic
  Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria monotypic