Sandpipers

Adult. Photo: Robert Hamilton/Alamy

Priority Bird

American Woodcock

Scolopax minor

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: Budgora/Flickr (CC BY NC ND 2.0)

Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdii

Sandpipers

Breeding adult male. Photo: Andreas Trepte/Wikimedia (CC BY SA 2.5)

Priority Bird

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

Sandpipers

Non-breeding adult. Photo: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Black Turnstone

Arenaria melanocephala

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: Martha de Jong-Lantink/Flickr (CC BY NC ND 2.0)

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

Sandpipers

Adult Bristle-thighed Curlew. Photo: Alaska Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife/Flickr (CC BY NC ND 2.0)

Bristle-thighed Curlew

Numenius tahitiensis

Sandpipers

Juvenile. Photo: Paul Reeves Photography/Shutterstock

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis

Sandpipers

Non-breeding adult. Photo: Thibaud Vandaudenard/Flickr (CC BY-NC-2.0)

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Sandpipers

Adult Common Sandpiper. Photo: Dan Kristiansen/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND-2.0)

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Sandpipers

Breeding adult Curlew Sandpiper. Photo: Voodison328/Shutterstock

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: Kyle Dudgeon/Audubon Photography Awards

Dunlin

Calidris alpina

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: IkT/Flickr (CC BY-2.0)

Gray-tailed Tattler

Tringa brevipes

Sandpipers

Non-breeding adult. Photo: Melissa James/Audubon Photography Awards

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

Sandpipers

Non-breeding adult Hudsonian Godwit. Photo: DaveInman/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND-2.0)

Priority Bird

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

Sandpipers

Adult. Photo: Tim Boyer/Flickr (CC BY NC 2.0)

Hudsonian Whimbrel

Numenius hudsonicus

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: Tom Wilberding/Flickr (CC BY NC ND 2.0)

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

Sandpipers

Juvenile. Photo: Dave Inman/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND-2.0)

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

Sandpipers

Adult. Photo: Kaz Kuro/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND-2.0)

Little Curlew

Numenius minutus

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: Davide Ferretti/iStock

Little Stint

Calidris minuta

Sandpipers

Adult. Photo: Ann Kramer/Audubon Photography Awards

Priority Bird

Long-billed Curlew

Numenius americanus

Sandpipers

Breeding adult Long-billed Dowitchers. Photo: Melissa James/Audubon Photography Awards

Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus

Sandpipers

Breeding adults. Photo: Peter Brannon/Audubon Photography Awards

Marbled Godwit

Limosa fedoa

Sandpipers

Breeding adult male. Photo: Mick Thompson/Flickr (CC-BY-NC-2.0)

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos

Sandpipers

Non-breeding adult. Photo: Bill Dix/Audubon Photography Awards

Purple Sandpiper

Calidris maritima

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: Brian Kushner/Flickr

Priority Bird

Red Knot

Calidris canutus

Sandpipers

Breeding adult female Red Phalarope. Photo: Tom Wilberding/Flickr (CC BY NC ND 2.0)

Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

Sandpipers

Breeding adult female. Photo: Tom Ingram/Audubon Photography Awards

Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatus

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: EarnestTse/iStock

Red-necked Stint

Calidris ruficollis

Sandpipers

Molting juvenile. Photo: Nick Pecker/Shutterstock

Rock Sandpiper

Calidris ptilocnemis

Sandpipers

Breeding adult male. Photo: Aaron Maizlish/Flickr (CC BY NC 2.0)

Priority Bird

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Sandpipers

Breeding adult males. Photo: Sunil Gopalan/Audubon Photography Awards

Ruff

Calidris pugnax

Sandpipers

Non-breeding adult. Photo: Trish O'Keefe/Audubon Photography Awards

Priority Bird

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: Andy Wraithmell/FFW/Flickr (CC BY NC ND 2.0)

Priority Bird

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusilla

Sandpipers

Molting adult. Photo: Laurie Boyle/Flickr (CC BY SA 2.0)

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Calidris acuminata

Sandpipers

Breeding adult Short-billed Dowitcher. Photo: Melissa James/Audubon Photography Awards

Priority Bird

Short-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus griseus

Sandpipers

Molting juvenile. Photo: aaprophoto/iStock

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

Sandpipers

Non-breeding adult. Photo: UdayKiran28/Wikimedia

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropus

Sandpipers

Non-breeding adult. Photo: Becky Matsubara/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: Lisa Hupp/USFWS/Flickr (CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0)

Stilt Sandpiper

Calidris himantopus

Sandpipers

Non-breeding adult. Photo: Nicole Beaulac/Flickr (CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0)

Surfbird

Calidris virgata

Sandpipers

Non-breeding adult. Photo: Vaidyarupal/Flickr (CC-BY-2.0)

Temminck's Stint

Calidris temminckii

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: Imran Shah/Flickr (CC-BY-SA-2.0)

Terek Sandpiper

Xenus cinereus

Sandpipers

Adult. Photo: Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren/Flickr (CC-BY-2.0)

Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: Mick Thompson/Flickr (CC-BY-NC-2.0)

Wandering Tattler

Tringa incana

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: Mick Thompson/Flickr (CC BY NC 2.0)

Priority Bird

Western Sandpiper

Calidris mauri

Sandpipers

Adult. Photo: Tim Boyer/Flickr (CC BY NC 2.0)

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Sandpipers

Molting adult. Photo: Silver Leapers/Flickr (CC-BY-2.0)

White-rumped Sandpiper

Calidris fuscicollis

Sandpipers

Molting adult. Photo: Peter Brannon/Audubon Photography Awards

Willet

Tringa semipalmata

Sandpipers

Breeding adult male. Photo: Jason Crotty/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

Sandpipers

Adult. Photo: Dorian Anderson/Audubon Photography Awards

Wilson's Snipe

Gallinago delicata

Sandpipers

Breeding adult. Photo: Ravi Meghani/Great Backyard Bird Count

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Sandpipers

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