Chokowe

Chokowe ni ndege wadogo wa jenasi Calidris na Prosobonia katika familia ya Scolopacidae. Nje ya majiri ya kuzaa huonekana hasa karibu na maji (bahari, maziwa, mito) lakini spishi chache huonekana mbali na maji (k.m. Calidris subruficollis). Takriban spishi zote hutaga mayai chini tundrani kwa kanda za akitiki za Ulaya, Asia na Amerika. Hula wadudu, gegereka na nyungunyungu.

Spishi za Afrika
 Calidris alba, Chokowe Tumbo-jeupe (Sanderling)
 Calidris alpina, Chokowe Tumbo-jeusi (Dunlin)
 Calidris canutus, Chokowe Mwekundu (Red Knot)
 Calidris falcinellus, Chokowe Domo-pana ( Broad-billed Sandpiper) – inaainishwa pia kama Limicola falcinellus
 Calidris ferruginea, Chokowe Domo-sululu (Curlew Sandpiper)
 Calidris himantopus, Chokowe Miguu-myekundu (Stilt Sandpiper)
 Calidris maritima, Chokowe Zambarau (Purple Sandpiper)
 Calidris melanotos, Chokowe fulana (Pectoral Sandpiper)
 Calidris minuta, Chokowe Mdogo ( Little Stint)
 Calidris pugnax, Chokowe Mjasiri (Ruff)
 Calidris ruficollis, [[Chokowe Shingo-nyekundu (Red-necked Stint)
 Calidris subminuta, Chokowe Vidole-virefu (Long-toed Stint)
 Calidris subruficollis, Chokowe Shingo-njano (Buff-breasted Sandpiper)
 Calidris temminckii, Chokowe Mkia-mweupe (Temminck’s Stint)

Spishi za mabara mengine
 Calidris acuminata (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper)
 Calidris bairdii (Baird’s Sandpiper)
 Calidris fuscicollis (White-rumped Sandpiper)
 Calidris mauri (Western Sandpiper)
 Calidris minutilla (Least Sandpiper)
 Calidris x paramelanotos (Cox's Sandpiper) – chotara kati ya dume wa C. melanotos na jike wa C. ferruginea
 Calidris ptilocnemis (Rock Sandpiper)
 Calidris pusilla (Semipalmated Sandpiper)
 Calidris tenuirostris (Great Knot)
 Calidris virgata (Surfbird) – inaainishwa pia kama Aphriza virgata
 Calidris pygmeus (Spoon-billed Sandpiper) – inaainishwa pia kama Calidris pygmeus
 Prosobonia cancellata (Kiritimati Sandpiper) imekwisha sasa
 Prosobonia ellisi (Moorea Sandpiper) imekwisha sasa
 Prosobonia leucoptera (Tahiti Sandpiper) imekwisha sasa
 Prosobonia parvirostris (Tuamotu Sandpiper)

Picha

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