page_title: List of birds of Algeria
section_title: Sandpipers and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Algeria / Sandpipers and allies
caption_attribution_description: English: Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Algeria. The avifauna of Algeria includes a total of 428 species.
  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 Algeria.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Algeria
  Endemic - a species endemic to Algeria
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Algeria as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Algeria 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
  Slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostris
  Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata
  Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica
  Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa
  Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
  Red knot, Calidris canutus
  Ruff, Calidris pugnax
  Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
  Temminck's stint, Calidris temminckii
  Sanderling, Calidris alba
  Dunlin, Calidris alpina
  Little stint, Calidris minuta
  Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos (A)
  Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
  Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola
  Great snipe, Gallinago media
  Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
  Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
  Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
  Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
  Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus
  Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia
  Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis
  Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola
  Common redshank, Tringa totanus
caption: Spotted redshank
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