Shorebird ID Quiz ~ test your yourself before these beautiful birds arrive here in Wisconsin this spring! 33 species, see how well you do. All shorebirds below were photographed in Wisconsin. Answers are below last photo at the bottom of the page. There is a chance you may see some color variation in shorebirds considering sex, age or time of year. There are books, FB groups, phone apps, classes to lean more. There are also presentations to help in learning bird ID, look for details at your local nature center. Special Note: I have complied a list of 36 shorebirds you might see in Wisconsin. I am missing 3 of those images for various reasons, sorry. This quiz may not be as easy as the warbler quiz! So don’t look for these in the quiz as they are missing: Solitary Sandpiper, Hudsonian Godwit, and Long-billed Dowitcher.
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#15 Note: This species is considered a rare bird in Wisconsin
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#33 Very rare in Wisconsin, seen in 2021
ANSWERS BELOW
#1 – Buff-breasted Sandpiper
#2 – American Woodcock
#3 – American Avocet
#4 – Black-belled Plover
#5 – Short-billed Dowitcher
#6 – Purple Sandpiper
# 7 – Marbled Godwit
#8 – Whimbrel
#9 – Killdeer
#10 – Semipalmated Plover
#11 – Dunlin
#12 – Sanderling
#13 – Upland Sandpiper
#14 – Ruddy Turnstone
#15 – Western Sandpiper
#16 – Red Phalarope
#17 – Lesser Yellowlegs
#18 – Greater Yellowlegs
#19 – Black-necked Stilts
#20 – Willets
#21 – Red Knot
#22 – Wilson’s Phalarope
#23 – Pectoral Sandpiper
#24 – Semipalmated Sandpiper
#25 – Baird’s Sandpiper
#26 – Wilson’s Snipe
#27 – Spotted Sandpiper
#28 – Stilt Sandpiper
#29 – Least Sandpiper
#30 – Piping Plove
#31 – American Golden-Plover
#32 – White-rumped Sandpiper
#33 – Snowy Plover
