[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Scolopax rusticola | [UK] Woodcock | [FR] Becasse des bois | [DE] Waldschnepfe | [ES] Agachadiza Perdiz | [NL] Houtsnip Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Physical charateristics Thick transverse bars on crown, typical for all woodcock species. Mainly rufous brown and […]
Tag: Sandpipers and allies
Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Phalaropus fulicarius | [UK] Grey Phalarope | [FR] Phalarope a bec large | [DE] Thorshuhnchen | [ES] Falaropo picogrueso | [NL] Rosse Franjepoot Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Physical charateristics Chunkier than P. lobatus, with broader, heavier yellow bill. Reversed sexual […]
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Bartramia longicauda | [UK] Upland Sandpiper | [FR] Maubeche des champs | [DE] Prarielaufer | [ES] Correlimos Batitu | [NL] Bartrams Ruiter Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Tringa longicauda Bartramia longicauda NA ec, c, nw se SA Physical charateristics The Upland […]
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Tringa erythropus | [UK] Spotted Redshank | [FR] Chevalier arlequin | [DE] Dunkler Wasserlaufer | [ES] Archibebe oscuro | [NL] Zwarte Ruiter Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Big and elegant wader, with long neck, legs and bill. Entirely black, with white dots on upperparts, and often variable amounts […]
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Calidris tenuirostris | [UK] Great Knot | [FR] Becasseau de l’Anadyr | [DE] Grosser Knutt | [ES] | [NL] Grote Kanoetstrandloper Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Largest shorebird. Breast and flanks heavily spotted black. Scapulars with large chestnut spots and blackish tips. uppertail coverts mostly white. Female averages […]
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Phalaropus lobatus | [UK] Red-necked Phalarope | [FR] Phalarope a bec etroit | [DE] Odinshuhnchen | [ES] Falaropo Picofino | [NL] Grauwe Franjepoot Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Smallest Phalaropus, with needle like bill and slender neck, toes lobed. Reversed sexual dimorphism. Female has slate grey head, neck […]
Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Tringa incana | [UK] Wandering Tattler | [FR] Chevalier errant | [DE] Wander-Wasserlaufer | [ES] Playero de Alaska | [NL] Amerikaanse Grijze Ruiter Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Recognized at any time from the other shorebirds that inhabit similar rocks by its lack of pattern in flight. Solid […]
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Calidris himantopus | [UK] Stilt Sandpiper | [FR] Becasseau a echasses | [DE] Binden-Strandlaufer | [ES] Correlimos Zancolin | [NL] Steltstrandloper Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Eurynorhynchus himantopus Calidris himantopus NA n sc SA Physical charateristics Often described as looking like […]
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Lymnocryptes minimus | [UK] Jack Snipe | [FR] Becassine sourde | [DE] Zwergschnepfe | [ES] | [NL] Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Gallinago minimus Lymnocryptes minimus EU c, w OR, AF Physical charateristics Smallest snipe. large head, relatively short bill. Narrow […]
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Calidris ruficollis | [UK] Red-necked Stint | [FR] Becasseau a col roux | [DE] Rotkehl-Strandlaufer | [ES] Correlimos Cuellirrojo | [NL] Roodkeelstrandloper Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Chestnut lower face, throat and upper breast. White around bill base and on part of supercilium. Crown and upperparts have chestnut, […]