Sandpipers and allies (31-13)

Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 30 species which have been recorded in Pakistan.
  • Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola
  • Greater Painted-Snipe, Rostratula benghalensis
Greater Painted-Snipe - Kallar Kahar

  • Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
  • Solitary snipe, Gallinago solitaria
  • Wood snipe, Gallinago nemoricola
  • Pintail snipe, Gallinago stenura
  • Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
Common Snipe --- Mangla, AJK (Nov)

  • Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa
  • Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica
  • Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
  • Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata
  • Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus
Spotted Redshank --- Rawal Lake

  • Common redshank, Tringa totanus
Common Red Shank - Head Marala, Sialkot

  • Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis
Marsh Sandpiper with Catch --- Rawal Lake (March 2018)

Marsh Sandpiper - Indus River (D.I.Khan)

    Marsh Sandpiper --- Mangla, AJK (Nov)
  • Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia
Common GreenShank - Kallar Kahar

    Common greenshank --- Mangla, AJK (Nov)
  • Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
    Green Sandpiper --- Rawal Lake
Green Sandpiper -- Numal Lake, Mianwali


  • Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola
Wood Sandpiper --- Rawal Lake

Wood Sandpiper - Kallar Kahar
  • Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
  • Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
Common Sandpiper -- Rawal Lake

Common Sandpiper - Gojal Hunza

  • Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
  • Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris
  • Red knot, Calidris canutus (A)
  • Sanderling, Calidris alba
  • Little stint, Calidris minuta
Little Stint --- Rawal Lake

  • Temminck's stint, Calidris temminckii
    Temminck Stint --- Rawal Lake
Temminck's Stint - Indus River (D.I.Khan)


  • Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata (A)
  • Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
  • Dunlin, Calidris alpina
Dunlin - Indus River (D.I.khan)

  • Broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus
  • Ruff, Calidris pugnax
Ruff --- Rawal Lake

Ruff - Uchali Lake

  • Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus

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