Birds of the World
Part 6

Family Pteroclidae
Sandgrouse

Tibetan Sandgrouse		(Syrrhaptes tibetanus)
Pallas's Sandgrouse		(Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse		(Pterocles alchata)
Namaqua Sandgrouse		(Pterocles namaqua)
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse		(Pterocles exustus)
Spotted Sandgrouse		(Pterocles senegallus)
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse		(Pterocles gutturalis)
Black-bellied Sandgrouse		(Pterocles orientalis)
Crowned Sandgrouse		(Pterocles coronatus)
Madagascar Sandgrouse		(Pterocles personatus)
Black-faced Sandgrouse		(Pterocles decoratus)
Double-banded Sandgrouse		(Pterocles bicinctus)
Four-banded Sandgrouse		(Pterocles quadricinctus)
Painted Sandgrouse		(Pterocles indicus)
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse		(Pterocles lichtensteinii)
Burchell's Sandgrouse		(Pterocles burchelli)

Family Thinocoridae
Seedsnipe

Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe		(Attagis gayi)
White-bellied Seedsnipe		(Attagis malouinus)
Grey-breasted Seedsnipe		(Thinocorus orbignyianus)
Least Seedsnipe		(Thinocorus rumicivorus)

Family Pedionomidae
Plains-wanderer

Plains-wanderer

(Pedionomus torquatus)

Family Scolopacidae
Woodcock and Snipe

Eurasian Woodcock		(Scolopax rusticola)
Amami Woodcock		(Scolopax mira)
Rufous Woodcock		(Scolopax saturata)
Sulawesi Woodcock		(Scolopax celebensis)
Moluccan Woodcock		(Scolopax rochussenii)
American Woodcock		(Scolopax minor)
Solitary Snipe		(Gallinago solitaria)
Latham's Snipe		(Gallinago hardwickii)
Wood Snipe		(Gallinago nemoricola)
Pintail Snipe		(Gallinago stenura)
Swinhoe's Snipe		(Gallinago megala)
Great Snipe		(Gallinago media)
Common Snipe		(Gallinago gallinago)
Wilson's Snipe		(Gallinago delicata)
African Snipe		(Gallinago nigripennis)
Madagascar Snipe		(Gallinago macrodactyla)
South American Snipe		(Gallinago paraguaiae)
Puna Snipe		(Gallinago andina)
Noble Snipe		(Gallinago nobilis)
Giant Snipe		(Gallinago undulata)
Andean Snipe		(Gallinago jamesoni)
Fuegian Snipe		(Gallinago stricklandii)
Imperial Snipe		(Gallinago imperialis)
Jack Snipe		(Lymnocryptes minimus)
Chatham Islands Snipe		(Coenocorypha pusilla)
Subantarctic Snipe		(Coenocorypha aucklandica)

