Scolopacidae

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…

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…

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…

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…