Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae - Sandpipers and Allies (2025 update)

EnglishScientificRange
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudabreeds inland grassland from southeastern Alaska eastward to southeastern Canada and New England, in south to eastern Oregon and Pennsylvania (USA); winters inland grassland from southern Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay, and west-central to east-central Argentina
Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealisformerly bred low Arctic tundra of northwestern North America, from northern Northwest Territories (northwestern Canada; possibly also northern Alaska); wintered in grassland from southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina; probably extinct, last confirmed record 1963
Little CurlewNumenius minutusbreeds patchily in subarctic taiga of west-central to east-central Siberia; winters coastal and inland south-central New Guinea, Port Moresby area (southeastern New Guinea), and northern Australia to west-central and east-central coasts
Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensisbreeds upland low Arctic tundra of western Alaska, in north-central Seward Peninsula and northern Yukon Delta; winters from Micronesia and Fiji eastward through Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and Kaui (rarer on other main Hawaiian Islands), and throughout Polynesia
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Numenius hudsonicus rufiventrisbreeds Alaska and northwestern Canada; winters coastal central California southward to southern Chile
Numenius hudsonicus hudsonicusbreeds Hudson Bay area to northeastern Canada; winters to Caribbean and southward to southern Argentina
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Numenius phaeopus islandicusbreeds northeastern Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, and northern Scotland; winters to western Africa
Numenius phaeopus phaeopusbreeds Norway to north-central Siberia; winters to Africa and southern and southeastern Asia
Numenius phaeopus alboaxillarisbreeds steppes of Kazakhstan? and southwestern Siberia; winters islands and coasts of western Indian Ocean
Numenius phaeopus rogachevaebreeds north-central Siberia; winters presumably to Indian Ocean coasts
Numenius phaeopus variegatusbreeds northeastern Siberia; winters eastern India eastward to Taiwan, southward through Philippines and Indonesia to Australia
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanusbreeds inland grassland from southern British Columbia eastward to southwestern Saskatchewan (southwestern Canada) southward to northeastern California and northeastern New Mexico (southwestern USA); winters to coastal and inland California, and Gulf Coast to central Panama and western Yucatan Peninsula
Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensisbreeds inland wetlands from east-central Siberia to Kamchatka and Ussuriland (southeastern Russia) and Heilongjiang (northeastern China); winters to Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand (scarce)
Slender-billed CurlewNumenius tenuirostrisformerly bred southwestern Siberia; wintered to coastal Tunisia and Morocco; probably extinct, last verified report 2001
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Numenius arquata arquatabreeds British Isles to Ural Mountains; winters to western Africa
Numenius arquata orientalisbreeds from central Siberia eastward to northeastern China (central Heilongjiang); winters along coasts of eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar, and eastward through southern Asia to eastern China and southern Japan, southward to Philippines and Greater Sundas
Numenius arquata suschkinibreeds in western Russia (lower Volga Valley and Urals eastward to southwestern Siberia) and northern Kazakhstan; winters along coasts of sub-Saharan Africa and southwestern Asia
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Limosa lapponica lapponicabreeds from northern Scandinavia eastward to northwestern Russia; winters from the North Sea, western Iberia, and northwestern Africa southward to western South Africa
Limosa lapponica yamalensisbreeds on the northern West-Siberian Plain, including the Yamal Peninsula and the lower Ob River Valley; winter range incompletely known, but extends from Oman eastward to western India, and probably the eastern coast of Africa, perhaps southward to South Africa
Limosa lapponica taymyrensisbreeds north-central Siberia, roughly from the lower Yenisei River Valley eastward to the lower Anabar River Valley; winter range incompletely known but primarily coasts of West Africa
