杓鷸屬（學名：Numenius）是鷸科下的一個屬，下有七個種，這些鳥類以擁有纖長的喙和斑駁的褐色羽毛而知名。該屬為鷸科下最古老的屬之一，而另外一個同樣古老的屬，即塍鷸屬與其有較爲相似的特徵，唯後者的喙是筆直的。[1]作爲一種涉禽，杓鷸通常會在泥濘的沙灘或沼澤地帶捕食隱藏在地底的無脊椎動物。由於棲息地喪失，杓鷸的數量正在不斷減少。[2]
下屬物種
本屬包括以下物種：[3]
- 長嘴杓鷸 Numenius americanus Bechstein, 1812
- Numenius antiquus Milne-Edwards, 1868
- Numenius arabicus
- Numenius arayae Zamparo, Brooks, Causey & Rodriguez, 2003
- 白腰杓鷸 Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 愛斯基摩杓鷸 Numenius borealis (J.R.Forster, 1772)，極北杓鷸
- Numenius fischthali Zamparo & Brooks, 2006
- Numenius gendrei Dubois, 1959
- Numenius hudsonicus Latham, 1790
- 紅腰杓鷸 Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- 小杓鷸 Numenius minutus Gould, 1841
- 中杓鷸 Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 鬃腿杓鷸 Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin, 1789)，也稱太平洋杓鷸
- 細嘴杓鷸 Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot, 1817
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