Scolopacidae

Coenocorypha aucklandica Photo by Kirk Zufelt (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Auckland snipe (en); narceja-austral-das-Auckland (pt); bécassine des Auckland (fr); chochita de las Auckland (es); Aucklandschnepfe (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ScolopacidaeRange:This species is endemic to New Zealand, where it is found on the Auckland Islands, the Antipodes Islands and Jacquemart Island in the Campbell Island group.Size:These birds are…

Lymnocryptes mininus Photo by Dûrzan Cîrano (Wikipedia) Common name:jack snipe (en); narceja-galega (pt); bécassine sourde (fr); agachadiza chica (es); zwergschnepfe (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ScolopacidaeRange:This species breeds in Scandinavia, northern Belarus and in northern Russia as far east as Cherskly. They migrate south to winter in western Europe, around the Mediterranean, in sub-Saharan Africa as far south…

Scolopax minor Photo by Tim Flanigan (Northeast Regional Conservation Needs) Common name:American woodcock (en); galinhola-pequena (pt); bécasse d’Amérique (fr); agachadiza americana (es); Kanadaschnepfe (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ScolopacidaeRange:This species breeds in the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada, from southern Manitoba and North Dakota to southern Newfoundland and south to northern Florida and north-eastern Texas. The more…

Calidris alpina Photo by Jari Peltomäki (Luonto Portti) Common name:dunlin (en); pilrito-comum (pt); bécasseau variable (fr); correlimos común (es); Alpenstrandläufer (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ScolopacidaeRange:This species breeds at high latitudes in both Europe, America and Asia, from south-eastern Greenland, Iceland and the northern British Isles, through Scandinavia and the Baltic coast, throughout northern Russia, into western and…