page_title: List of birds of British Columbia
section_title: Sandpipers and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of British Columbia / Sandpipers and allies
caption_attribution_description: Arenaria interpres&#160;(Linnaeus, 1758) Deutsch: Steinwälzer im Brutkleid auf der Insel Sanibel in Florida English: Ruddy Turnstone in breeding plumage at Sanibel Island in Florida, U.S.A.
context_page_description: This list of birds of British Columbia includes species documented in the Canadian province of British Columbia. As of January 2020, there are 588 species included in this list. Of them, 227 are rare or accidental and 17 have been introduced to British Columbia or elsewhere in North America. Five species have been extirpated and one is extinct. Thirty-nine species have only sight records or are classed as hypothetical. An additional species of questionable origin is also included here.
  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 Canadian English spellings are used and the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  The following tags are used to describe some categories of occurrence.
  Accidental - a species seldom recorded in British Columbia
  (I) Introduced - a species that has been introduced to British Columbia by the actions of humans, either directly or indirectly
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. Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.
  Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda LC
  Bristle-thighed curlew, Numenius tahitiensis (A) VU
  Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus (A) LC
  Little curlew, Numenius minutus (A) (SR) LC
  Long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus LC
  Far Eastern curlew, Numenius madagascariensis (A) EN
  Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica (A) NT
  Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa (A) (SR) NT
  Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica LC
  Marbled godwit, Limosa fedoa (A) LC
  Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres LC
  Black turnstone, Arenaria melanocephala LC
  Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris (A) (SR) EN
  Red knot, Calidris canutus NT
  Surfbird, Calidris virgata LC
  Ruff, Calidris pugnax (A) LC
  Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata LC
  Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus LC
  Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea (A) NT
  Temminck's stint, Calidris temminckii (A) LC
  Long-toed stint, Calidris subminuta (A) (SR) LC
  Spoon-billed sandpiper, Calidris pygmea (A) CR
  Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis (A) NT
  Sanderling, Calidris alba LC
  Dunlin, Calidris alpina LC
  Rock sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis LC
  Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima (A) LC
  Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii LC
  Little stint, Calidris minuta (A) LC
  Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla LC
  White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (A) LC
  Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis (A) NT
  Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos LC
  Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla (A) NT
  Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri LC
  Short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus LC
  Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus LC
  Asian dowitcher, Limnodromus semipalmatus (A) (H) (Not on the AOS Check-list) NT
  Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus (A) LC
  American woodcock, Scolopax minor (A) (OU) LC
  Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata LC
  Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus (A) LC
  Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius LC
  Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria LC
  Wandering tattler, Tringa incana LC
  Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes LC
  Willet, Tringa semipalmata (A) LC
  Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus (A) LC
  Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia (A) (SR) LC
  Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca LC
  Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola (A) LC
  Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor LC
  Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus LC
  Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius LC
caption: Ruddy turnstone
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