Limosa lapponica menzbieribreeds northern Siberia; winters southeastern Asia to coastal Australia including Tasmania
Limosa lapponica bauerinortheastern Siberia to northern and western Alaska; winters to Australasia
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Limosa limosa islandicabreeds Iceland, Faroe and Shetland islands and northern Norway; winters to southwestern Europe
Limosa limosa limosabreeds Western Palearctic; winters Mediterranean to sub-Saharan Africa and India
Limosa limosa melanuroidesbreeds disjunctly in Siberia east of the Yenisei River, in eastern Mongolia, and in northeastern China (populations in northeastern Siberia probably are bohaii); winters from India, Indochina, Taiwan, and Philippines southward to Indonesia, New Guinea, Melanesia, Australia, and New Zealand
Limosa limosa bohaiibreeding range not well established, but probably in northeastern Siberia (Sakha Republic); winter range also incompletely known, but reported from Hong Kong and Vietnam to Thailand and Malaysia
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Limosa fedoa beringiaebreeds central Alaskan Peninsula; winters coastal Washington southward to central Panama
Limosa fedoa fedoabreeds southern Alberta eastward to southern Manitoba (central Canada), and southward to South Dakota and northeastern Ontario (east-central Canada); winters coastal New Jersey southward to Yucatan Peninsula
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticabreeds patchily in low Arctic bogs near treeline, in western and south-central Alaska, northern and south-central Northwest Territories, and southwestern Hudson Bay (northwestern to east-central Canada); winters mainly to temperate coastal wetlands, where highly localized, in northern Peru to southern Chile and southern Brazil to southern Argentina
Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusbreeds inland wetlands from southwestern Siberia and eastern Kazakhstan, (probably) northern Mongolia to southeastern Siberia, and northeastern China; winters coastal southern Thailand, Malayan Peninsula, Indonesian Archipelago, and northern Australia
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusbreeds wet meadows from Lena River through northeastern Siberia, St. Lawrence Island (Bering Sea; rare), western Alaska and northern Northwest Territories (north-central Canada); winters inland from the southern US through Mexico, along the Pacific coast from the Pacific Northwest south to northwestern Costa Rica, and along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from the mid-Atlantic south to the Yucatan Peninsula
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
Limnodromus griseus caurinusbreeds Gulf of Alaska and inland south-central Alaska, southwestern Yukon, and montane northwestern British Columbia (northwestern Canada); winters central USA to Peru
Limnodromus griseus hendersonibreeds plains of central Canada; winters southeastern USA to Panama
Limnodromus griseus griseusbreeds southwestern Hudson Bay and James Bay to western Labrador (east-central Canada); winters coastal eastern USA to Brazil
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusbreeds taiga wetlands from Scandinavia and northeastern Poland to east-central Siberia; winters inland wetlands from Faroe and British islands, western and southern Europe, Mediterranean, tropical Africa, Middle East, and southern Asia
American WoodcockScolopax minorbreeds temperate forest and edge from southwestern Alberta eastward to Maritime Provinces (south-central to southeastern Canada) and southward to southeastern Texas and northern Florida (southeastern USA); winters in southeastern USA
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolabreeds locally in moist woodland and bogs from British Isles and Scandinavia southward to northern Iberian Peninsula and Azores to Canary Islands, eastward to southeastern Russia, and northern and central Japan, and disjunctly in the Caucasus and Himalayas; winters southward to northern Africa and eastward to central and southern Japan and Taiwan
Amami WoodcockScolopax miraAmami-O-Shima, Tokuno-Shima, Okinawa, Tokashiki-Shima (Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan)
Bukidnon WoodcockScolopax bukidnonensiscloud forest and clearings, from lowlands to mountains of Calayan and Babuyan (Babuyan Islands, northernmost Philippines), and montane Luzon and Mindanao (northern and southern Philippines, respectively)
Javan WoodcockScolopax saturatamountains of Sumatra and western Java
New Guinea WoodcockScolopax rosenbergiimountains of New Guinea
Sulawesi WoodcockScolopax celebensis
