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Scolopacidae

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Scolopacidae is a large family of shorebirds encompassing sandpipers, woodcocks, curlews and snipes, placed in the suborder Scolopaci of the order Charadriiformes. It contains 98 extant or recently extinct species divided into 15 genera and occurs across most terrestrial regions of the world except Antarctica and the most arid deserts, with most species breeding at moderate to high northern latitudes. Members range in size from the roughly 18 gram, 11 centimeter least sandpiper to the 66 centimeter Far Eastern curlew, and share elongated bodies and legs, narrow wings, and variable, highly sensitive bills that let them feel for food in mud and sand, a tactile foraging style that contrasts with the visual hunting of plovers.

Facts
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Family 2
Connections

Parent Taxon Of

Source Bar-tailed Godwit (Wikidata)
Source Black-tailed godwit (Wikidata)
Source Common sandpiper (Wikidata)
Common snipe, Species
Source Common snipe (Wikidata)
Source Eurasian curlew (Wikidata)
Source Eurasian whimbrel (Wikidata)
Source Eurasian woodcock (Wikidata)
Great snipe, Species
Source Great snipe (Wikidata)
Jack snipe, Species
Source Jack snipe (Wikidata)
Source Ruddy turnstone (Wikidata)
Source Terek sandpiper (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ26626, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Sandpiper
WikipediaIntroduction
Quote, Introduction
Scolopacidae is a large family of shorebirds, or waders, which mainly includes many species known as sandpipers, but also others such as woodcocks, curlews, and snipes.
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Wikidata: Scolopacidae
Wikidata Q26626, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Common snipe (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Common snipe, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Eurasian curlew (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Eurasian curlew, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Common sandpiper (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Common sandpiper, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Bar-tailed Godwit (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Bar-tailed Godwit, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Eurasian woodcock (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Eurasian woodcock, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Ruddy turnstone (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Ruddy turnstone, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Eurasian whimbrel (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Eurasian whimbrel, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Terek sandpiper (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Terek sandpiper, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Black-tailed godwit (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Black-tailed godwit, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Jack snipe (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Jack snipe, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Great snipe (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Great snipe, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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