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*, 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

Image:Calidris-alba-001.jpg|Chokowe tumbo-jeupe
Image:Calidris alpina03.jpg|Chokowe tumbo-jeusi
File:Calidris canutus jcwf1.jpg|Chokowe wekundu, manyoya ya majira ya kuhama
Image:Calidris ferruginea (Marek Szczepanek).jpg|Chokowe domo-sululu
Image:Purple sandpiper New Brighton.jpg|Chokowe zambarau
Image:Little Stint.jpg|Chokowe mdogo
Image:Calidris subminuta PA021275.jpg|Chokowe vidole-virefu
Image:Calidris temminckii 2 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg|Chokowe mkia-mweupe
Image:Limicola falcinellus P4233431.jpg|Chokowe domo-pana
Image:PibyddTorchog.jpg|Chokowe mjasiri, manyoya ya majira ya kuhama
Image:Kampfläufer 2007-06-08 206.jpg|Chokowe mjasiri, manyoya ya majira ya kuzaa

Image:Baird's Sandpiper on Nest.jpg|Baird’s sandpiper
Image:White-rumped Sandpiper.jpg|White-rumped sandpiper
Image:Western Sandpiper.jpg|Western sandpiper
Image:Pectoral-Sandpiper.jpg|Pectoral sandpiper
Image:Least Sandpiper RWD3.jpg|Least sandpiper
Image:Rock Sandpiper.jpg|Rock sandpiper
Image:Calidris-pusilla-001.jpg|Semipalmated sandpiper
Image:Tounen 06f8022qsp.jpg|Red-necked stint
Image:Great Knot scarboro .sep02.jpg|Great knot
Image:Aphriza virgataUSFWSAK-RO-03080A.jpg|Surfbird
Image:Calidris acuminata P4234030.jpg|Sharp-tailed sandpiper

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