Scolopax celebensis heinrichimountains of northeastern Sulawesi; rare
Scolopax celebensis celebensismountains of central Sulawesi; rare
Moluccan WoodcockScolopax rochusseniiObi (north-central Moluccas)
North Island SnipeCoenocorypha barrierensisformerly North Island (subfossils only); historically known only from Little Barrier Island (off northeastern North Island), New Zealand; extinct, last recorded 1870
South Island SnipeCoenocorypha iredaleiformerly South and Stewart islands (subfossils only); historically known only from islands off Stewart Island (New Zealand); apparently extinct, last recorded 1964
Chatham Islands SnipeCoenocorypha pusillaRangatira, Mangere, Little Mangere, and Rabbit islands, and Star Keys, Chatham Islands; originally found throughout Chatham Islands
Snares SnipeCoenocorypha huegeliSnares Islands (Northeast, Broughton, and Alert Stack), south of New Zealand; introduced to Codfish Island, off Stewart Island
Subantarctic SnipeCoenocorypha aucklandica
Coenocorypha aucklandica meinertzhagenaeAntipodes Islands of Bollons, Archway, Inner Windward Islands, Antipodes Island, and Leeward Islands
Coenocorypha aucklandica aucklandicapredator-free Auckland Islands of Enderby, Disappointment, Adams, Rose, Ocean, and Ewing islands; now absent from main Auckland Island
Coenocorypha aucklandica perseveranceCampbell Islands; recolonized main Campbell Island from Jacquemart Island following predator elimination
Imperial SnipeGallinago imperialiselfin forest montane bogs from Ecuador to Peru (old records Colombia)
Giant SnipeGallinago undulata
Gallinago undulata undulataColombia to Venezuela, the Guianas, and adjacent northern Brazil
Gallinago undulata giganteaeastern Bolivia to Paraguay and southeastern Brazil
Fuegian SnipeGallinago stricklandiibogs of temperate central and southern Chile and southern Argentina to Cape Horn and Isla de los Estados (east of Tierra del Fuego)
Jameson's SnipeGallinago jamesonimontane bogs from west-central Venezuela to north-central Bolivia
Wood SnipeGallinago nemoricolabreeds alpine meadows of western Himalayas from Himachal Pradesh to eastern India and south-central China; winters to lower-elevation wetlands and woodlands, rarely to Indian Peninsula and northern Southeast Asia
Solitary SnipeGallinago solitaria
Gallinago solitaria solitariabreeds Altai and Tien Shan mountains from south-central Russia and northeastern Kazakhstan to northern Mongolia; winters to eastern Afghanistan, Himalayas, northern Southeast Asia and west-central China
Gallinago solitaria japonicabreeds northeastern China to Kamchatka; winters Sakhalin and northern Japan southward to southeastern China
Great SnipeGallinago mediabreeds meadows from northern Scandinavia and eastern Poland eastward to Yenisei River (western Siberia); winters wet grassland of tropical and subtropical sub-Saharan Africa
Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megalabreeds wooded wetlands of south-central Siberia and northeastern Kazakhstan eastward to Amurland (southeastern Russia); winters wetland edge from east-central China, Taiwan, Philippines, and Malay Peninsula eastward through New Guinea, Melanesia, and Micronesia
Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenurabreeds low Arctic tundra to temperate montane meadows from northwestern Siberia and northeastern Kazakhstan eastward to Sea of Okhotsk (eastern Siberia); winters inland wetlands from southern Arabian Peninsula eastward through southern Asia to Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan) and southward to Taiwan and Greater Sundas
Latham's SnipeGallinago hardwickiibreeds meadows and fields of eastern Amurland and southern Sakhalin (southeastern Russia) southward through Honshu (central Japan); winters freshwater wetlands of eastern Australia including Tasmania
Madagascar SnipeGallinago macrodactylamarshes of eastern and central massif of Madagascar
African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
Gallinago nigripennis aequatorialisEthiopia to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique
Gallinago nigripennis angolensisAngola and Namibia to Zambia and western Zimbabwe
Gallinago nigripennis nigripennissouthern Mozambique and South Africa
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicatabreeds central Aleutian Islands to eastern Canada and northern tier of continental USA; winters south of breeding range to northern South America
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Gallinago gallinago faeroeensisbreeds Iceland, Faroe, Orkney, and Shetland islands; winters in British Islands
