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Birds of the World

Shorebirds

Jacanas (Jacanidae)

Bronze-winged Jacana

Metopidius indicus

Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)


Blackish Oystercatcher	American Oystercatcher	Variable Oystercatcher
Haematopus ater	Haematopus palliatus	Haematopus unicolor


	Eurasian Oystercatcher
	Haematopus ostralegus

Avocets & Stilts (Recurvirostridae)


Black-winged Stilt	Pied Stilt	Black-necked Stilt
*Himantopus himantopus*	*Himantopus leucocephalus*	*Himantopus mexicanus*


Pied Avocet	American Avocet
*Recurvirostra avosetta*	*Recurvirostra americana*

Plovers & Lapwings (Charadriidae)


Spur-winged Plover	Red-wattled Lapwing	Black-headed Lapwing
*Vanellus spinosus*	*Vanellus indicus*	*Vanellus tectus*


Pied Lapwing	Southern Lapwing	Andean Lapwing
*Vanellus cayanus*	*Vanellus chilensis*	*Vanellus resplendens*


New Zealand Dotterel	Black-bellied (Grey) Plover	Semipalmated Plover
*Charadrius obscurus*	*Pluvialis squatarola*	*Charadrius semipalmatus*


Kentish Plover	Little Ringed Plover	Snowy Plover
*Charadrius alexandrinus*	*Charadrius dubius*	*Charadrius alexandrinus*


Piping Plover	Double-banded Plover	Lesser Sandplover (Mongolian Plover)
*Charadrius melodus*	*Charadrius bicinctus*	*Charadrius mongolus*


Greater Sandplover	Eurasian Dotterel	Wrybill
*Charadrius leschenaultii*	*Charadrius morinellus*	*Anarhynchos frontalis*

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)


American Woodcock	Short-billed Dowitcher	Black-tailed Godwit
*Scolopax minor*	*Limnodromus griseus*	*Limosa limosa*


Bar-tailed Godwit	Whimbrel	"Hudsonian" Whimbrel
*Limosa lapponica*	*Numenius phaeopus*	*Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus*


Eurasian Curlew	Common Redshank	Common Greenshank
*Numenius arquata*	*Tringa totanus*	*Tringa nebularia*


Greater Yellowlegs	Lesser Yellowlegs	Green Sandpiper
*Tringa melanoleuca*	*Tringa flavipes*	*Tringa ochropus*


Solitary Sandpiper	Wood Sandpiper	Terek Sandpiper
*Tringa solitaria*	*Tringa glareola*	*Xenux cinereus*


Spotted Sandpiper	Willet	Ruddy Turnstone
*Actitis macularia*	*Catoptrophorus semipalmatus*	*Arenaria interpres*


Surfbird	Sanderling	Little Stint
*Aphriza virgata*	*Calidris alba*	*Calidris minuta*


Purple Sandpiper	Buff-breasted Sandpiper
*Calidris maritima*	*Tryngites subruficollis*

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