Chokowe

Chokowe

Uainishaji wa kisayansi

Himaya:	Animalia (Wanyama)
Faila:	Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)
Ngeli:	Aves (Ndege)
Oda:	Charadriiformes (Ndege kama vitwitwi)
Familia:	Scolopacidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na sululu)
Jenasi:	Calidris Merrem, 1804 Eurynorhynchus Nilsson, 1821 Micropalama disputed Philomachus Merrem, 1804 Tryngites Cabanis, 1857

Chokowe ni ndege wadogo wa jenasi mbalimbali katika familia ya Scolopacidae. Nje ya majiri ya kuzaa huonekana hasa karibu na maji (bahari, maziwa, mito) lakini spishi chache huonekana mbali na maji (k.m. Tryngites subruficollis). Takriban spishi zote hutaga mayai chini tundrani kwa kanda za akitiki za Ulaya, Asia na Amerika. Hula wadudu, gegereka na nyungunyungu.

Spishi za Afrika

Calidris alba, Chokowe Tumbo-jeupe (Sanderling)
Calidris alpina, Chokowe Tumbo-jeusi (Dunlin)
Calidris canutus, Chokowe Mwekundu (Red Knot)
Calidris falcinellus, Chokowe Domo-pana ( Broad-billed Sandpiper) – inaainishwa pia kama Limicola falcinellus
Calidris ferruginea, Chokowe Domo-sululu (Curlew Sandpiper)
Calidris maritima, Chokowe Zambarau (Purple Sandpiper)
Calidris minuta, Chokowe Mdogo ( Little Stint)
Calidris subminuta, Chokowe Vidole-virefu (Long-toed Stint)
Calidris temminckii, Chokowe Mkia-mweupe (Temminck’s Stint)
Micropalama himantopus, Chokowe Miguu-myekundu (Stilt Sandpiper) – inaainishwa pia kama Calidris himantopus
Philomachus pugnax, Chokowe Mjasiri (Ruff)

Spishi za mabara mengine

Aechmorhynchus cancellatus (Kiritimati Sandpiper) imekwisha sasa
Aechmorhynchus parvirostris (Tuamotu Sandpiper)
Calidris bairdii (Baird’s Sandpiper)
Calidris fuscicollis (White-rumped Sandpiper)
Calidris mauri (Western Sandpiper)
Calidris melanotos (Pectoral Sandpiper)
Calidris minutilla (Least Sandpiper)
Calidris x paramelanotos (Cox's Sandpiper) – chotara kati ya dume wa C. melanotos na jike wa C. ferruginea
Calidris ptilocnemis (Rock Sandpiper)
Calidris pusilla (Semipalmated Sandpiper)
Calidris ruficollis (Red-necked Stint)
Calidris tenuirostris (Great Knot)
Calidris virgata (Surfbird) – inaainishwa pia kama Aphriza virgata
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (Spoon-billed Sandpiper) – inaainishwa pia kama Calidris pygmeus
Philomachus acuminatus (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper) – inaainishwa pia kama Calidris acuminata
Prosobonia ellisi (Moorea Sandpiper) imekwisha sasa
Prosobonia leucoptera (Tahiti Sandpiper) imekwisha sasa
Tryngites subruficollis (Buff-breasted Sandpiper)