page_title: List of birds of Oklahoma
section_title: Sandpipers and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Oklahoma / Sandpipers and allies
caption_attribution_description: English: Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Source: WO-10266-53 Subject: bird, animal, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
context_page_description: This list of birds of Oklahoma includes species documented in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and accepted by the Oklahoma Ornithological Society's Bird Records Committee. As of October 2017, there were 480 species on the official list. Between then and July 2020, four additional species have been documented in eBird. Of the 484 species, 110 are classified as accidental, seven have been introduced to North America, two are known to be extinct, and two others might be extinct. An additional 16 species are classed as either hypothetical or of uncertain origin; 13 of them are also classed as accidental.
  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 Oklahoma as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. These tags are used to annotate some species:
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 (A)
  Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis (Possibly E) (A)
  Long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus (A)
  Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica
  Marbled godwit, Limosa fedoa
  Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
  Red knot, Calidris canutus (A)
  Ruff, Calidris pugnax (A)
  Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
  Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea (H) (A)
  Sanderling, Calidris alba
  Dunlin, Calidris alpina
  Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima
  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
  Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria
  Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
  Willet, Tringa semipalmata
  Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus
  Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca
  Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
  Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
  Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius
caption: Dunlin
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