Scolopacidae – Sandpipers

Common Sandpiper

Common name: Common Sandpiper Binomial name: Actitis hypoleucos Description: It is a 20cm Paelarctic wader, with greyish- brown plumage, white underparts, a distinctive white eye ring and dark eye stripe.…

Whimbrel

Common name: Whimbrel Binomial name: Numenius phaeopus Description: It is a 40cm long wader in the Scolopacidae family, with mainly greyish- brown upper plumage and white back. It has a…

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