Black-tailed Godwit		(Limosa limosa)
Hudsonian Godwit		(Limosa haemastica)
Bar-tailed Godwit		(Limosa lapponica)
Marbled Godwit		(Limosa fedoa)
Little Curlew		(Numenius minutus)
Eskimo Curlew		(Numenius borealis)
Whimbrel		(Numenius phaeopus)
Bristle-thighed Curlew		(Numenius tahitiensis)
Slender-billed Curlew		(Numenius tenuirostris)
Eurasian Curlew		(Numenius arquata)
Long-billed Curlew		(Numenius americanus)
Far Eastern Curlew		(Numenius madagascariensis)
Upland Sandpiper		(Bartramia longicauda)
Spotted Sandpiper		(Actitis macularia)
Spotted Redshank		(Tringa erythropus)
Common Redshank		(Tringa totanus)
Marsh Sandpiper		(Tringa stagnatilis)
Common Greenshank		(Tringa nebularia)
Nordmann's Greenshank		(Tringa guttifer)
Greater Yellowlegs		(Tringa melanoleuca)
Lesser Yellowlegs		(Tringa flavipes)
Solitary Sandpiper		(Tringa solitaria)
Green Sandpiper		(Tringa ochropus)
Wood Sandpiper		(Tringa glareola)
Common Sandpiper		(Tringa hypoleucos)
Grey-tailed Tattler		(Tringa brevipes)
Wandering Tattler		(Heteroscelus incana)
Willet		(Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
Tuamotu Sandpiper		(Prosobonia cancellata)
Tahitian Sandpiper		(Prosobonia leucoptera)
Ruddy Turnstone		(Arenaria interpres)
Black Turnstone		(Arenaria melanocephala)
Short-billed Dowitcher		(Limnodromus griseus)
Long-billed Dowitcher		(Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Asian Dowitcher		(Limnodromus semipalmatus)
Surfbird		(Aphriza virgata)
Great Knot		(Calidris tenuirostris)
Red Knot		(Calidris canutus)
Sanderling		(Calidris alba)
Semipalmated Sandpiper		(Calidris pusilla)
Western Sandpiper		(Calidris mauri)
Little Stint		(Calidris minuta)
Red-necked Stint		(Calidris ruficollis)
Temminck's Stint		(Calidris temminckii)
Long-toed Stint		(Calidris subminuta)
Least Sandpiper		(Calidris minutilla)
White-rumped Sandpiper		(Calidris fuscicollis)
Baird's Sandpiper		(Calidris bairdii)
Pectoral Sandpiper		(Calidris melanotos)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper		(Calidris acuminata)
Purple Sandpiper		(Calidris maritima)
Rock Sandpiper		(Calidris ptilocnemis)
Dunlin		(Calidris alpina)
Curlew Sandpiper		(Calidris ferruginea)
Stilt Sandpiper		(Calidris himantopus)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper		(Tryngites subruficollis)
Spoonbill Sandpiper		(Eurynorhynchus pygmeus)
Broad-billed Sandpiper		(Limicola falcinellus)
Ruff		(Philomachus pugnax)
Wilson's Phalarope		(Phalaropus tricolor)
Red-necked Phalarope		(Phalaropus lobatus)
Red Phalarope		(Phalaropus fulicaria)
Terek Sandpiper		(Xenus cinerea)

Family Rostratulidae
Painted-snipes

Greater Painted-snipe		(Rostratula benghalensis)
Australian Painted-snipe		(Rostratula australis)
Lesser Painted-snipe		(Nycticryptes semicollaris)

Family Jacanidae
Jacanas

African Jacana		(Actophilornis africanus)
Madagascar Jacana		(Actophilornis albinucha)
Lesser Jacana		(Microparra capensis)
Comb-crested Jacana		(Irediparra gallinacea)
Pheasant-tailed Jacana		(Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Bronze-winged Jacana		(Metopidius indicus)
Northern Jacana		(Jacana spinosa)
Wattled Jacana		(Jacana jacana)

Family Chionidae
Sheathbills

Snowy Sheathbill		(Chionis alba)
Black-faced Sheathbill		(Chionis minor)

Family Pluvianellidae
Magellanic Plover

Magellanic Plover

(Pluvianellus socialis)

Family Burhinidae
Thick-knees

Eurasian Thick-knee		(Burhinus oedicnemus)
Senegal Thick-knee		(Burhinus senegalensis)
Water Thick-knee		(Burhinus vermiculatus)
Spotted Thick-knee		(Burhinus capensis)
Double-striped Thick-knee		(Burhinus bistriatus)
Peruvian Thick-knee		(Burhinus superciliaris)
Bush Thick-knee		(Burhinus grallarius)
Great Thick-knee		(Burhinus recurvirostris)
Beach Thick-knee		(Burhinus giganteus)

Family Charadriidae
Oystercatchers

Eurasian Oystercatcher		(Haematopus ostralegus)
Canary Islands Oystercatcher		(Haematopus meadewaldoi)
African Oystercatcher		(Haematopus moquini)
South Island Oystercatcher		(Haematopus finschi)
Black Oystercatcher		(Haematopus bachmani)
American Oystercatcher		(Haematopus palliatus)
Pied Oystercatcher		(Haematopus longirostris)
Variable Oystercatcher		(Haematopus unicolor)
Sooty Oystercatcher		(Haematopus fuliginosus)
Blackish Oystercatcher		(Haematopus ater)
Magellanic Oystercatcher		(Haematopus leucopodus)

