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British Birds by Picture - Sandpiper Family
Identify the sandpiper, stint, dowitcher, godwit, snipe, phalarope, curlew, whimbrel or other species by picture. Species names according to the British Ornithologists' Union's "The British List" - https://bou.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/British-List.pdf
This quiz contains species from the following genera:
- Actitis
- Arenaria
- Bartramia
- Calidris
- Gallinago
- Limnodromus
- Limosa
- Lymnocryptes
- Numenius
- Phalaropus
- Scolopax
- Tringa
- Xenus
This quiz uses Adult Male Summer (and when applicable Breeding) Coats for reference, unless indicated otherwise
Answers ordered by their binomial scientific name in ascending alphabetical order
Birds marked with the following symbol are not called sandpipers in their common name: (*)
This quiz contains birds from the large Scolopacidae (or Sandpiper) Family, not just birds with sandpiper in their common name
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Last updated: December 13, 2025
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| First submitted | December 1, 2025 |
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Actitis hypoleucos
Actitis macularius
Arenaria interpres (*)
Bartramia longicauda
Calidris acuminata
Calidris alba (*)
Calidris alpina (*)
Calidris bairdii
Calidris canutus (*)
Calidris falcinellus
Calidris ferruginea
Calidris fuscicollis
Calidris himantopus
Calidris maritima
Calidris mauri
Calidris melanotos
Calidris minuta (*)
Calidris minutilla
Calidris pugnax (*)
Calidris pusilla
Calidris ruficollis (*)
Calidris subminuta (*)
Calidris subruficollis
Calidris temminckii (*)
Calidris tenuirostris (*)
Gallinago delicata (*)
Gallinago gallinago (*)
Gallinago media (*)
Limnodromus griseus (*)
Limnodromus scolopaceus (*)
Limosa haemastica (*)
Limosa lapponica (*)
Limosa limosa (*)
Lymnocryptes minimus (*)
Numenius arquata (*)
Numenius hudsonicus (*)
Numenius minutus (*)
Numenius phaeopus (*)
Phalaropus fulicarius ♀ (*)
Phalaropus lobatus ♀ (*)
Phalaropus tricolor ♀ (*)
Scolopax rusticola (*)
Tringa brevipes (*)
Tringa erythropus (*)
Tringa flavipes (*)
Tringa glareola
Tringa melanoleuca (*)
Tringa nebularia (*)
Tringa ochropus
Tringa solitaria
Tringa stagnatilis
Tringa totanus (*)
Xenus cinereus
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