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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