#family_Scolopacidae__Scolopacidae  sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers
  supertype:  bird_family  a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
  member of:  suborder_Charadrii
  member:  sandpiper  any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
  member:  genus_Aphriza__Aphriza  a genus of Scolopacidae
     member:  surfbird__Aphriza_virgata  sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North and South America
  member:  genus_Actitis__Actitis  a genus of Scolopacidae
     member:  European_sandpiper__Actitis_hypoleucos  a variety of sandpiper
     member:  spotted_sandpiper__spottedsandpiper__Actitis_macularia  common North American sandpiper
  member:  genus_Erolia__Erolia  a genus of Scolopacidae
     member:  least_sandpiper__leastsandpiper__stint__Erolia_minutilla  smallest American sandpiper
     member:  red-backed_sandpiper__dunlin__Erolia_alpina  small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
  member:  genus_Tringa__Tringa  a genus of Scolopacidae
     member:  greenshank__Tringa_nebularia  large European sandpiper with greenish legs
     member:  redshank__Tringa_totanus  a common Old World wading bird with long red legs
     member:  yellowlegs  either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs
  member:  genus_Calidris__Calidris  a genus of Scolopacidae
     member:  pectoral_sandpiper__jacksnipe__Calidris_melanotos  American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
     member:  grayback__knot__Calidris_canutus  sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere
     member:  curlew_sandpiper__Calidris_Ferruginea  Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew
  member:  genus_Crocethia__Crocethia  a genus of Scolopacidae
     member:  sanderling__Crocethia_alba  small sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and migrates south along sandy coasts in most of world
  member:  genus_Bartramia__Bartramia  a genus of Scolopacidae
     member:  upland_sandpiper__upland_plover__Bartramian_sandpiper__Bartramia_longicauda  large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands
  member:  genus_Philomachus__Philomachus  ruffs
     member:  Philomachus_pugnax__ruff  common Eurasian sandpiper; male has an erectile ruff in breeding season
  member:  genus_Heteroscelus__Heteroscelus  tattlers
     member:  Polynesian_tattler__Heteroscelus_incanus  tattler of Pacific coastal regions
  member:  genus_Catoptrophorus__Catoptrophorus  willet
     member:  willet__Catoptrophorus_semipalmatus  large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf coasts
  member:  genus_Scolopax__Scolopax  type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks
     member:  Eurasian_woodcock__Scolopax_rusticola  short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock
  member:  genus_Philohela__Philohela  American woodcocks
     member:  American_woodcock__woodcock_snipe__Philohela_minor  small long-billed American woodcock; prized as a game bird
  member:  genus_Gallinago__Gallinago__Capella__genus_Capella  snipes
     member:  whole_snipe__wholesnipe__common_snipe__Gallinago_gallinago  common snipe of Eurasia and Africa
     member:  Wilson's_snipe__Gallinago_gallinago_delicata  American snipe
     member:  great_snipe__greatsnipe__woodcock_snipe__Gallinago_media  Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe
  member:  genus_Limnocryptes__Limnocryptes  snipe
     member:  jacksnipe__half_snipe__Limnocryptes_minima  a small short-billed Old World snipe
  member:  genus_Limnodromus__Limnodromus  dowitchers
     member:  dowitcher  shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
  member:  genus_Numenius__Numenius  curlews
     member:  curlew  large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
  member:  genus_Limosa__Limosa  godwits
     member:  godwit  large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill

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