List of sandpiper species
These 97 species of sandpipers and allies in the family Scolopacidae are recognized by the International Ornithological Congress. In addition to the species directly called "sandpiper", the family includes curlews, godwits, stints, snipes, and a few other groups. They are distributed among 15 genera, three of which have only one member. Five species are known to be extinct and one which probably is are included.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
| Common name | Binomial name | IOC sequence |
| Upland sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | 1 |
| Bristle-thighed curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | 2 |
| Eurasian whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | 3 |
| Hudsonian whimbrel | Numenius hudsonicus | 4 |
| Little curlew | Numenius minutus | 5 |
| Eskimo curlew | Numenius borealis | 6 |
| Long-billed curlew | Numenius americanus | 7 |
| Far Eastern curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | 8 |
| Slender-billed curlew | Numenius tenuirostris | 9 |
| Eurasian curlew | Numenius arquata | 10 |
| Bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica | 11 |
| Black-tailed godwit | Limosa limosa | 12 |
| Hudsonian godwit | Limosa haemastica | 13 |
| Marbled godwit | Limosa fedoa | 14 |
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres | 15 |
| Black turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala | 16 |
| Tuamotu sandpiper | Prosobonia parvirostris | 17 |
| Kiritimati sandpiper | Prosobonia cancellata | 18 |
| Tahiti sandpiper | Prosobonia leucoptera | 19 |
| Moorea sandpiper | Prosobonia ellisi | 20 |
| Great knot | Calidris tenuirostris | 21 |
| Red knot | Calidris canutus | 22 |
| Surfbird | Calidris virgata | 23 |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | 24 |
| Broad-billed sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | 25 |
| Sharp-tailed sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | 26 |
| Stilt sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | 27 |
| Curlew sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | 28 |
| Temminck's stint | Calidris temminckii | 29 |
| Long-toed stint | Calidris subminuta | 30 |
| Spoon-billed sandpiper | Calidris pygmaea | 31 |
| Red-necked stint | Calidris ruficollis | 32 |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | 33 |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | 34 |
| Rock sandpiper | Calidris ptilocnemis | 35 |
| Purple sandpiper | Calidris maritima | 36 |
| Baird's sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | 37 |
| Little stint | Calidris minuta | 38 |
| Least sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | 39 |
| White-rumped sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | 40 |
| Buff-breasted sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | 41 |
| Pectoral sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | 42 |
| Semipalmated sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | 43 |
| Western sandpiper | Calidris mauri | 44 |
| Asian dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | 45 |
| Long-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | 46 |
| Short-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | 47 |
| Eurasian woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | 48 |
| Amami woodcock | Scolopax mira | 49 |
| Javan woodcock | Scolopax saturata | 50 |
| New Guinea woodcock | Scolopax rosenbergii | 51 |
| Bukidnon woodcock | Scolopax bukidnonensis | 52 |
| Sulawesi woodcock | Scolopax celebensis | 53 |
| Moluccan woodcock | Scolopax rochussenii | 54 |
| American woodcock | Scolopax minor | 55 |
| Chatham snipe | Coenocorypha pusilla | 56 |
| North Island snipe | Coenocorypha barrierensis | 57 |
| South Island snipe | Coenocorypha iredalei | 58 |
| Snares snipe | Coenocorypha huegeli | 59 |
| Subantarctic snipe | Coenocorypha aucklandica | 60 |
| Jack snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | 61 |
| Solitary snipe | Gallinago solitaria | 62 |
| Latham's snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | 63 |
| Wood snipe | Gallinago nemoricola | 64 |
| Pin-tailed snipe | Gallinago stenura | 65 |
| Swinhoe's snipe | Gallinago megala | 66 |
| African snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | 67 |
| Madagascan snipe | Gallinago macrodactyla | 68 |
| Great snipe | Gallinago media | 69 |
| Common snipe | Gallinago gallinago | 70 |
| Wilson's snipe | Gallinago delicata | 71 |
| South American snipe | Gallinago paraguaiae | 72 |
| Puna snipe | Gallinago andina | 73 |
| Noble snipe | Gallinago nobilis | 74 |
| Giant snipe | Gallinago undulata | 75 |
| Fuegian snipe | Gallinago stricklandii | 76 |
| Jameson's snipe | Gallinago jamesoni | 77 |
| Imperial snipe | Gallinago imperialis | 78 |
| Terek sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | 79 |
| Wilson's phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | 80 |
| Red-necked phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | 81 |
| Red phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | 82 |
| Common sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | 83 |
| Spotted sandpiper | Actitis macularius | 84 |
| Green sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | 85 |
| Solitary sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | 86 |
| Wandering tattler | Tringa incana | 87 |
| Grey-tailed tattler | Tringa brevipes | 88 |
| Lesser yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | 89 |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | 90 |
| Common redshank | Tringa totanus | 91 |
| Marsh sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | 92 |
| Wood sandpiper | Tringa glareola | 93 |
| Spotted redshank | Tringa erythropus | 94 |
| Common greenshank | Tringa nebularia | 95 |
| Nordmann's greenshank | Tringa guttifer | 96 |
| Greater yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | 97 |