Ibisbill		(Ibidorhyncha struthersii)
Black-winged Stilt		(Himantopus himantopus)
White-headed Stilt		(Himantopus leucocephalus)
Black Stilt		(Himantopus novaezelandiae)
Black-necked Stilt		(Himantopus mexicanus)
White-backed Stilt		(Himantopus melanurus)
Banded Stilt		(Cladorhynchus leucocephalus)
Pied Avocet		(Recurvirostra avosetta)
American Avocet		(Recurvirostra americana)
Red-necked Avocet		(Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)
Andean Avocet		(Recurvirostra andina)

Eurasian Golden-Plover		(Pluvialis apricaria)
Pacific Golden-Plover		(Pluvialis fulva)
American Golden-Plover		(Pluvialis dominica)
Grey Plover		(Pluvialis squatarola)
Red-breasted Plover		(Charadrius obscurus)
Common Ringed Plover		(Charadrius hiaticula)
Semipalmated Plover		(Charadrius semipalmatus)
Long-billed Plover		(Charadrius placidus)
Little Ringed Plover		(Charadrius dubius)
Wilson's Plover		(Charadrius wilsonia)
Killdeer		(Charadrius vociferus)
Black-banded Plover		(Charadrius thoracicus)
St. Helena Plover		(Charadrius sanctaehelenae)
Kittlitz's Plover		(Charadrius pecuarius)
Three-banded Plover		(Charadrius tricollaris)
Forbes's Plover		(Charadrius forbesi)
Piping Plover		(Charadrius melodus)
Chestnut-banded Plover		(Charadrius pallidus)
Kentish (Snowy) Plover		(Charadrius alexandrinus)
White-fronted Plover		(Charadrius marginatus)
Red-capped Plover		(Charadrius ruficapillus)
Malaysian Plover		(Charadrius peronii)
Javan Plover		(Charadrius javanicus)
Collared Plover		(Charadrius collaris)
Double-banded Plover		(Charadrius bicinctus)
Puna Plover		(Charadrius alticola)
Two-banded Plover		(Charadrius falklandicus)
Lesser Sand-Plover (Mongolian Plover)		(Charadrius mongolus)
Greater Sand-Plover		(Charadrius leschenaultii)
Caspian Plover		(Charadrius asiaticus)
Oriental Plover		(Charadrius veredus)
Mountain Plover		(Charadrius montanus)
Rufous-chested Plover		(Charadrius modestus)
Hooded Plover		(Charadrius rubricollis)
Eurasian Dotterel		(Charadrius morinellus)
Shore Plover		(Thinornis novaeseelandiae)
Red-kneed Dotterel		(Erythrogonys cinctus)
Tawny-throated Dotterel		(Oreopholus ruficollis)
Wrybill		(Anarhynchus frontalis)
Diademed Sandpiper-Plover		(Phegornis mitchellii)
Inland Dotterel		(Peltohyas australis)
Black-fronted Dotterel		(Elseyornis melanops)
Northern Lapwing		(Vanellus vanellus)
Long-toed Lapwing		(Vanellus crassirostris)
Yellow-wattled Lapwing		(Vanellus malabaricus)
Javanese Lapwing		(Vanellus macropterus)
Banded Lapwing		(Vanellus tricolor)
Masked Lapwing		(Vanellus miles)
Blacksmith Lapwing		(Vanellus armatus)
Spur-winged Lapwing		(Vanellus spinosus)
River Lapwing		(Vanellus duvaucelii)
Black-headed Lapwing		(Vanellus tectus)
Spot-breasted Lapwing		(Vanellus melanocephalus)
Grey-headed Lapwing		(Vanellus cinereus)
Red-wattled Lapwing		(Vanellus indicus)
White-headed Lapwing		(Vanellus albiceps)
Wattled Lapwing		(Vanellus senegallus)
Senegal Lapwing		(Vanellus lugubris)
Black-winged Lapwing		(Vanellus melanopterus)
Crowned Lapwing		(Vanellus coronatus)
Brown-chested Lapwing		(Vanellus superciliosus)
Sociable Lapwing		(Vanellus gregarius)
White-tailed Lapwing		(Vanellus leucurus)
Pied Lapwing		(Vanellus cayanus)
Southern Lapwing		(Vanellus chilensis)
Andean Lapwing		(Vanellus resplendens)

