Wildlife of Virginia Beach

The Virginia Beach is home to many non-aquatic, aquatic, and semi-aquatic species. Here is a guide to them all.

All 500

Red Knot ¹
Calidris canutus

Sanderling ²
Calidris alba

Stilt Sandpiper ³
Calidris himantopus

Western Sandpiper ⁴
Calidris mauri

Purple Sandpiper ⁵
Calidris maritima

Dunlin ⁶
Calidris alpina

Semipalmated Sandpiper ⁷
Calidris pusilla

Least Sandpiper ¹
Calidris minutilla

Pectoral Sandpiper ⁸
Calidris melanotos

White-rumped Sandpiper ¹
Calidris fuscicollis

Short-billed Dowitcher ⁹
Limnodromus griseus

Long-billed Dowitcher ¹⁰
Limnodromus scolopaceus

Solitary Sandpiper ¹¹
Tringa solitaria

Greater Yellowlegs ¹²
Tringa melanoleuca

Lesser Yellowlegs ¹³
Tringa flavipes

Whimbrel ¹⁴
Numenius phaeopus

Common Snipe ¹⁵
Gallinago gallinago

American Woodcock ¹⁶
Scolopax minor

Ruddy Turnstone ¹⁷
Arenaria interpres

Hudsonian Godwit ¹⁸
Limosa haemastica

Marbled Godwit ¹⁹
Limosa fedoa

Upland Sandpiper ²⁰
Bartramia longicauda

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