Auckland snipe

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…

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Jack snipe

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…

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American woodcock

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…

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Dunlin

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…

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Terek sandpiper

Xenus cinereus Photo by Christodoulos Makris (Trek Nature) Common name:Terek sandpiper (en); maçarico-sovela (pt); chevalier bargette (fr); andarríos del Terek (es); Terekwasserläufer (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ScolopacidaeRange:This species breeds from Finland to north-eastern Siberia, as far east as the Kolyma river. They migrate south to winter along the coasts of eastern Africa, southern Asia and Australia.Size:These birds…

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Eurasian curlew

Numenius arquata Photo by Jari Peltomäki (Luonto Portti) Common name:Eurasian curlew (en); maçarico-real (pt); courlis cendré (fr); zarapito real (es); große brachvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ScolopacidaeRange:This species breeds from France and Ireland to northern Scandinavia and east, through Eastern Europe and Russia as far as northern Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia and north-eastern China. Most population migrate to winter…

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African snipe

Gallinago nigripennis Photo by Ronald Bontrop (Biodiversity4all) Common name:African snipe (en); narceja-africana (pt); bécassine africaine (fr); agachadiza africana (es); Afrikanische bekassine (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ScolopacidaeRange:This species has scattered breeding populations along eastern and southern Africa, in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, but can winter over all the regions between these breeding areas.Size: African snipes…

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Sanderling

Calidris alba (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:sanderling (en); pilrito-das-praias (pt); bécasseau sanderling (fr); correlimos tridáctilo (es); sanderling (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ScolopacidaeRange:The sanderling breeds in the Arctic region, in northern Russia, northern Alaska, northern Canada and Greenland, migrating south to winter along the coastlines of all continents except Antarctica.Size:These birds are 18-22 cm long and have a…

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