Gallinago gallinago gallinagobreeds British Isles and Scandinavia eastward to Kamchatka and western Aleutians, and southward in western Himalayas; winters from western Europe to equatorial Africa eastward to southern Japan, Philippines, and Borneo
Noble SnipeGallinago nobilismontane wet grassland far western Venezuela to far northern Peru
Puna SnipeGallinago andina
Gallinago andina andinaAndes of Peru (and possibly far southern Ecuador), northern Chile (Tarapacá), Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina (southward to Catamarca)
Gallinago andina innotataAndes of northern Chile (Antofagasta)
Pantanal SnipeGallinago paraguaiaewetlands from central Colombia and Trinidad through the Guianas southward to northern Argentina and Uruguay
Magellanic SnipeGallinago magellanicabreeds from central Chile and central Argentina southward to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands; southernmost populations are migratory, nonbreeding distribution unclear but reaches Uruguay
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereusbreeds low Arctic tundra and taiga from Finland and Ukraine eastward to Chukotskiy Peninsula and southward to western Amurland (eastern Russia); winters mainly coastal mudflats and estuaries from eastern Africa eastward to Taiwan and northern Australia
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosbreeds inland waterbody margins from British Isles and Scandinavia eastward to Chukotskiy Peninsula (northeastern Russia), in south from Iberian Peninsula across Caucasus to Kashmir (northwestern Himalayas), northeastern China, and Japan; winters from southwestern Europe and Africa eastward to Melanesia and Micronesia
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusbreeds inland waterbody margins from Aleutian Islands and Alaska mainland except North Slope eastward through Canada (except far northern) to Newfoundland, and southward to southwestern and east-central USA; winters southern USA and Caribbean southward to northern Chile and Argentina
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorbreeds inland marshes of western and central Canada to west-central USA; molt migration to hypersaline lakes of western Canada and USA; winters mainly saline montane lakes from Peru to Argentina; also western coast of South America from Ecuador southward, and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusbreeds mostly high Arctic marshy tundra from southern Greenland and Iceland eastward across Siberia to northern Alaska and northern Canada including southern tier of Arctic Canadian islands; winters off coasts from California to southern Chile, Atlantic USA to northern Florida, and off western Africa
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusbreeds mostly low Arctic tundra from southern Greenland and Iceland eastward to Kamchatka, Kuril, and Commander islands, and Aleutians through Canada; winters off coasts of Indian Ocean from Arabian Sea eastward through Indonesian Archipelago and in Pacific to New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago and western Mexico to Peru and Galapagos
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusbreeds taiga wetlands from Scandinavia and Germany eastward to Sakha Republic (northeastern Siberia), southward through central Asia and northeastern China; winters wetlands from British Isles southward through Africa and eastward to Japan through Philippines
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Tringa solitaria cinnamomeabreeds Alaska and western Canada; winters northern South America to Argentina
Tringa solitaria solitariabreeds eastern British Columbia to Labrador; winters Caribbean, Central and South America
Wandering TattlerTringa incanabreeds montane tundra from Chukotka (northeastern Siberia) through Alaskan mainland (except far north) to northwestern Canada; winters mainly rocky Pacific coasts from eastern Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, isolated eastern Pacific islands, and southwestern Canada to Ecuador
Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipesbreeds montane tundra of Krasnoyarsk (west-central Siberia) and Yana River eastward to Kamchatka (eastern Siberia); winters muddy to sandy Pacific coasts from Malay Peninsula eastward through Micronesia and western Polynesia and southward to northern Australia
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilisbreeds freshwater marshes from eastern Poland and Baltic states eastward through southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan to Amurland and northeastern China; winters wetlands from Africa eastward through southern Asia to southern Japan and Mariana Islands, and southward to Australia
