MatBio: BIRDS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Spotted Sandpiper ¹
Actitis macularius

Ruddy Turnstone ²
Arenaria interpres

Sanderling ³
Calidris alba

Red Knot ⁴
Calidris canutus

Western Sandpiper ⁵
Calidris mauri

Least Sandpiper ⁶
Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper ⁷
Calidris pusilla

Willet ⁸
Tringa semipalmata

Common Snipe ⁹
Gallinago gallinago

Short-billed Dowitcher ¹⁰
Limnodromus griseus

Long-billed Dowitcher ¹¹
Limnodromus scolopaceus

Marbled Godwit ¹²
Limosa fedoa

Whimbrel ¹³
Numenius phaeopus

American Woodcock ⁸
Scolopax minor

Lesser Yellowlegs ¹⁴
Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs ⁴
Tringa melanoleuca

Solitary Sandpiper ⁴
Tringa solitaria

Dunlin ¹⁵
Calidris alpina

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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MatBio: BIRDS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Spotted Sandpiper 1 Actitis macularius

Ruddy Turnstone 2 Arenaria interpres

Sanderling 3 Calidris alba

Red Knot 4 Calidris canutus

Western Sandpiper 5 Calidris mauri

Least Sandpiper 6 Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper 7 Calidris pusilla

Willet 8 Tringa semipalmata

Common Snipe 9 Gallinago gallinago

Short-billed Dowitcher 10 Limnodromus griseus

Long-billed Dowitcher 11 Limnodromus scolopaceus

Marbled Godwit 12 Limosa fedoa

Whimbrel 13 Numenius phaeopus

American Woodcock 8 Scolopax minor

Lesser Yellowlegs 14 Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs 4 Tringa melanoleuca

Solitary Sandpiper 4 Tringa solitaria

Dunlin 15 Calidris alpina