page_title: List of birds of Malawi
section_title: Sandpipers and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Malawi / Sandpipers and allies
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Malawi. The avifauna of Malawi include a total of 684 species, of which 2 have been introduced by humans. 21 species are globally threatened. 1 species is endemic.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Malawi.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories, but not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring native species.
  Accidental - a rarely occurring species in Malawi
  Endemic - a species endemic to Malawi
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Malawi as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Malawi although populations exist elsewhere
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.
  Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
  Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata
  Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica
  Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa (A)
  Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
  Ruff, Calidris pugnax
  Broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus (A)
  Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
  Sanderling, Calidris alba
  Little stint, Calidris minuta
  Great snipe, Gallinago media
  Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago (A)
  African snipe, Gallinago nigripennis
  Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
  Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
  Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
  Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus (A)
  Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia
  Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis
  Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola
  Common redshank, Tringa totanus
caption: Ruff, a widespread migrant to wetlands and grassland
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