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolabreeds wooded wetlands from Scotland and Scandinavia eastward through inland northern Russia to eastern Siberia and northeastern China, in south through northern Mongolia to Commander Islands (southeastern Russia); winters small wetlands from Africa eastward to southern Japan and southward to Australia
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Tringa totanus robustabreeds Iceland, Faroe Islands, and Scotland; winters British Isles and western Europe
Tringa totanus totanusbreeds Scandinavia to Iberia; winters to Africa, India, and Indonesia
Tringa totanus ussuriensisbreeds southern Siberia and Mongolia eastward to eastern Russia; winters to Africa and India
Tringa totanus terrignotaebreeds southern Manchuria and eastern China; winters to southeastern Asia
Tringa totanus craggibreeds northwestern China (northwestern Xinjiang); winter grounds unknown
Tringa totanus eurhinabreeds Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan to northern India and Tibet; winters to India and Malayan Peninsula
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesbreeds subarctic tundra to forest from Alaska mainland eastward to James Bay and probably central Quebec (east-central Canada); winters southern USA throughout Caribbean southward to Tierra del Fuego
Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttiferbreeds coastal larch forest of western and southern coastal Sea of Okhotsk, Tatar Strait (west of Sakhalin), and Sakhalin (eastern Siberia); winters coastal mudflats and saltpans of southeastern Bangladesh, southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, and southwestern Borneo
WilletTringa semipalmata
Tringa semipalmata inornatabreeds inland central Alberta eastward to southwestern Manitoba (south-central Canada), southward to northeastern California and northern Nebraska; winters coastally northern California to central Chile
Tringa semipalmata semipalmatabreeds coastal Newfoundland (southeastern Canada) to Florida southward to Tamaulipas (northeastern Mexico), also Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and scattered islands elsewhere in Caribbean including Los Roques (north of Venezuela); winters coastally from New Jersey through Caribbean southward to northeastern Brazil
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusbreeds wooded tundra from Scandinavia eastward through inland Russia to Chukotskiy Peninsula (northeastern Siberia); winters wetlands from southern British Isles and tropical Africa eastward through southern Asia to southeastern China and Taiwan
Common GreenshankTringa nebulariabreeds taiga wetlands from Scotland and Scandinavia eastward through temperate Russia to far eastern Russia; winters from southern Europe and Africa eastward through southern Asia to central Japan and southward to Australia and western Micronesia
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucabreeds taiga muskeg from southern Alaska eastward through southern tier of Canadian provinces to eastern Labrador (eastern Canada); winters wetlands of southern USA and throughout Caribbean southward to Tierra del Fuego
Kiritimati SandpiperProsobonia cancellataformerly Kiritimati (Christmas) Island (Line Islands); extinct, not reported since discovery in 1778
Tahiti SandpiperProsobonia leucopteraformerly Tahiti (Society Islands); extinct, not reported since discovery in 1773
Moorea SandpiperProsobonia ellisiformerly Moorea (Society Islands); extinct, not reported since discovery in 1777
Tuamotu SandpiperProsobonia parvirostrisTuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia)
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephalabreeds coastal and inland waterbodies of western Alaska; winters rocky coastal southeastern Alaska to southern Baja California, Gulf of California, and Sonora (northwestern Mexico)
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Arenaria interpres interpresbreeds coastal tundra of northern Greenland, northern Scandinavia, Baltic states, White Sea, southern Novaya Zemlya and New Siberian Islands eastward to northeastern Siberia and western Alaska, also Ellesmere Island (northeastern Canada); winters coastal western and southern Europe and Africa eastward through southern Asia to eastern Polynesia, also western USA and western Mexico
Arenaria interpres morinellabreeds northeastern Alaska and Arctic Canada; winters coastal southeastern USA to central Chile and central Argentina
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Calidris canutus canutusbreeds Taymyr Peninsula (north-central Siberia); winters to western and southern Africa
