page_title: List of birds of Oregon
section_title: Sandpipers and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Oregon / Sandpipers and allies
caption_attribution_description: English: A picture of a sanderling taken at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
context_page_description: This list of Oregon birds lists wild bird species found in the U.S. state of Oregon and accepted by the Oregon Bird Records Committee. As of May 2020, there are 542 species on the list. Of them, 158 are on the review list. Nine species were introduced to Oregon or elsewhere in North America; one of them and two others have been extirpated from the state.
  Bird counts often change depending on factors such as the number and training of the observers, as well as opinions about what constitutes an officially recognized subspecies. Though northern climes typically do not support as many species as southerly locations, Oregon is fifth in bird species diversity in the United States, behind Florida, New Mexico, Texas and California. This amount of diversity is attributable to Oregon's numerous distinctive ecoregions and relatively mild winter weather, which make it an important wintering ground for migratory bird species, especially waterfowl, on the Pacific Flyway.
  Another result of the state's varying ecology is the 120 Important Bird Areas, such as the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, that are recognized as important conservation sites for birds.
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
  Bristle-thighed curlew, Numenius tahitiensis (R)
  Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
  Long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus
  Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica (R)
  Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica (R)
  Marbled godwit, Limosa fedoa
  Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
  Black turnstone, Arenaria melanocephala
  Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris (R)
  Red knot, Calidris canutus
  Surfbird, Calidris virgata
  Ruff, Calidris pugnax
  Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata
  Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
  Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea (R)
  Long-toed stint, Calidris subminuta (R)
  Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis (R)
  Sanderling, Calidris alba
  Dunlin, Calidris alpina
  Rock sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis
  Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
  Little stint, Calidris minuta (R)
  Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla
  White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (R)
  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
  Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus (R)
  Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata
  Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius
  Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria
  Wandering tattler, Tringa incanus
  Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
  Willet, Tringa semipalmata
  Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus (R)
  Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca
  Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola (R)
  Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
  Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
  Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius
caption: Sanderling
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