Family Glareolidae
Crab Plover

Crab Plover

(Dromas ardeola)

Crocodile-bird		(Pluvianus aegyptius)
Double-banded Courser		(Rhinoptilus africanus)
Bronze-winged Courser		(Rhinoptilus chalcopterus)
Three-banded Courser		(Rhinoptilus cinctus)
Jerdon's Courser		(Rhinoptilus bitorquatus)
Cream-colored Courser		(Cursorius cursor)
Burchell's Courser		(Cursorius rufus)
Temminck's Courser		(Cursorius temminckii)
Indian Courser		(Cursorius coromandelicus)
Collared Pratincole		(Glareola pratincola)
Oriental Pratincole		(Glareola maldivarum)
Black-winged Pratincole		(Glareola nordmanni)
Madagascar Pratincole		(Glareola ocularis)
Rock Pratincole		(Glareola nuchalis)
Grey Pratincole		(Glareola cinerea)
Small Pratincole		(Glareola lactea)
Australian Pratincole		(Stiltia isabella)

Family Laridae
Skuas and Jaegers

Great Skua		(Stercorarius skua)
Southern Skua		(Stercorarius antarctica)
Brown Skua		(Stercorarius lonnbergi)
Chilean Skua		(Stercorarius chilensis)
South Polar Skua		(Stercorarius maccormicki)
Pomarine Jaeger		(Stercorarius pomarinus)
Parasitic Jaeger		(Stercorarius parasiticus)
Long-tailed Jaeger		(Stercorarius longicaudus)

Black Skimmer		(Rynchops niger)
African Skimmer		(Rynchops flavirostris)
Indian Skimmer		(Rynchops albicollis)

Dolphin Gull		(Larus scoresbii)
Pacific Gull		(Larus pacificus)
Band-tailed Gull		(Larus belcheri)
Olrog's Gull		(Larus atlanticus)
Black-tailed Gull		(Larus crassirostris)
Grey Gull		(Larus modestus)
Heermann's Gull		(Larus heermanni)
White-eyed Gull		(Larus leucophthalmus)
Sooty Gull		(Larus hemprichii)
Mew Gull		(Larus canus)
Audouin's Gull		(Larus audouinii)
Ring-billed Gull		(Larus delawarensis)
California Gull		(Larus californicus)
Great Black-backed Gull		(Larus marinus)
Kelp Gull		(Larus dominicanus)
Glaucous-winged Gull		(Larus glaucescens)
Western Gull		(Larus occidentalis)
Yellow-footed Gull		(Larus livens)
Glaucous Gull		(Larus hyperboreus)
Iceland Gull		(Larus glaucoides)
Herring Gull		(Larus argentatus)
Thayer's Gull		(Larus thayeri)
Armenian Gull		(Larus armenicus)
Slaty-backed Gull		(Larus schistisagus)
Yellow-legged Gull		(Larus cachinnans)
Lesser Black-backed Gull		(Larus fuscus)
Great Black-headed Gull		(Larus ichthyaetus)
Brown-headed Gull		(Larus brunnicephalus)
Grey-headed Gull		(Larus cirrocephalus)
King Gull		(Larus hartlaubii)
Silver Gull		(Larus novaehollandiae)
Red-billed Gull		(Larus scopulinus)
Black-billed Gull		(Larus bulleri)
Brown-hooded Gull		(Larus maculipennis)
Common Black-headed Gull		(Larus ridibundus)
Slender-billed Gull		(Larus genei)
Bonaparte's Gull		(Larus philadelphia)
Saunders's Gull		(Larus saundersi)
Andean Gull		(Larus serranus)
Mediterranean Gull		(Larus melanocephalus)
Relict Gull		(Larus relictus)
Lava Gull		(Larus fuliginosus)
Laughing Gull		(Larus atricilla)
Franklin's Gull		(Larus pipixcan)
Little Gull		(Larus minutus)
Ivory Gull		(Pagophila eburnea)
Ross's Gull		(Rhodostethia rosea)
Sabine's Gull		(Xema sabini)
Swallow-tailed Gull		(Creagrus furcatus)
Black-legged Kittiwake		(Rissa tridactyla)
Red-legged Kittiwake		(Rissa brevirostris)

