Sandpipers and Allies - Family: Scolopacidae - The Northern Rivers Project

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Sandpipers and Allies - Family: Scolopacidae

Photo by Diana Davey

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Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos

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Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres

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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Calidris acuminata

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Sanderling - Calidris alba

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Red Knot - Calidris canutus

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Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea

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Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos

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Ruff - Calidris pugnax

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Red-necked Stint - Calidris ruficollis

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Long-toed Stint - Calidris subminuta

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Great Knot - Calidris tenuirostris

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Latham's Snipe - Gallinago hardwickii

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Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica

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C 2187 - E.Beringen

D 152 - D.Davey

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C 2186 - E.Beringen

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C 2188 - E.Beringen

Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa

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Eastern Curlew - Numenius madagascariensis

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Little Curlew - Numenius minutus

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Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus

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C 1561 - E.Beringen

C 1562 - E.Beringen

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C 1558 - E.Beringen

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Red-necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus

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Grey-tailed Tattler - Tringa brevipes

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Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola

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Wandering Tattler - Tringa incana

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Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia

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Marsh Sandpiper - Tringa stagnatilis

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Terek Sandpiper - Xenus cinereus

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Phylum: Chordata   (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata   (Vertebrates)
> Class: Aves   (Birds)
> Order:   Charadriiformes   (Shorebirds and Allies)
> Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes and Allies)
> Genus: Actitis
> Species: A. hypoleucos - Common Sandpiper
> Genus: Arenaria
> Species: A. interpres - Ruddy Turnstone
> Genus: Calidris
> Species: C. acuminata - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
> Species: C. alba - Sanderling
> Species: C. canutus - Red Knot
> Species: C. ferruginea - Curlew Sandpiper
> Species: C. melanotus -  Pectoral Sandpiper
> Species: C. pugnax - Ruff
> Species: C. ruficollis - Red-necked Stint
> Species: C. subminuta - Long-toed Stint
> Species: C. tenuirostris - Great Knot
> Genus: Gallinago
> Species: G. hardwickii - Latham's Snipe
> Genus: Limosa
> Species: L. lapponica -  Bar-tailed Godwit
> Species: L. limosa - Black-tailed Godwit
> Genus: Numenius
> Species: N. madagascariensis - Eastern Curlew
> Species: N. minutus - Little Curlew
> Species: N. phaeopus - Whimbrel
> Genus: Phalaropus
> Species: P. lobatus - Red-necked Phalarope
> Genus: Tringa
> Species: T. brevipes - Grey-tailed Tattler
> Species: T. glareola - Wood Sandpiper
> Species: T. incana - Wandering Tattler
> Species: T. nebularia -  Common Greenshank
> Species: T. stagnatilis -  Marsh Sandpiper
> Genus: Xenus
> Species: X. cinereus - Terek Sandpiper

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Photographic Contributions:
Beringen, Erik. C 1558 - C 1561 - C 1562 - C 2185 - C 2186 - C 2187 - C 2188.
Davey, Diana. D 098 - D 099 - D 152.

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