List of sandpiper species

These 97 species of sandpipers and allies in the family Scolopacidae are recognized by the International Ornithological Congress (IOC). In addition to the species directly called "sandpiper", the family includes curlews, godwits, stints, snipes, and a few other groups. They are distributed among 15 genera, three of which have only one member. Five species are known to be extinct (marked E) and one which probably is are included.[1]

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name	Binomial name	IOC sequence
Upland sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	1
Bristle-thighed curlew	Numenius tahitiensis	2
Eurasian whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	3
Hudsonian whimbrel	Numenius hudsonicus	4
Little curlew	Numenius minutus	5
Eskimo curlew	Numenius borealis (probably E)	6
Long-billed curlew	Numenius americanus	7
Far Eastern curlew	Numenius madagascariensis	8
Slender-billed curlew	Numenius tenuirostris	9
Eurasian curlew	Numenius arquata	10
Bar-tailed godwit	Limosa lapponica	11
Black-tailed godwit	Limosa limosa	12
Hudsonian godwit	Limosa haemastica	13
Marbled godwit	Limosa fedoa	14
Ruddy turnstone	Arenaria interpres	15
Black turnstone	Arenaria melanocephala	16
Tuamotu sandpiper	Prosobonia parvirostris	17
Kiritimati sandpiper	Prosobonia cancellata (E)	18
Tahiti sandpiper	Prosobonia leucoptera (E)	19
Moorea sandpiper	Prosobonia ellisi (E)	20
Great knot	Calidris tenuirostris	21
Red knot	Calidris canutus	22
Surfbird	Calidris virgata	23
Ruff	Calidris pugnax	24
Broad-billed sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	25
Sharp-tailed sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	26
Stilt sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	27
Curlew sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	28
Temminck's stint	Calidris temminckii	29
Long-toed stint	Calidris subminuta	30
Spoon-billed sandpiper	Calidris pygmaea	31
Red-necked stint	Calidris ruficollis	32
Sanderling	Calidris alba	33
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	34
Rock sandpiper	Calidris ptilocnemis	35
Purple sandpiper	Calidris maritima	36
Baird's sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	37
Little stint	Calidris minuta	38
Least sandpiper	Calidris minutilla	39
White-rumped sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	40
Buff-breasted sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	41
Pectoral sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	42
Semipalmated sandpiper	Calidris pusilla	43
Western sandpiper	Calidris mauri	44
Asian dowitcher	Limnodromus semipalmatus	45
Long-billed dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	46
Short-billed dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	47
Eurasian woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	48
Amami woodcock	Scolopax mira	49
Javan woodcock	Scolopax saturata	50
New Guinea woodcock	Scolopax rosenbergii	51
Bukidnon woodcock	Scolopax bukidnonensis	52
Sulawesi woodcock	Scolopax celebensis	53
Moluccan woodcock	Scolopax rochussenii	54
American woodcock	Scolopax minor	55
Chatham snipe	Coenocorypha pusilla	56
North Island snipe	Coenocorypha barrierensis (E)	57
South Island snipe	Coenocorypha iredalei (E)	58
Snares snipe	Coenocorypha huegeli	59
Subantarctic snipe	Coenocorypha aucklandica	60
Jack snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus	61
Solitary snipe	Gallinago solitaria	62
Latham's snipe	Gallinago hardwickii	63
Wood snipe	Gallinago nemoricola	64
Pin-tailed snipe	Gallinago stenura	65
Swinhoe's snipe	Gallinago megala	66
African snipe	Gallinago nigripennis	67
Madagascan snipe	Gallinago macrodactyla	68
Great snipe	Gallinago media	69
Common snipe	Gallinago gallinago	70
Wilson's snipe	Gallinago delicata	71
South American snipe	Gallinago paraguaiae	72
Puna snipe	Gallinago andina	73
Noble snipe	Gallinago nobilis	74
Giant snipe	Gallinago undulata	75
Fuegian snipe	Gallinago stricklandii	76
Jameson's snipe	Gallinago jamesoni	77
Imperial snipe	Gallinago imperialis	78
Terek sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	79
Wilson's phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	80
Red-necked phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	81
Red phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	82
Common sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	83
Spotted sandpiper	Actitis macularius	84
Green sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	85
Solitary sandpiper	Tringa solitaria	86
Wandering tattler	Tringa incana	87
Grey-tailed tattler	Tringa brevipes	88
Lesser yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	89
Willet	Tringa semipalmata	90
Common redshank	Tringa totanus	91
Marsh sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	92
Wood sandpiper	Tringa glareola	93
Spotted redshank	Tringa erythropus	94
Common greenshank	Tringa nebularia	95
Nordmann's greenshank	Tringa guttifer	96
Greater yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca	97

References

1. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2020). "IOC World Bird List (v 10.2)". Retrieved July 15, 2020.