Order: Charadriiformes | Family: Scolopacidae
The Scolopacidae are a large diverse family of small to medium sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The majority of species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 89 species worldwide and 43 species which occur in India.
The Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) is a small migratory Palearctic wader...
The Sanderling (Calidris alba, syn. Crocethia alba[1] or Erolia alba) is a...
The Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) is a small wader (shorebird) of the...
The Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large wader in the family...
The Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, is a small wader. This phalarope...
The Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos, is a small Palearctic wader. This...
The Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. This Eurasian species is...
The Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus is a wader in the large bird family...
The Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small wading bird, one of two...
The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the...
The Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader that breeds on the...
The Broad-billed Sandpiper, Limicola falcinellus, is a small wading bird. It is...