Calidris canutus piersmaibreeds New Siberian Archipelago (north-central Siberia); winters to northwestern Australia
Calidris canutus rogersibreeds Chukotskiy Peninsula (eastern Siberia); winters Australasia
Calidris canutus roselaaribreeds Wrangel Island (northeastern Siberia) and northwestern Alaska; winters Pacific coasts of North and Central America
Calidris canutus rufabreeds central Arctic islands of north-central Canada; winters to southern South America
Calidris canutus islandicaCanadian high Arctic and northern Greenland; winters in western Europe and Mediterranean
SurfbirdCalidris virgatabreeds montane tundra of Alaska mainland (except far northern) and Yukon (northwestern Canada); winters rocky coasts from southeastern Alaska to Tierra del Fuego
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostrisbreeds montane tundra of northeastern Siberia from Yakutsk eastward to Anadyr Peninsula; winters coasts from northeastern Arabian Peninsula eastward to Taiwan, Phillipines, and Australia
RuffCalidris pugnaxbreeds tundra and steppe of northwestern Europe from Scandinavia southward to northern Ukraine and eastward to far eastern Siberia; winters from central Europe southward through Africa, eastward through southern Asia to central Japan southward to Philippines
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminatabreeds low Arctic tundra from Lena to Kolyma rivers (northeastern Siberia); winters from Wallacea eastward through Australasia; prone to extreme vagrancy
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
Calidris falcinellus falcinellusbreeds Scandinavia and northwestern Russia (Kanin Peninsula); winters coastal eastern Africa eastward to southern India and Sri Lanka
Calidris falcinellus sibiricabreeds Taymyr Peninsula (northwestern Siberia) and Lena to Kolyma rivers (northeastern Siberia); winters coastal northeastern India eastward to Australasia
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineabreeds drier tundra from Yamal Peninsula to northwestern Chukotskiy Peninsula (northwestern to northeastern Siberia), including New Siberian Islands; winters southern Europe and Africa eastward through southern Asia to Taiwan and Philippines and southward to Melanesia; prone to extreme vagrancy
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusbreeds tundra to taiga edge of North Slope of Alaska eastward to north-central Canada; winters Mexico and throughout the Caribbean; in Central America mainly along Pacific coast; coastal South America to Peru and northern Brazil, and in pampas of north-central Argentina
Spoon-billed SandpiperCalidris pygmaeabreeds coastal tundra of eastern Chukotskiy Peninsula to northern Kamchatka (norhteastern Russia); winters coastal mudflats from Taiwan and east-central China to Bangladesh; mainly Thailand, Myanmar, and Bangladesh; rare and local
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisbreeds coastal tundra of Taymyr Peninsula eastward to Chukotskiy Peninsula and northern Kamchatka Peninsula (north-central to north-eastern Siberia); breeds coastal northeastern India and Sri Lanka eastward to Philippines, Australasia, and Melanesia
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiibreeds tundra of Scandinavia eastward through northern Russia to Chukotskiy Peninsula (notheastern Russia), including New Siberian Islands; winters southeastern Europe southward to central Africa and eastward to southern Japan and Taiwan
Long-toed StintCalidris subminutabreeds subarctic to temperate bogs of disjunctly in Chukotskiy Peninsula, northern Kuril and Commander islands (eastern Russia) and (perhaps) northern Mongolia; winters eastern India and Sri Lanka eastward through southern Asia to southern Japan and southward to southeastern Australia
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisbreeds high Arctic dry coastal tundra from Wrangel Island (northeastern Siberia) eastward through Alaskan North Slope to northeastern Canada, including Arctic islands from Banks to Devon; migrates to grassland of southeastern Brazil and Uruguay to central Argentina; prone to extreme vagrancy worldwide
SanderlingCalidris alba
Calidris alba albabreeds far northern Canada (Ellesmere Island), Greenland, and Svalbard eastward at least to Severnaya Zemlya Islands and the Taymyr Peninsula; winters on coasts of western and southern Europe, Africa, and southern Asia eastward to Australasia and some tropical Pacific islands
