Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region
showing areas
 
- - Waders
-Dowitchers
  CHARADRIIFORMES
          Scolopacidae
-
[ Tringa ]
Actitis hypoleucos
Streams, ponds, lakes; coasts, marshes in migration. 
From British Isles and Scandinavia e across n Russia and n Siberia to Anadyrland and Kamchatka, s to Mediterranean region, Turkey, w,n Iran, Afghanistan, Himalayas above 1500 m, Mongolia, w,c,n China, Ussuriland, Kuril Is. and Japan;  Uganda. 
--
Placed in Tringa
--
           -
           -              -
                      -
-
                  Actitis Gr. aktites = abitante delle coste
         hypoleucos Gr. hupo (al disotto) + leukos (bianco)
-
-
[ Tringa ] 
Heteroscelus brevipes
Streams, lakes, mossy and scrubby hills; coasts, beaches in migration.  Locally in mts. of Siberia on the s Taimyr Peninsula, Lake Baikal area, Verkhoyansk Mts., Anadyrland and possibly Kamchatka and Kuril Is. 
--
Sometimes treated as a race of T. incana, but morphologically and vocally distinct.
--
Placed in Tringa
---
      --
         - -
      --
 -         -
        -Heteroscelus Gr. heteroskeles = zampa differente
            (riferito al sovrapporsi delle scaglie alle zampe)
--
-
[ Tringa ]
Actitis macularia
Lakes, ponds, streams; coasts and marshes in migration. 
From c Alaska, c Yukon, nw,c Mackenzie, s Keewatin, ne Manitoba, n Ontario, n Quebec, Labrador and Newfoundland s to s Alaska w to base of Alaskan Peninsula, to s Calif.in interior mts., c Arizona, s New Mexico, c Texas, n portions of Gulf states (exc. Louisiana), N. Carolina, Virginia and e Maryland.  Vagrant in w Europe; has nested in Scotland. 
--
Placed in Tringa.
---
                      -
           -breeding
          -
-
-    macularia latino = macula (macchia) + -arius (possesso)
-
--
Actitis hypoleucos [ Tringa ]
Common Sandpiper
-
Common
has bred:  Netherlands,
Denmark, Greece
--
Actitis macularia
Spotted Sandpiper
Vagrant
w.Europe, Spitsbergen, Azores,
Madeira, Canary Is.
* no map
--------
Heteroscelus brevipes
Gray-tailed Tattler
-
Vagrant
w.Europe
* no map 
---
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Marshes, lakes; mudflats, beaches, shores in migration. 
From e Oregon, Idaho, c Alberta, s Saskatchewan and sw Manitoba s to ne,ec Calif., w Nevada, c Utah, n Colorado, w,n Nebraska and e S. Dakota; formerly to w,se Minnesota and Iowa.  Along Atlantic coast from s New Brunswick, Prince Edward I., w Newfoundland and Nova Scotia s to s Florida and w to s Texas.  N W. Indies in Bahamas, Cuba, Beata I. off Hispaniola, Virgin Is. of Anegada and St. Croix, Grand Cayman I., Los Roques Is. off n Venezuela, possibly n Lesser Antilles.
-
              -        -
   --
-
--Catoptrophorus-Gr. katoptron (specchio) + -phoros (possedere)
                perchè possiede delle singolari macchie alle ali
--
-  - semipalmatus = con il dito del piede parzialmente palmato
-
-
-
Arenaria interpres
Tundra; seacoasts, mudflats, lakes, etc. in migration. 
From n Greenland, Iceland, n Scandinavia, Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya, New Siberian Is. and n Siberia e to Chukotski Pen., s to c Greenland, w Norway, islands in the Baltic Sea and Anadyrland; from n Alaska and Canadian Arctic islands from Banks I. e to Ellesmere and sw Baffin I., s to w Alaska on St. Lawrence I. and the Yukon River delta and Southampton, Coats and Mansel islands, probably n Mackenzie and n Keewatin.
-
-           -
                 -
-     -
-
    -                  --Arenaria latino harenarius (sabbia) 
                                 = abitante delle spiagge
                        -interpres latino interpres, messaggero
--vedi: A dictionary of birds, Newton and Gadow,1896-Black.London
           pag.997
--
-
[ Phalaropus ]
Steganopus tricolor
Marshes and wet meadows; in migration ponds, lakes, mudflats. 
Coastal British Columbia on Vancouver I.; from s Yukon, n Alberta, c Saskatchewan and s,ne Manitoba e across s Canada to s Ontario, s Quebec and New Brunswick, and s in the interior to ec Calif., c Nevada, c Utah, ec Arizona, wc New Mexico, n Texas, c Kansas, w Nebraska, e S. Dakota, and from n Iowa e to n Ohio; Plum I. off Massachusetts.
--
Placed in Phalaropus
--
-   -female
-   -male

-       -Steganopus Gr. steganos (palmato) + pous (piede)
-
-

--
Phalaropus lobatus
Grassy ponds, lakes and marshes; in migration ponds, lakes, marshes; mostly pelagic in winter. 
From Greenland, Iceland, n British Isles, Faroe and Shetland islands, and Spitsbergen e across Scandinavia, n Russia and n Siberia to Chukotski Pen., Anadyrland, Kamchatka and Commander Is.  From n Alaska, n Mackenzie, s Victoria I., c Keewatin, and Southampton and s Baffin islands s to Pribilof and Aleutian islands, s Alaska, nw British Columbia, s Yukon, s Mackenzie and n Alberta e across n Canada to n Quebec and Labrador.
--     --    -
-        -female, breeding
-      -male, breeding
-
-              -Phalaropus Gr. phalaris (folaga) + pous (zampa)
                 lobatus Gr. lobos (lobo)
--                         -simile ad una folaga dalla zampa lobata
-
-
Phalaropus fulicaria
Coastal tundra.  Pelagic in winter; in migration bays, lakes, marshes, etc.  From Greenland and Iceland e through Spitsbergen, Bear I., Novaya Zemlya, New Siberian I. and n Siberia to Chukotski Pen. and Anadyrland.  From w,n Alaska s to Yukon R. delta and St. Lawrence I., e across n Yukon and n Mackenzie to Banks, Melville, Ellesmere, Bylot and n Baffin islands, s to e Keewatin, Southampton and Mansel is., n Quebec and n Labrador. 
-
    -female, breeding
    -male, breeding
-
           -fulicaria latino fulica o -arius (folaga, simile alla)
                          -dito del piede simile alla folaga
--
-
Cotoptrophorus semiplmatus
Willet
-
Vagrant
w.Europe, Azores
* no map
--

 
Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Turnstone
-
Common
has bred: Bear Is, Germany
-
--
Steganopus tricolor [Phalaropus]
Wilson's Phalarope
-
Vagrant
Europe, nw Africa
* no map
------
Phalaropus lobatus
Red-Necked Phalarope
Common
has bred: Ireland, Estonia,
Spitsbergen
-
Phalaropus fulicaria
Red [Gray] Phalarope
Rare, uncommon
-

Index Families

Scolopacidae 56 sp  --
Dowitchers
49-50-51-52-53-54-55-56
 2001 by Alberto Masi