PHALAROPODIDAE (BONAPARTE, 1831)

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FAMILY PHALAROPODIDAE (BONAPARTE, 1831) . –

PHALAROPES

Genus Steganopus Vieillot, 1818

Steganopus tricolor Vieillot, 1819 . – Wilson’s Phalarope

Genus Phalaropus Brisson, 1760 . – Marine phalaropes

Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Rednecked Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicaria (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Red Phalarope

FAMILY SCOLOPACIDAE * VIGORS, 1825. – SANDPIP-

ERS AND ALLIES

SUBFAMILY ARENARIINAE STEJNEGER, 1885 . –

SURFPIPERS

Genus Arenaria Brisson, 1760 . – Turnstones Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria melanocephala (Vigors, 1829) . – Black Turnstone

Genus Aphriza Audubon, 1839

Aphriza virgata (Gmelin, 1789) . – Surfbird

SUBFAMILY CALIDRIDINAE (REICHENBACH, 1849) . –

LESSER SANDPIPERS

TRIBE PHILOMACHINI , NEW RANK. –

MEADOWPIPERS

Genus Philomachus Merrem, 1804

Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Ruff (Reeve)

Genus Tryngites Cabanis, 1857

Tryngites subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) . – Buffbreasted Sandpiper

TRIBE CALIDRIDINI , NEW RANK. – LESSER SANDPIP-

ERS AND STINTS

Genus Limicola Koch, 1816

Limicola falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763) . – Broad-billed Sandpiper

Genus Calidris Merrem, 1804 . – Stints and typical sandpipers

Subgenus Eurynorhynchus Nilsson, 1821 Calidris pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Spoonbilled Sandpiper

Subgenus Calidris (Merrem, 1804) . – Stints and allies (type: canutus )

Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) . – Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821) . – Great Knot

Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Red Knot

Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) . – Whiterumped (Sandpiper) Stint

Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861) . – Baird’s (Sandpiper) Stint

Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) . – Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris acuminata (Horsfeld, 1821) . – Sharptailed Sandpiper

Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812) . – Temminck’s Stint

Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853) . – Longtoed Stint

Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) . – Least (Sandpiper) Stint

Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) . – Little Stint Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) . – Red-necked (Sandpiper) Stint

Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766) . – Semipalmated (Sandpiper) Stint

Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857) . – Western (Sandpiper) Stint

Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) . – Sanderling Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Dunlin Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) . – Purple Sandpiper

Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) . – Rock Sandpiper

SUBFAMILY TRINGINAE (G. R. GRAY, 1840) . –

SHOREPIPERS AND SHANKS

TRIBE ACTITIINI *, NEW RANK. – SHOREPIPERS

Genus Actitis (Illiger, 1811) . – Tiptail sandpipers

(type: hypoleucus )

Actitis hypoleucus (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Common Sandpiper

Actitis macularia (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Spotted Sandpiper

Genus Xenus (Kaup, 1829)

Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1774) . – Terek Sandpiper

Genus Heteroscelus Baird, 1858 . – Tattlers (type:

brevipes )

Heteroscelus brevipes (Vieillot, 1816) . – Greytailed Tattler

Heteroscelus incanus (Gmelin, 1789) . – Wandering Tattler

TRIBE TRINGINI (G. R. GRAY, 1840) . – SHANKS AND

STILT SANDPIPER

Genus Micropalama Baird, 1858

Micropalama himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826) . – Stilt

Sandpiper

Genus Tringa Linnaeus, 1758 . – Shanks (type:

ochropus )

Subgenus Catoptrophorus Bonaparte, 1827

Tringa semipalmata (Gmelin, 1789) . – Willet (Great Grayshank)

Subgenus Tringa Linnaeus, 1758 . – Typical shanks

Tringa guttifer (Nordmann, 1835) . – Spotted Greenshank

Tringa stagnatilis (Bechstein, 1803) . – Marsh Greenshank

Tringa erythropus (Pallas, 1764) . – Spotted Redshank

Tringa totanus (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Common Redshank

Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767) . – Common Greenshank

Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, 1789) . – Greater (Yellowlegs) Yellowshank

Tringa flavipes (Gmelin, 1789) . – Lesser (Yellowlegs) Yellowshank

Tringa glareola Linnaeus, 1758 . – Wood (Sandpiper) Grayshank

Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758 . – Green (Sandpiper) Grayshank

Tringa solitaria Wilson, 1830 . – Solitary (Sandpiper) Grayshank

SUBFAMILY SCOLOPACINAE * (BONAPARTE, 1838). –

GREATER SANDPIPERS

TRIBE PROSOBONINI (BONAPARTE, 1854)

Genus Prosobonia Bonaparte, 1850 . – Polyne-

sian sandpipers (extant)

