Birds in Focus - Species List

All Photos of Order Charadriiformes (14 families, 209 species)

Pluvianellidae: Magellanic Plover (1 species)
Magellanic Plover (Pluvianellus socialis)

Chionidae: Sheathbills (1 species)
Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus)

Burhinidae: Thick-knees (5 species)
Peruvian Thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus superciliaris)		Beach Thick-knee (Esacus magnirostris)
Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis)		Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus)
Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)

Recurvirostridae: Stilts and Avocets (6 species)
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)		Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
Black Stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae)		Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)		American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

Haematopodidae: Oystercatchers (9 species)
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)		Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
South Island Oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi)		Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor)
Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)		American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)		Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater)
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)

Charadriidae: Plovers and Lapwings (34 species)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)		American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)		Pied Plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)		Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)		Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Hooded Plover (Thinornis cucullatus)		Black-fronted Dotterel (Thinornis melanops)
Three-banded Plover (Thinornis tricollaris)		Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)		Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)		Gray-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)		Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)		Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus)		Siberian Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus mongolus)
Tibetan Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus atrifrons)		Greater Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
Double-banded Plover (Anarhynchus bicinctus)		Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
Red-breasted Dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus)		Wilson's Plover (Anarhynchus wilsonia)
Mountain Plover (Anarhynchus montanus)		Two-banded Plover (Anarhynchus falklandicus)
Kittlitz's Plover (Anarhynchus pecuarius)		Red-capped Plover (Anarhynchus ruficapillus)
Snowy Plover (Anarhynchus nivosus)		Malaysian Plover (Anarhynchus peronii)

Thinocoridae: Seedsnipes (3 species)
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe (Attagis gayi)		Gray-breasted Seedsnipe (Thinocorus orbignyianus)
Least Seedsnipe (Thinocorus rumicivorus)

Rostratulidae: Painted-Snipes (1 species)
Greater Painted-Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)

Jacanidae: Jacanas (5 species)
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)		Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
Lesser Jacana (Microparra capensis)		Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)

Scolopacidae: Sandpipers and Allies (59 species)
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)		Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)		Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)		Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)		Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)		Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)		Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)		African Snipe (Gallinago nigripennis)
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)		Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
Giant Snipe (Gallinago undulata)		Magellanic Snipe (Gallinago magellanica)
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)		Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)		Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)		Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)		Gray-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)		Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)		Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)		Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)		Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)		Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)		Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)		Surfbird (Calidris virgata)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)		Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)		Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)		Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)		Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)		Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)		Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)		Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)		Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)		Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

Glareolidae: Pratincoles and Coursers (5 species)
Double-banded Courser (Smutsornis africanus)		Bronze-winged Courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus)
Temminck's Courser (Cursorius temminckii)		Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)

Stercorariidae: Skuas and Jaegers (3 species)
Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)		Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Chilean Skua (Stercorarius chilensis)

Alcidae: Auks, Murres, and Puffins (15 species)
Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)		Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)		Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata)
Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus)		Least Auklet (Aethia pusilla)
Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella)		Parakeet Auklet (Aethia psittacula)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)		Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
Razorbill (Alca torda)		Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
Common Murre (Uria aalge)		Scripps's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi)
Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri)

Laridae: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (62 species)
Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)		Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)		Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris)
Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea)		Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)		Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri)		Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)
Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis)		Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Brown-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)		Gray-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii)		Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)		Lava Gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus)
Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)		Belcher's Gull (Larus belcheri)
Olrog's Gull (Larus atlanticus)		Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
Common Gull (Larus canus)		Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)		Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens)
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)		Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)		European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)		Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)		California Gull (Larus californicus)
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)		Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)		Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)		Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)		Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)		Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris)
Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)		Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)		Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)		Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)		Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Snowy-crowned Tern (Sterna trudeaui)		Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
South American Tern (Sterna hirundinacea)		Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)		White-fronted Tern (Sterna striata)
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)		Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)		Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)

Copyright Notice: All photographs on this site are protected by United States and international copyright laws. Photographs are not to be printed or otherwise published without permission.