A total of 98 species of sandpipers and allies in the family Scolopacidae are accepted by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC). In addition to the species directly called "sandpiper", the family includes curlews, dowitchers, godwits, stints, snipe, woodcocks, and a few other groups. They are distributed among 15 genera, three of which have only one species. Six species are known to be extinct (marked E), and one which is probably extinct, are included.

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common nameBinomial nameIOC sequenceUpland sandpiperBartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812)1Bristle-thighed curlewNumenius tahitiensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)2Eurasian whimbrelNumenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758)3Hudsonian whimbrelNumenius hudsonicus Latham, 17904Little curlewNumenius minutus Gould, 18415Eskimo curlewNumenius borealis (Forster, JR, 1772) (probably E)6Long-billed curlewNumenius americanus Bechstein, 18127Far Eastern curlewNumenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766)8Slender-billed curlewNumenius tenuirostris Vieillot, 1817 (E) 9Eurasian curlewNumenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758)10Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758)11Black-tailed godwitLimosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758)12Hudsonian godwitLimosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758)13Marbled godwitLimosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758)14Asian dowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus (Blyth, 1848)15Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus (Say, 1822)16Short-billed dowitcherLimnodromus griseus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)17Jack snipeLymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764)18American woodcockScolopax minor Gmelin, JF, 178919Eurasian woodcockScolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 175820Amami woodcockScolopax mira Hartert, EJO, 191621Bukidnon woodcockScolopax bukidnonensis Kennedy, RS, Fisher, TH, Harrap, Diesmos & Manamtam, 200122Javan woodcockScolopax saturata Horsfield, 182123New Guinea woodcockScolopax rosenbergii Schlegel, 187124Sulawesi woodcockScolopax celebensis Riley, 192125Moluccan woodcockScolopax rochussenii Schlegel, 186626North Island snipeCoenocorypha barrierensis Oliver, 1955 (E)27South Island snipeCoenocorypha iredalei Rothschild, 1921 (E)28Chatham Islands snipeCoenocorypha pusilla (Buller, 1869)29Snares snipeCoenocorypha huegeli (Tristram, 1893)30Subantarctic snipeCoenocorypha aucklandica (Gray, GR, 1845)31Imperial snipeGallinago imperialis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 186932Jameson's snipeGallinago jamesoni (Jardine & Bonaparte, 1855)33Fuegian snipeGallinago stricklandii (Gray, GR, 1845)34Solitary snipeGallinago solitaria Hodgson, 183135Wood snipeGallinago nemoricola Hodgson, 183636Great snipeGallinago media (Latham, 1787)37Swinhoe's snipeGallinago megala Swinhoe, 186138Pin-tailed snipeGallinago stenura (Bonaparte, 1831)39Latham's snipeGallinago hardwickii (Gray, JE, 1831)40African snipeGallinago nigripennis Bonaparte, 183941Common snipeGallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)42Wilson's snipeGallinago delicata (Ord, 1825)43Giant snipeGallinago undulata (Boddaert, 1783)44Noble snipeGallinago nobilis Sclater, PL, 185645Puna snipeGallinago andina Taczanowski, 187546Madagascar snipeGallinago macrodactyla Bonaparte, 183947Pantanal snipeGallinago paraguaiae (Vieillot, 1816)48Magellanic snipeGallinago magellanica (King, PP, 1828)49Wilson's phalaropePhalaropus tricolor (Vieillot, 1819)50Red phalaropePhalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)51Red-necked phalaropePhalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758)52Terek sandpiperXenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775)53Common sandpiperActitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)54Spotted sandpiperActitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766)55Green sandpiperTringa ochropus Linnaeus, 175856Solitary sandpiperTringa solitaria Wilson, A, 181357Grey-tailed tattlerTringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816)58Wandering tattlerTringa incana (Gmelin, JF, 1789)59Marsh sandpiperTringa stagnatilis (Bechstein, 1803)60Wood sandpiperTringa glareola Linnaeus, 175861Common redshankTringa totanus (Linnaeus, 1758)62Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipes (Gmelin, JF, 1789)63Nordmann's greenshankTringa guttifer (Nordmann, 1835)64WilletTringa semipalmata (Gmelin, JF, 1789)65Spotted redshankTringa erythropus (Pallas, 1764)66Common greenshankTringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767)67Greater yellowlegsTringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, JF, 1789)68Kiritimati sandpiperProsobonia cancellata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (E)69Tahiti sandpiperProsobonia leucoptera (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (E)70Moorea sandpiperProsobonia ellisi Sharpe, 1906 (E)71Tuamotu sandpiperProsobonia parvirostris (Peale, 1849)72Ruddy turnstoneArenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758)73Black turnstoneArenaria melanocephala (Vigors, 1829)74Great knotCalidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)75Red knotCalidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)76SurfbirdCalidris virgata (Gmelin, JF, 1789)77RuffCalidris pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)78Broad-billed sandpiperCalidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)79Sharp-tailed sandpiperCalidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821)80Stilt sandpiperCalidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826)81Curlew sandpiperCalidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763)82Temminck's stintCalidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812)83Long-toed stintCalidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853)84Red-necked stintCalidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776)85Spoon-billed sandpiperCalidris pygmaea (Linnaeus, 1758)86Buff-breasted sandpiperCalidris subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819)87SanderlingCalidris alba (Pallas, 1764)88DunlinCalidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)89Purple sandpiperCalidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)90Rock sandpiperCalidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873)91Baird's sandpiperCalidris bairdii (Coues, 1861)92Little stintCalidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)93Least sandpiperCalidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)94White-rumped sandpiperCalidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819)95Pectoral sandpiperCalidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)96Western sandpiperCalidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857)97Semipalmated sandpiperCalidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766)98

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