Shorebirds

Explore all 35 shorebirds species documented along Oklahoma's Central Flyway, including Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge and surrounding areas.

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American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringSummerFall

American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominica

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

American Woodcock

Scolopax minor

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
WinterSpring

Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdii

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Black-bellied Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringSummer

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis

ShorebirdsNear Threatened
Fall

Dunlin

Calidris alpina

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
WinterSpringFall

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFallWinter

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
Year-round

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Long-billed Curlew

Numenius americanus

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFallWinter

Marbled Godwit

Limosa fedoa

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Mountain Plover

Charadrius montanus

ShorebirdsNear Threatened
SpringFall

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus

ShorebirdsNear Threatened
SpringFall

Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatus

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Sanderling

Calidris alba

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius semipalmatus

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusilla

ShorebirdsNear Threatened
SpringFall

Short-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus griseus

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Snowy Plover

Charadrius nivosus

ShorebirdsNear Threatened
SpringSummer

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringSummerFall

Stilt Sandpiper

Calidris himantopus

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringSummer

Western Sandpiper

Calidris mauri

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

White-rumped Sandpiper

Calidris fuscicollis

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Willet

Tringa semipalmata

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringFall

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
SpringSummerFall

Wilson's Snipe

Gallinago delicata

ShorebirdsLeast Concern
WinterSpringFall
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