Birds of Europe - Shorebirds #2

Name all species of shorebirds that have been recorded in Europe, including escapees and vagrants. As a hint, taxonomic groups (not necessarily families) are given. In some cases, the name is displayed. This quiz features extinct species! (I) = invasive, escapee (A) = vagrant (E) = european endemic (Ex) = extinct
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Curlews and allies (A)
Upland sandpiper
(A, Ex?)
Eskimo curlew
(A)
Little curlew
(A)
Hudsonian whimbrel
 
Eurasian whimbrel
(Ex)
Slender-billed curlew
 
Eurasian curlew
Godwits
Black-tailed godwit
 
Bar-tailed godwit
(A)
Hudsonian godwit
Dowitchers (A)
Long-billed dowitcher
(A)
Short-billed dowitcher
Snipes
Jack snipe
 
Eurasian woodcock
(A)
American woodcock
(A)
Swinhoe's snipe
(A)
Pin-tailed snipe
 
Great snipe
(A)
Wilson's snipe
 
Common snipe
Phalaropes
Red phalarope
 
Red-necked phalarope
(A)
Wilson's phalarope
Freshwater sandpipers
(Actitis, Xenus, Tringa)
Terek sandpiper
(A)
Spotted sandpiper
 
Common sandpiper
 
Green sandpiper
(A)
Solitary sandpiper
(A)
Grey-tailed tattler
 
Marsh sandpiper
 
Wood sandpiper
 
Common redshank
 
Spotted redshank
(A)
Willet
(A)
Lesser yellowlegs
(A)
Greater yellowlegs
 
Common greenshank
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