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Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae sandpipers

Genus: Calidris

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20 species (see list below)
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Calidris acuminata
[Sharp-tailed sandpiper]
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Max. Length 22 cm TL
 
Calidris alba
[Sanderling]
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Max. Length 23 cm TL
 
Calidris alpina
[Dunlin]
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Calidris bairdii
[Baird's sandpiper]
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Calidris canutus
[Red knot]
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Calidris falcinellus
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Calidris ferruginea
[Curlew sandpiper]
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Calidris fuscicollis
[White-rumped sandpiper]
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Calidris himantopus
[Stilt sandpiper]
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Calidris maritima
[Purple sandpiper]
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Max. Length 18 cm TL
 
Calidris mauri
[Western sandpiper]
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Calidris melanotos
[Pectoral sandpiper]
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Calidris minuta
[Little stint]
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Max. Length 17 cm TL
 
Calidris minutilla
[Least sandpiper]
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Calidris ptilocnemis
[Rock sandpiper]
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Calidris pusilla
[Semipalmated sandpiper]
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Calidris ruficollis
[Red-necked stint]
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Calidris subminuta
[Long-toed stint]
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Calidris temminckii
[Temminck's stint]
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Calidris tenuirostris
[Great knot]


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