Chokowe

Chokowe ni ndege wadogo wa jenasi Calidris na Prosobonia katika familia ya Scolopacidae. Nje ya majiri ya kuzaa huonekana hasa karibu na maji (bahari, maziwa, mito) lakini spishi chache huonekana mbali na maji (k.m. Calidris subruficollis). Takriban spishi zote hutaga mayai chini tundrani kwa kanda za akitiki za Ulaya, Asia na Amerika. Hula wadudu, gegereka na nyungunyungu.
Spishi za Afrika

* Calidris alba, Chokowe Tumbo-jeupe (Sanderling)
* Calidris alpina, Chokowe Tumbo-jeusi (Dunlin)
* Calidris canutus, Chokowe Mwekundu (Red Knot)
* Calidris falcinellus, Chokowe Domo-pana ( Broad-billed Sandpiper) – inaainishwa pia kama Limicola falcinellus
* Calidris ferruginea, Chokowe Domo-sululu (Curlew Sandpiper)
* Calidris himantopus, Chokowe Miguu-myekundu (Stilt Sandpiper)
* Calidris maritima, Chokowe Zambarau (Purple Sandpiper)
* Calidris melanotos, Chokowe fulana (Pectoral Sandpiper)
* Calidris minuta, Chokowe Mdogo ( Little Stint)
* Calidris pugnax, Chokowe Mjasiri (Ruff)
* Calidris ruficollis, Red-necked Stint)
* Calidris subminuta, Chokowe Vidole-virefu (Long-toed Stint)
* Calidris subruficollis, Chokowe Shingo-njano (Buff-breasted Sandpiper)
* Calidris temminckii, Chokowe Mkia-mweupe (Temminck’s Stint)
Spishi za mabara mengine

* Calidris acuminata (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper)
* Calidris bairdii (Baird’s Sandpiper)
* Calidris fuscicollis (White-rumped Sandpiper)
* Calidris mauri (Western Sandpiper)
* Calidris minutilla (Least Sandpiper)
* Calidris x paramelanotos (Cox's Sandpiper) – chotara kati ya dume wa C. melanotos na jike wa C. ferruginea
* Calidris ptilocnemis (Rock Sandpiper)
* Calidris pusilla (Semipalmated Sandpiper)
* Calidris tenuirostris (Great Knot)
* Calidris virgata (Surfbird) – inaainishwa pia kama Aphriza virgata
* Calidris pygmeus (Spoon-billed Sandpiper) – inaainishwa pia kama Calidris pygmeus
* Prosobonia cancellata (Kiritimati Sandpiper) imekwisha sasa
* Prosobonia ellisi (Moorea Sandpiper) imekwisha sasa
* Prosobonia leucoptera (Tahiti Sandpiper) imekwisha sasa
* Prosobonia parvirostris (Tuamotu Sandpiper)
Picha


Image:Calidris-alba-001.jpg|Chokowe tumbo-jeupe
Image:Calidris alpina03.jpg|Chokowe tumbo-jeusi
File:Calidris canutus jcwf1.jpg|Chokowe wekundu, manyoya ya majira ya kuhama
Image:Calidris ferruginea (Marek Szczepanek).jpg|Chokowe domo-sululu
Image:Purple sandpiper New Brighton.jpg|Chokowe zambarau
Image:Little Stint.jpg|Chokowe mdogo
Image:Calidris subminuta PA021275.jpg|Chokowe vidole-virefu
Image:Calidris temminckii 2 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg|Chokowe mkia-mweupe
Image:Limicola falcinellus P4233431.jpg|Chokowe domo-pana
Image:PibyddTorchog.jpg|Chokowe mjasiri, manyoya ya majira ya kuhama
Image:Kampfläufer 2007-06-08 206.jpg|Chokowe mjasiri, manyoya ya majira ya kuzaa


Image:Baird's Sandpiper on Nest.jpg|Baird’s sandpiper
Image:White-rumped Sandpiper.jpg|White-rumped sandpiper
Image:Western Sandpiper.jpg|Western sandpiper
Image:Pectoral-Sandpiper.jpg|Pectoral sandpiper
Image:Least Sandpiper RWD3.jpg|Least sandpiper
Image:Rock Sandpiper.jpg|Rock sandpiper
Image:Calidris-pusilla-001.jpg|Semipalmated sandpiper
Image:Tounen 06f8022qsp.jpg|Red-necked stint
Image:Great Knot scarboro .sep02.jpg|Great knot
Image:Aphriza virgataUSFWSAK-RO-03080A.jpg|Surfbird
Image:Calidris acuminata P4234030.jpg|Sharp-tailed sandpiper


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