Scolopaci is a suborder of wading birds within the order Charadriiformes containing the following families:
Family Rostratulidae – painted-snipes (3 species) Family Jacanidae – jacanas (8 species) Family Pedionomidae – plains-wanderer Family Thinocoridae – seedsnipes (4 species) Family Scolopacidae – sandpipers, snipes (98 species)
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