Prosobonia cancellata (Gmelin, 1789) . – Tuamotu Sandpiper

TRIBE NUMENINI G. R. GRAY, 1840 . – GODWITS,

CURLEWS AND ALLIES

SUBTRIBE BARTRAMIINA , NEW RANK

Genus Bartramia Lesson, 1831

Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812) . – Upland Sandpiper

SUBTRIBE NUMENIINA (G. R. GRAY, 1840) . –

GODWITS AND CURLEWS

Genus Limosa Brisson, 1760 . – Godwits

Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Marbled Godwit

Limosa baueri Naumann, 1836 . – Siberian Bartailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Lapland Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Hudsonian Godwit

Genus Numenius Brisson, 1760 . – Curlews

Subgenus Micronumenius , New Taxon. – Lesser curlews (type: borealis )

Numenius borealis (Forster, 1722) . – Eskimo Curlew

Numenius minutus Gould, 1841 . – Little Curlew

Subgenus Numenius Brisson, 1760 . – Whimbels and greater curlews (type: phaeopus ) Numenius hudsonicus Latham, 1790 . – Hudsonian Whimbrel

Numenius variegatus (Scopoli, 1786) . – Siberian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) ∈ alboaxillaris . – European Whimbrel

Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot, 1817 . – Slenderbilled Curlew

Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) . – Eurasian Curlew

Numenius tahitiensis Gmelin, 1789 . – Bristlethighed Curlew

Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) . – Far Eastern Curlew

Numenius americanus Bechstein, 1810 . – Longbilled Curlew

TRIBE LIMNODROMINI G. R. GRAY, 1840

Genus Limnodromus WIED, 1833 . – Dowitchers Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) . – Shortbilled Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say, 1823) . – Longbilled Dowitcher

Limnodromus semipalmatus (Blyth, 1848) . – Asiatic Dowitcher

TRIBE SCOLOPACINI * (VIGORS, 1825). – SNIPE AND

WOODCOCKS

SUBTRIBE COENOCORYPHINA , NEW RANK

Genus Coenocorypha G. R. Gray, 1855 . –

Semi-snipe

Coenocorypha aucklandica (G. R. Gray, 1845) . – New Zealand Snipe

Coenocorypha pusilla Buller, 1869 . – Chatham Island Snipe

SUBTRIBE GALLINAGINA (OLPHE- GALLIARD, 1888).

– SNIPE

Genus Lymocryptes Boie, 1826

Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764) . – Jack Snipe

Genus Gallinago * Brisson, 1760. – True snipe

(type: gallinago )

Subgenus Odurella Mathews, 1913 (type: paraguaiae )

Gallinago paraguaiae group (Vieillot, 1816). – Neotropical snipe

Subgenus Gallinago Brisson, 1760 . – Holarctic snipe (type: gallinago )

Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) . – European Snipe

Gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825) . – Wilson’s Snipe

Subgenus Nesospilura Mathews, 1913. – Montane snipe (type: solitaria )

Gallinago solitaria Hodgson, 1831 . – Solitary Snipe

Gallinago hardwickii J. E. Gray, 1831 . – Latham’s Snipe

Gallinago stenura Bonaparte, 1830 . – Pintail Snipe

Gallinago megala Swinhoe, 1861 . – Swinhoe’s Snipe

Subgenus Eugallinago Mathews, 1913 . – Moor snipe (type: macrodactyla )

Gallinago nigripennis Bonaparte, 1839 . – African Snipe

Gallinago macrodactyla Bonaparte, 1839 . – Madagascan Snipe

Gallinago media Latham, 1787 . – Great Snipe

Subgenus Chubbia Mathews, 1913 . – Alpine snipe (type: stricklandii )

Gallinago nemoricola Hodgson, 1836 . – Wood Snipe

Gallinago nobilis Sclater, 1856 . – Noble Snipe

Gallinago undulata (Boddaert, 1783) . – Giant Snipe

Gallinago jamesoni Bonaparte, 1855 . – Andean Snipe

Gallinago stricklandii G. R. Gray, 1845 . – Cordilleran Snipe

Gallinago imperialis Sclater & Salvin, 1869 . – Imperial Snipe

SUBTRIBE SCOLOPACINA (VIGORS, 1825)

Genus Scolopax Linnaeus, 1758 . – Woodcocks

(type: rusticola )

Scolopax rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871 . – New Guinea Woodcock

Scolopax celebensis Riley, 1921 . – Sulawesi Woodcock

Scolopax rochussenii Schlegel, 1866 . – Moluccan Woodcock

Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758 . – Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax minor Gmelin, 1789 . – American Woodcock

Scolopax mira Hartert, 1916 . – Amami Woodcock

Scolopax saturata Horsfield, 1821 . – Javan Woodcock