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Shorebirds of the World
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by Robert B. Hole, Jr.
Ranges given are, of course, rough guides. I made no attempt to be specific in most cases. In migratory species, I chose to include all the area between winter and breeding ranges, as the birds may be seen there during migration.
specific notes: western South America is generally that area west of the Andes Mountains, and may include those mountains.
Though all spelling and interpretation errors are mine, the names and ranges primarily follow: Hayman, P., J. Marchant and T. Prater. 1986. Shorebirds an identification guide to the waders of the world. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.412 pp. which can be found through Ecology Designs along with other bird related gifts and books.
Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
Range: subsaharan Africa
African Jacana Actophilornis africana
Range: subsaharan Africa
Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha
Range: Madagascar
Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
Range: N. Australia, Indonesia
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Range: southern Asia
Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
Range: southern Asia
Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
Range: central America, Caribbean
Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
Range: South America
Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Range: old world tropics
South American Painted Snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris
Range: southern South America
Crab Plover Dromas ardeola
Range: coastal southwestern Asia and eastern Africa
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Range: Eurasia
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
Range: southern North America, through South America, coastally
American Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
Range: coastal western North America
African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
Range: southern African coast
Canarian Black Oystercatcher Haematopus meadewaldoi
Range: Canary Islands
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
Range: New Zealand
Chatham Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis
Range: Chatham Islands, east of New Zealand
Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus
Range: extreme southern South America
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
Range: coastal Australia
Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater
Range: coastal southern and western South America
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
Range: coastal Australia
Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
Range: south-central Asia
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Range: worldwide
Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae
Range: New Zealand
Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Range: southern Australia
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Range: Africa, Eurasia
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Range: North America
Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Range: Australia
Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina
Range: central Andes, South America
Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Range: Europe, southwestern Asia, north Africa
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
Range: central Africa
Water Dikkop Burhinus vermiculatus
Range: subsaharan Africa
Spotted Dikkop Burhinus capensis
Range: subsaharan Africa
Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus
Range: central America, northern South America, Caribbean
Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris
Range: coastal Peru, South America
Bush Thick-knee Burhinus magnirostris
Range: Australia
Great Thick-knee Esacus Burhinus recurvirostris
Range: India, Malaysia
Beach Thick-knee Esacus Burhinus magnirostris
Range: from southern Malaysia through Australia
Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
Range: subsaharan Africa (spotty)
Two-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus
Range: eastern and southern Africa
Heuglin's Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
Range: eastern Africa
Violet-tipped Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Range: subsaharan Africa
Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
Range: southeastern India
Cream-colored Courser Cursoius cursor
Range: saharan Africa
Burchell's Courser Cursoius rufus
Range: southern Africa, and the horn of Africa
Indian Courser Cursoius coromandelicus
Range: India
Temminick's Courser Cursoius temminckii
Range: subsaharan Africa
Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella
Range: Indonesia, Australia
Common Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Range: Europe, european Asia, Africa
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Range: southern Asia through Australia
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
Range: european Asia, Africa
Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis
Range: Madagascar, adjacent Africa
Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
Range: subsaharan Africa
Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
Range: western central Africa
Little Pratincole Glareola lactea
Range: India and Malaysia
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Range: Eurasia
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
Range: southeastern Africa
Blacksmith Plover Vanellus spinosus
Range: southern Africa
Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
Range: central Africa, Nile River Valley, adjacent southern Asia
River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
Range: southeast Asia
Black-headed Plover Vanellus tectus
Range: central Africa just south of the sahara
Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
Range: India
Senegal Wattled Plover Vanellus senegallus
Range: subsaharan Africa
White-headed Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
Range: subsaharan Africa
Senegal Plover Vanellus lugubris
Range: south-central Africa
Black-winged Plover Vanellus melanopterus
Range: eastern Africa (spotty)
Brown-chested Plover Vanellus superciliosus
Range: central Africa
Spot-breasted Plover Vanellus melanocephalus
Range: local area in northeastern Africa
Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius
Range: european Asia, southwestern Asia, northeastern Africa
White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus
Range: european Asia, southwestern Asia, northeastern Africa
Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
Range: southern and eastern Africa
Pied Plover Vanellus cayanus
Range: central and northern South America
Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
Range: South America
Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
Range: central Andes, South America
Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
Range: northeastern China, Japan, Malaysia
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
Range: southern Asia
Javanese Wattled Lapwing Vanellus macropterus
Range: Java
Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
Range: southern Australia
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Range: eastern Australia, New Guinea
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Range: Europe and western Asia
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
Range: tropical Pacific basin and adjacent areasAmerican Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
Range: new world
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Range: world wide
New Zealand Dotterel Charadrius obscurus
Range: New Zealand
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Range: Asia, Africa, Greenland and adjacent North America
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Range: North and South America
Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus
Range: eastern Asia
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Range: Eurasia, Indonesia, Africa
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia
Range: southern North America through northern South America
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Range: North America through northern South America
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
Range: eastern North America
Black-banded Sandplover Charadrius thoracicus
Range: southern Madagascar
Kittlitz's Sandplover Charadrius pecuarius
Range: subsaharan Africa
St. Helena Plover Charadrius sanctaehelenae
Range: St. Helena Island, west of central Africa
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
Range: central eastern and southern Africa
Forbes's Plover Charadrius forbesi
Range: central western Africa
Snowy (Kentish) Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Range: world wide
White-fronted Sandplover Charadrius marginatus
Range: subsaharan Africa
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
Range: Australia
Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii
Range: southern Malaysia, Indonesia
Chestnut-banded Sandplover Charadrius pallidus
Range: southern Africa
Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
Range: Central and South America
Puna Plover Charadrius alticola
Range: central Andes, South America
Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus
Range: Australia, New Zealand
Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus
Range: coastal southern South America
Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus
Range: Asia through Australia and eastern Africa
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii
Range: Asia through Australia and eastern Africa
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
Range: southcentral Asia, eastern Africa
Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus
Range: eastern Asia through Australia
Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus
Range: southern South America
Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
Range: western North America
Black-fronted Plover Charadrius melanops
Range: Australia, New Zealand
Red-kneed Dotterel Charadrius cinctus
Range: Australia
Hooded Plover Charadrius rubricollis
Range: southern Australia
Shore Plover Thinornis novaeseelandiae
Range: Southeast Island, Chatham Islands
Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
Range: New Zealand
Diademed Plover Phegornis mitchellii
Range: Andes, South America
Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis
Range: Australia
Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
Range: Eurasia, northern Africa
Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis
Range: western and southern south America
Magellanic Plover Pluvianellus socialis
Range: southern South America
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Range: old world
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
Range: new world
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Range: old world
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
Range: North and Central America
Little Curlew Numenius minutus
Range: Asia through Australia
Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
Range: North and South America locally (possibley extinct)
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Range: world wide
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
Range: western Alaska (North America) and southern Pacific islands
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
Range: locally in central Asia and northern Africa
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Range: Eurasia through Africa
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Range: north east Asia through Australia
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
Range: North America
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Range: North and South America
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Range: Asia and Africa
Redshank Tringa totanus
Range: Asia and Africa
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Range: Asia, Africa, Australia
Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Range: Asia, Africa, Australia
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer
Range: coastal eastern and southeastern Asia, locally
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Range: new world
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Range: new world
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Range: Asia and Africa
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Range: new world
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Range: old world
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Range: North America, Caribbean, Central America, northern South America
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Range: Old World
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Range: old world
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
Range: new world
Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes
Range: eastern Asia through Australia
Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus
Range: western North America, south Pacific
Tuamotu Sandpiper Prosobonia cancellata
Range: Tuamotu island, southcentral Pacific
White-winged Sandpiper Prosobonia leucoptera
Range:
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Range: world wide
Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
Range: western North America
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Range: new world
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Range: world wide in migration, breeds in high arctic, winters in southern Asia, Indonesia, and off western South America as well as locally in Africa and western coastal North America
Grey Phalarope Phalaorpus fulicarius
Range: world wide in migration, breeds in high arctic, winters off western coast of South America, and western Africa
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Range: Eurasia, north Africa
Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira
Range: Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan
Dusky Woodcock Scolopax saturata
Range: Indonesia
Celebes Woodcock Scolopax celebensis
Range: Celebes islands
Obi Woodcock Scolopax rochussenii
Range: locally Indonesia, possibly (probably) extinct
American Woodcock Scolopax minor
Range: eastern North America
New Zealand Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica
Range: southern New Zealand
Chatham Islands Snipe Coenocorypha pusilla
Range: Chatham Islands
Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
Range: eastern Asia
Japanese Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
Range: Japan to eastern Australia
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola
Range: southeastern Asia through India
Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura
Range: eastern Asia
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
Range: eastcentral Asia through northern Australia
African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
Range: subsaharan eastern Africa
Madagascar Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla
Range: Madagascar
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Range: Europe, european Asia, Africa
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Range: worldwide north of equator
Magellan Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
Range: South America
Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis
Range: northwestern South America
Giant Snipe Gallinago undulata
Range: northern and east central South America
Cordilleran Snipe Gallinago stricklandii
Range: southern South America
Andean Snipe Gallinago jamesoni
Range: northern Andes, South America
Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis
Range: local, Peru, South America
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Range: Eurasia, Africa
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Range: North America through central South America, primarily coastally in winter
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Range: coastal Siberia, Alaska, western south and southern North America
Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
Range: Asia to Australia
Surfbird Aphriza Limnodromus virgata
Range: western coasts of North, Central and South America
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Range: world wide
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Range: east Asia through Australia
Sanderling Calidris alba
Range: world wide
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
Range: North America through central South America, coastally
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
Range: North America to northern South America
Red-necked Stint Calidris minuta
Range: eastern Asia through Australia
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Range: Asia through Africa
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Range: Asia through central Africa
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
Range: eastern Asia through Australia
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Range: North America thorugh central South America
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Range: new world
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Range: new world
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Range: new world, east Asia through Australia
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Range: east Asia through Australia
Cox's Sandpiper Calidris paramelanotos
Range: southern Australia
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Range: coastal northwestern Eurasia and eastern North America
Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
Range: northern Pacific basin, Japan through central California (USA)
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Range: new world north of tropics, old world north of equator
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferrugnea
Range: Asia through Africa and Australia
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus
Range: coastal eastern Siberia through southern Asia
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
Range: northern Europe, Asia, though Australia
Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus
Range: new world
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
Range: new world
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Range: old world
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
Range: western South America
White-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis malouinus
Range: southern South America
Grey-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus
Range: western South America
Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
Range: western and southern South America
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