Order Charadriiformes

• Scolopaci
  • Scolopacidae: sandpipers and relatives

    

    Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
    

    

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
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    Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
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    Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
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    Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
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    Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
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    Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
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    Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
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    Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
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    Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
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• Thinocori: jacana-like waders
  • Rostratulidae: painted snipes
  • Jacanidae: jacanas

    

    African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)
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    Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
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    Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
    

  • Thinocoridae: Seedsnipes
  • Pedionomidae: Plains-wanderer
• Turnici
  • Turnicidae: buttonquail
• Lari: gulls and allies
  • Laridae: gulls

    

    Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
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    Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
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    Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
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    Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
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    Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
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    Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)
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    Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
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    Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
    

  • Rhynchopidae: skimmers

    

    African Skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris)
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    Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
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  • Sternidae: terns

    

    Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
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    Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
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    Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
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  • Alcidae: auks

    

    Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
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    Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
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  • Stercorariidae: skuas and jaegers
  • Glareolidae: coursers and pratincoles

    

    Double-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus africanus)
    

  • Dromadidae: Crab-Plover
• Chionidi: thick-knees and allies
  • Burhinidae: thick-knees and relatives
  • Chionididae: sheathbills
  • Pluvianellidae: Magellanic Plover
• Charadrii: plover-like waders
  • Ibidorhynchidae: Ibisbill
  • Recurvirostridae: avocets and stilts

    

    American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
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    Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
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    Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
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  • Haematopodidae: oystercatchers
  • Charadriidae: plovers and lapwings

    

    Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
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    Long-toed Lapwing (Plover) (Vanellus crassirostris)
    

    

    Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
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    Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
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