SANDPIPERS, SNIPES, ETC.   -   SCOLOPACIDAE

South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae paraguaiae Quinta, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Resting on the ground between roding flights. (D4)

Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Chiloe Island, Region X, Chile. A significant portion (25% according to The Birds of Chile) of the world's population of this species winter just on this one island. We saw thousands of birds on our one day visit there. (D3)

Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Chiloe Island, Region X, Chile. It was not unusual to find flocks of many hundreds of birds here. (D3)

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus Concón, Region V, Chile. (S5)

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus Chiloe Island, Region X, Chile. (S5)

Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Tárcoles, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica. (S5)

Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Tárcoles, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica. (S5)

Wandering Tattler Tringa incana Española Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. A common winter resident on rocky shores of the archipelago. (S5)

White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis North of Porvenir, Tierra del Fuego, Region XII, Chile. Far southern South America is their main wintering ground. They were quite common in southern Chile on my visit in November. (S5)

Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Northern Tierra del Fuego, Region XII, Chile. On a small freshwater lake. (S5)

Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Northern Tierra del Fuego, Region XII, Chile. (S5)

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