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Category:Scolopacidae - BirdForum Opus

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Family: Scolopacidae

Description

Several members of this family are known to have a bill-tip organ

Taxonomy

Scolopacidae is a family in the order Charadriiformes.

Family Scolopacidae view • edit

Genus Bartramia view • edit
B. longicauda Upland Sandpiper

Genus Numenius view • edit
N. tahitiensis Bristle-thighed Curlew
N. phaeopus Whimbrel
N. minutus Little Curlew
N. borealis Eskimo Curlew
N. americanus Long-billed Curlew
N. madagascariensis Far Eastern Curlew
N. tenuirostris Slender-billed Curlew
N. arquata Eurasian Curlew

Genus Limosa view • edit
L. lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit
L. limosa Black-tailed Godwit
L. haemastica Hudsonian Godwit
L. fedoa Marbled Godwit

Genus Limnodromus view • edit
L. semipalmatus Asian Dowitcher
L. griseus Short-billed Dowitcher
L. scolopaceus Long-billed Dowitcher

Genus Lymnocryptes view • edit
L. minimus Jack Snipe

Genus Scolopax view • edit
S. rusticola Eurasian Woodcock
S. mira Amami Woodcock
S. bukidnonensis Bukidnon Woodcock
S. saturata Javan Woodcock
S. rosenbergii New Guinea Woodcock
S. celebensis Sulawesi Woodcock
S. rochussenii Moluccan Woodcock
S. minor American Woodcock

Genus Coenocorypha view • edit
Skull t.png C. barrierensis
North Island Snipe Skull t.png
Skull t.png C. iredalei
South Island Snipe Skull t.png
Skull t.png C. chathamica
Forbes's Snipe Skull t.png
C. pusilla Chatham Snipe
C. huegeli Snares Snipe
C. aucklandica Subantarctic Snipe

Genus Gallinago view • edit
G. imperialis Imperial Snipe
G. jamesoni Jameson's Snipe
G. stricklandii Fuegian Snipe
G. solitaria Solitary Snipe
G. hardwickii Latham's Snipe
G. nemoricola Wood Snipe
G. media Great Snipe
G. gallinago Common Snipe
G. delicata Wilson's Snipe
G. paraguaiae Pantanal Snipe
G. magellanica Magellanic Snipe
G. andina Puna Snipe
G. nobilis Noble Snipe
G. stenura Pin-tailed Snipe
G. megala Swinhoe's Snipe
G. nigripennis African Snipe
G. macrodactyla Madagascar Snipe
G. undulata Giant Snipe

Genus Phalaropus view • edit
P. tricolor Wilson's Phalarope
P. lobatus Red-necked Phalarope
P. fulicarius Red Phalarope

Genus Xenus view • edit
X. cinereus Terek Sandpiper

Genus Actitis view • edit
A. hypoleucos Common Sandpiper
A. macularius Spotted Sandpiper

Genus Tringa view • edit
T. ochropus Green Sandpiper
T. solitaria Solitary Sandpiper
T. brevipes Grey-tailed Tattler
T. incana Wandering Tattler
T. erythropus Spotted Redshank
T. melanoleuca Greater Yellowlegs
T. nebularia Common Greenshank
T. guttifer Nordmann's Greenshank
T. semipalmata Willet
T. flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs
T. stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper
T. glareola Wood Sandpiper
T. totanus Common Redshank

Genus Prosobonia view • edit
Skull t.png P. cancellata
Kiritimati Sandpiper Skull t.png
Skull t.png P. leucoptera
Tahiti Sandpiper Skull t.png
Skull t.png P. ellisi
Moorea Sandpiper Skull t.png
P. parvirostris Tuamotu Sandpiper

Genus Arenaria view • edit
A. interpres Ruddy Turnstone
A. melanocephala Black Turnstone

Genus Calidris view • edit
C. tenuirostris Great Knot
C. canutus Red Knot
C. virgata Surfbird
C. pugnax Ruff
C. falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper
C. acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
C. himantopus Stilt Sandpiper
C. ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper
C. temminckii Temminck's Stint
C. subminuta Long-toed Stint
C. pygmea Spoon-billed Sandpiper
C. ruficollis Red-necked Stint
C. alba Sanderling
C. alpina Dunlin
C. ptilocnemis Rock Sandpiper
C. maritima Purple Sandpiper
C. bairdii Baird's Sandpiper
C. minuta Little Stint
C. minutilla Least Sandpiper
C. fuscicollis White-rumped Sandpiper
C. subruficollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper
C. melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper
C. pusilla Semipalmated Sandpiper
C. mauri Western Sandpiper

References

  1. Cunningham et al. (2010). Bill morphology or Ibises suggests a remote-tactile sensory system for prey detection. The Auk 127:308-316.
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