Family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers & allies)
Scolopacidae is a large family of migratory waders including Curlews, Sandpipers, Snipes, Godwits and Phalaropes. All are cryptically plumaged and long-billed, and often long-legged.
23 species photographed. See the Australian birds list.
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Little Curlew Numenius minutus
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
