page_title: List of birds of Missouri
section_title: Sandpipers and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Missouri / Sandpipers and allies
caption_attribution_description: Description: Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia), Bluffer's Park (Toronto, Canada, 2005; de: Drosseluferläufer Photograph: Mdf first upload in en wikipedia on 23:12, 13 June 2005 by Mdf Licence:
context_page_description: This list of birds of Missouri includes species documented in the U.S. state of Missouri and accepted by The Audubon Society of Missouri. As of August 2019, there are 435 species included in the official list. Of them, 50 are classed as accidental, 31 are classed as casual, 12 are classed as provisional, seven have been introduced to North America, four are extinct and one might be, and three have been extirpated.
  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, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in Missouri as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following codes are used to designate some species:
  Accidental - "1-4 records; occasionally observed" per the ASM
  Casual - "5-15 records; occasionally observed" per the ASM
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
  Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
  Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis (E)
  Long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus (C)
  Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica
  Marbled godwit, Limosa fedoa
  Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
  Red knot, Calidris canutus
  Ruff, Calidris pugnax
  Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata (P)
  Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
  Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea (A)
  Red-necked stint/little stint, Calidris ruficollis/Calidris minuta (A)
  Sanderling, Calidris alba
  Dunlin, Calidris alpina
  Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
  Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla
  White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis
  Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis
  Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
  Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla
  Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri
  Short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
  Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
  American woodcock, Scolopax minor
  Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata
  Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius
  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
  Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius
caption: Spotted sandpiper
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