Calidris alba rubidabreeds in northern Alaska and northern Canada (except Ellesmere Island) (populations in eastern Siberia in the Lena Delta and the New Siberian Islands possibly also this subspecies); winters coasts of North and South America (northward to southern British Columbia and southern Maine)
DunlinCalidris alpina
Calidris alpina arcticabreeds northeastern Greenland; winters mainly northwestern Africa
Calidris alpina schinziibreeds Greenland and Iceland to southern Scandinavia and Baltic states; winters to northwestern Africa
Calidris alpina alpinabreeds northern Scandinavia to north-central Russia; winters to Mediterranean and India
Calidris alpina centralisbreeds north-central to northeastern Russia; winters to eastern Mediterranean and southern Asia
Calidris alpina sakhalinabreeds northeastern Russia to Chukotskiy Peninsula; winters eastern China, Japan, and Taiwan
Calidris alpina kistchinskibreeds Sea of Okhotsk to Kuril Islands; wintering grounds unknown
Calidris alpina actitesbreeds northern Sakhalin; wintering grounds unknown
Calidris alpina arcticolabreeds northwestern Alaska and northwestern Canada; winters eastern China, Korean Peninsula, and Japan
Calidris alpina pacificabreeds southwestern Alaska; winters in western USA and western Mexico
Calidris alpina hudsoniabreeds central Canada; winters southeastern USA and eastern Mexico
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimabreeds montane tundra from Greenland and Iceland eastward through Arctic Europe and Russia to Taymyr Peninsula (north-central Siberia), also Banks to southern Ellesmere and Baffin islands (north-central Canada); winters rocky North Atlantic coasts from Iceland and Faroe Islands to western Europe, and Labrador and Gulf of St. Lawrence (southeastern Canada) southward to North Carolina
Rock SandpiperCalidris ptilocnemis
Calidris ptilocnemis tschuktschorumbreeds Chukotskiy Peninsula (eastern Siberia) to western Alaska; winters northwestern North America and eastern Japan
Calidris ptilocnemis ptilocnemisbreeds Pribilof, St. Matthew, and Hall islands; winters Alaska Peninsula
Calidris ptilocnemis couesiAleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula
Calidris ptilocnemis quartabreeds southern Kamchatka, Komandorskiye Islands, and Kuril Islands; winters southward to eastern Japan
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiibreeds high Arctic dry tundra from Wrangel Island to eastern Chukotskiy Peninsula (northeastern Siberia) through northern and central Alaska, northern Canada including Arctic islands from Banks to Ellesmere and Baffin islands, and northwestern Greenland; winters in mountains and coastally from southern Peru through Chile and southern Argentina
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosbreeds wet tundra from Yamal Peninsula eastward to Chukotskiy Peninsula (northwestern to eastern Siberia), including New Siberian and Wrangel islands, also western and northern Alaska eastward through northeastern Canada, including Arctic islands; winters wet grassland and wetland edge mainly to Peru, Bolivia, and southern Brazil southward to Tierra del Fuego; prone to extreme vagrancy
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillabreeds tundra from eastern Chukotskiy Peninsula (northeastern Siberia) through northern Alaska and eastward in northern Canada to northern Labrador, including southern Canadian Arctic islands from Banks to Baffin; winters coasts from Isthmus of Tehuantepec and Yucatan Peninsula (southwestern Mexico) and Caribbean to far northern Chile and northeastern Brazil
Western SandpiperCalidris mauribreeds Chukotskiy Peninsula and Anadyr (northeastern Siberia; few), St. Lawrence Island (Bering Sea), and western and northern Alaska mainland; winters coastal Washington to Peru and Galapagos, southeastern Canada to Caribbean, and inland central Mexico to northern Costa Rica
Little StintCalidris minutabreeds drier tundra from northern Scandinavia eastward through northern Russia to New Siberian Islands (east-central Siberia); winters mudflats and marshes from southern Europe and Africa eastward to southern Asia
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillabreeds tundra and taiga wetlands from eastern Aleutian Is through Alaska and Canada eastward to Labrador and Nova Scotia; winters mudflats and wetlands from southeastern USA, Caribbean, and Mexico southward to northern South America
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisbreeds wet tundra from North Slope of Alaska eastward in coastal northern Canada to northwestern Hudson Bay, and Banks to Devon and Baffin islands (northeastern Canada); winters to wetlands of southern Chile, southeastern Brazil, northwestern to southeastern Argentina, and Falkland Islands