page_title: List of birds of Belize
section_title: Sandpipers and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Belize / Sandpipers and allies
caption_attribution_description: Commercial shellfish dredging in the Dutch Wadden Sea led to declines in both the quality and amount of the red knot's food resources, causing the population to crash.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Belize. Belize includes around 450 smaller cays and islands lying in the Caribbean Sea in addition to the mainland. The avifauna of Belize include a total of 608 species as of January 2020, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of these, 91 are rare or accidental and four have been introduced. None are endemic to the country.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, the species on this list are considered to occur regularly in Belize as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The tags and notes of population status are from Bird Checklists of the World.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Belize
context_section_description: Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae
  Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.
  Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
  Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
  Long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus (Near-threatened)
  Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica (A)
  Marbled godwit, Limosa fedoa (A)
  Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
  Red knot, Calidris canutus (Near-threatened)
  Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
  Sanderling, Calidris alba
  Dunlin, Calidris alpina
  Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla
  White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis
  Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis (Near-threatened)
  Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
  Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla (Near-threatened)
  Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri
  Short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
  Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
  Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata
  Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia
  Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria
  Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
  Willet, Tringa semipalmata
  Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca
  Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
  Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus (A)
caption: Red knot
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