#scolopacidae

[herpsandbirds]

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), mother with chicks, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Washington DC, USA

photograph by Andrew Tao

[jadafitch]

They're baaaack. (Woodcocks in Maine)

[iridescent-wildlife]

Sanderling (Calidris alba). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

South Padre Island, Texas, USA. April 2021.

[morgansram]

Closer look at the common snipe X

[ornithological]

ruddy turnstone (arenaria interpres), ireland

[snototter]

A surfbird (Calidris virgata) feeding on barnacles in Vancouvar Island, BC, Canada

by Tim Melling

[best-bird-tournament]

Sandpiper (Scolopacidae) family - round 1, section 1

Which is the best bird?

American woodcock

Ruff

Jack snipe

Upland sandpiper

Asian dowitcher

Marbled godwit

Long-billed curlew

Bar-tailed godwit

Ruddy turnstone

Voting ended onDec 22, 2025

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Need a spoon? Just ask the spoon-billed sandpiper! Unlike most other sandpipers, which have long, thin beaks, spoon-billed sandpipers have a bill that flares at the end just like a spoon. The unique shape helps the bird filter through mud and sediment to find food in the coastal marshes where it lives.

(Image: A spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) by Lefei Han)