Scolopaci

Scolopaci is a suborder of wading birds within the order Charadriiformes containing the following families:


 * Family Rostratulidae – painted-snipes (3 species)
 * Family Jacanidae – jacanas (8 species)
 * Family Pedionomidae – plains-wanderer
 * Family Thinocoridae – seedsnipes (4 species)
 * Family Scolopacidae – sandpipers, snipes (98 species)