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)
| Scolopaci | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Suborder: | Scolopaci |
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