Sandpipers & Allies

Sandpipers and Allies are large, diverse family of wading birds. Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Scolopacidae

Given below is a list of Sandpipers and Allies.

Serial no.	Common name	Binomial name	Status
1.	Upland sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	A – rare vagrant
2.	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	A – breeding summer visitor
3.	Hudsonian whimbrel	Numenius hudsonicus	A – rare vagrant
4.	Little whimbrel	Numenius minutus	A – rare vagrant
5.	Eskimo curlew	Numenius borealis	B – extinct
6.	Curlew	Numenius arquata	A – resident breeding species
7.	Bar-tailed godwit	Limosa lapponica	A – winter visitor and passage migrant
8.	Black-tailed godwit	Limosa limosa)	A – winter visitor, passage migrant and scarce summer breeding species
9.	Hudsonian godwit	Limosa haemastica	A – rare vagrant
10.	Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	A – resident breeding species
11.	Great knot	Calidris tenuirostris	A – rare vagrant
12.	Knot	Calidris canutus	A – winter visitor and passage migrant
13.	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	A – passage migrant and scarce breeding resident
14.	Broad-billed sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	A – rare vagrant
15.	Sharp-tailed sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	A – rare vagrant
16.	Stilt sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	A – rare vagrant
17.	Curlew sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	A – winter visitor and passage migrant
18.	Temminck’s stint	Calidris temminckii	A – winter visitor and passage migrant, occasional breeder
19.	Long-toed stint	Calidris subminuta	A – rare vagrant
20.	Red-nicked stint	Calidris ruficollis	A – rare vagrant
21.	Sanderling	Calidris alba	A – winter visitor and passage migrant
22.	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	A – winter visitor and passage migrant, scarce breeder
23.	Purple sandpiper	Calidris maritima	A – winter visitor and passage migrant, occasional breeder
24.	Baird’s sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	A – rare vagrant
25.	Little stint	Calidris minuta	A – winter visitor and passage migrant
26.	Least sandpiper	Calidris minutilla	A – rare vagrant
27.	White-rumped sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	A – scarce migrant
28.	Buff-breasted sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	A – passage migrant
29.	Pectoral sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	A – winter visitor and passage migrant
30.	Semipalmated sandpiper	Calidris pusilla	A – rare vagrant
31.	Western sandpiper	Calidris mauri	A – rare vagrant
32.	Long-billed dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	A – rare vagrant
33.	Short-billed dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	A – rare vagrant
34.	Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	A – resident breeding species
35.	Jack snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus	A – winter visitor and passage migrant
36.	Great snipe	Gallinago media	A- rare vagrant
37.	Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	A- resident breeding species and summer visitor
38.	Wilson’s snipe	Gallinago delicata	A – rare vagrant
39.	Terek sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	A – rare vagrant
40.	Wilson’s phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	A – rare vagrant
41.	Red-necked phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	A – winter visitor: scarce and localised summer breeding in far North
42.	Grey phalarope	Phalaropus fulicaria	A – scarce winter visitor
43.	Common sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	A – resident breeding species and passage migrant
44.	Spotted sandpiper	Actitis macularius	A – rare vagrant
45.	Green sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	A – winter visitor and passage migrant, occasional breeder
46.	Solitary sandpiper	Tringa solitaria	A – rare vagrant
47.	Grey-tailed tattler	Tringa brevipes	A – rare vagrant
48.	Lesser yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	A – scarce migrant, formerly a rare vagrant
49.	Redshank	Tringa totanus	A – resident breeding species
50.	Marsh sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	A – rare vagrant
51.	Wood sandpiper	Tringa glareola	A – passage migrant and rare localised breeder in far North
52.	Spotted redshank	Tringa erythropus	A – winter visitor and passage migrant
53.	Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	A – resident breeding species and passage migrant
54.	Greater yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca	A – rare vagrant

List of birds of Great Britain

List of British Birds: List of British Birds provides an insight into the various types of birds that are found all over Great Britain. There are a total of 634 species of birds found in Great Britain as of 13th February 2024. The bird list in Britain is managed by the British Records Committee. In this article, we have provided the list of birds, their common and binomial names and their status. The list covers a list of British birds like Ducks, Geese and Allies, Nightjars, Swifts, Cuckoos, Bustards, Cranes, Grebes, Oystercatchers, Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Stilts and Avocets, Albatrosses name a few.

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