--> Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers, sanderlings) - 15 genera
Genus: Calidris (3 out of 24 species depicted)
Genus: Actitis (1 out of 2 species depicted)

Species on page

Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

Sanderlings (Calidris alba)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

Paying

Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
Don Edwards National Shoreline
December 9, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
Bird ID: Sophia Christel

Sandpiper

Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
Don Edwards National Shoreline
December 9, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
Bird ID: Sophia Christel

Sandpiper

Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
Don Edwards National Shoreline
December 9, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
Bird ID: Sophia Christel

Pipers of the sand

Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
Palo Alto Baylands
January 16, 2014

Five sandpipers

Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
Palo Alto Baylands
April 12, 2019
Canon 7D markII

Least sandpiper

Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
Shoreline Park
January 7, 2025
Canon R5

Cast a giant shadow

Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
Shoreline Park
January 7, 2025
Canon R5

Sanderlings (Calidris alba)

Sanderlings (Calidris alba)
Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpiper family)
Palo Alto Baylands
With Photographing Nature class
March 11, 2019
Canon 7D markII

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Sanderlings (Calidris alba)
Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpiper family)
Palo Alto Baylands
With Photographing Nature class
March 11, 2019
Canon 7D markII

Done

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
Gardur Headlands, Iceland
September 13, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Dunlin

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
Don Edwards National Shoreline
January 9, 2022
Canon R5

Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Family: Charadriidae (plovers,lapwings, killdeer, queltehue, and dotterels)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
August 7, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
Williams Island, Florida
October 24, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
Geng Road
Palo Alto
January 1, 2021
Canon 7D markII

Piping at the falls

Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Family: Charadriidae (plovers,lapwings, killdeer, queltehue, and dotterels)
Tamasopo Falls
Mexico
September 4, 2023
Canon R5

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Created: January 27, 2014 (from sheathbill.html)
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