Scolopaci Explained

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)