family Scolopacidae

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family Scolopacidae - sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers Scolopacidae bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Charadrii, suborder Charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers Aphriza, genus Aphriza - a genus of Scolopacidae Actitis, genus Actitis - a genus of Scolopacidae Erolia, genus Erolia - a genus of Scolopacidae genus Tringa, Tringa - a genus of Scolopacidae Calidris, genus Calidris - a genus of Scolopacidae Crocethia, genus Crocethia - a genus of Scolopacidae Bartramia, genus Bartramia - a genus of Scolopacidae genus Philomachus, Philomachus - ruffs genus Heteroscelus, Heteroscelus - tattlers Catoptrophorus, genus Catoptrophorus - willet genus Scolopax, Scolopax - type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks genus Philohela, Philohela - American woodcocks Gallinago, genus Capella, genus Gallinago, Capella - snipes genus Limnocryptes, Limnocryptes - snipe genus Limnodromus, Limnodromus - dowitchers genus Numenius, Numenius - curlews genus Limosa, Limosa - godwits

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