Gull-billed Tern		(Sterna nilotica)
Caspian Tern		(Sterna caspia)
River Tern		(Sterna aurantia)
Royal Tern		(Sterna maxima)
Elegant Tern		(Sterna elegans)
Lesser Crested-Tern		(Sterna bengalensis)
Great Crested-Tern		(Sterna bergii)
Chinese Crested-Tern		(Sterna bernsteini)
Sandwich Tern		(Sterna sandvicensis)
Roseate Tern		(Sterna dougallii)
White-fronted Tern		(Sterna striata)
Black-naped Tern		(Sterna sumatrana)
South American Tern		(Sterna hirundinacea)
Common Tern		(Sterna hirundo)
Arctic Tern		(Sterna paradisaea)
Antarctic Tern		(Sterna vittata)
Kerguelen Tern		(Sterna virgata)
Forster's Tern		(Sterna forsteri)
Snowy-crowned Tern		(Sterna trudeaui)
Little Tern		(Sterna albifrons)
Saunders's Tern		(Sterna saundersi)
Least Tern		(Sterna antillarum)
Yellow-billed Tern		(Sterna superciliaris)
Peruvian Tern		(Sterna lorata)
Fairy Tern		(Sterna nereis)
Damara Tern		(Sterna balaenarum)
White-cheeked Tern		(Sterna repressa)
Black-bellied Tern		(Sterna acuticauda)
Aleutian Tern		(Sterna aleutica)
Grey-backed Tern		(Sterna lunata)
Bridled Tern		(Sterna anaethetus)
Sooty Tern		(Sterna fuscata)
Black-fronted Tern		(Chlidonias albostriatus)
Whiskered Tern		(Chlidonias hybridus)
White-winged Tern		(Chlidonias leucopterus)
Black Tern		(Chlidonias niger)
Large-billed Tern		(Phaetusa simplex)
Brown Noddy		(Anous stolidus)
Black Noddy		(Anous minutus)
Lesser Noddy		(Anous tenuirostris)
Gray Noddy		(Procelsterna albivitta)
Blue Noddy		(Procelsterna cerulea)
Common White-Tern		(Gygis alba)
Little White-Tern		(Gygis microrhyncha)
Inca Tern		(Larosterna inca)

Dovekie		(Alle alle)
Common Murre		(Uria aalge)
Thick-billed Murre		(Uria lomvia)
Razorbill		(Alca torda)
Great Auk		(Pinguinus impennis)
Black Guillemot		(Cepphus grylle)
Pigeon Guillemot		(Cepphus columba)
Spectacled Guillemot		(Cepphus carbo)
Marbled Murrelet		(Brachyramphus marmoratus)
Kittlitz's Murrelet		(Brachyramphus brevirostris)
Xantus's Murrelet		(Synthliboramphus hypoleucus)
Craveri's Murrelet		(Synthliboramphus craveri)
Ancient Murrelet		(Synthliboramphus antiquus)
Japanese Murrelet		(Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
Cassin's Auklet		(Ptychoramphus aleuticus)
Parakeet Auklet		(Aethia psittacula)
Crested Auklet		(Aethia cristatella)
Whiskered Auklet		(Aethia pygmaea)
Least Auklet		(Aethia pusilla)
Rhinoceros Auklet		(Cerorhinca monocerata)
Atlantic Puffin		(Fratercula arctica)
Horned Puffin		(Fratercula corniculata)
Tufted Puffin		(Fratercula cirrhata)