North American Bird Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Burhinidae

Burhinus bistriatus: Double-striped Thick-knee

Family: Charadriidae

Subfamily: Vanellinae

Vanellus vanellus: Northern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis: Southern Lapwing

Subfamily: Charadriinae

Pluvialis squatarola: Black-bellied Plover

Pluvialis apricaria: European Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominica: American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis fulva: Pacific Golden-Plover

Charadrius mongolus: Lesser Sand-Plover

Charadrius leschenaultii: Greater Sand-Plover

Charadrius collaris: Collared Plover

Charadrius alexandrinus: Snowy Plover

Charadrius wilsonia: Wilson's Plover

Charadrius hiaticula: Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius semipalmatus: Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius melodus: Piping Plover

Charadrius dubius: Little Ringed Plover

Charadrius vociferus: Killdeer

Charadrius montanus: Mountain Plover

Charadrius morinellus: Eurasian Dotterel

Family: Haematopodidae

Haematopus ostralegus: Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus: American Oystercatcher
Haematopus bachmani: Black Oystercatcher

Family: Recurvirostridae

Himantopus himantopus: Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus: Black-necked Stilt
Recurvirostra americana: American Avocet

Family: Jacanidae

Jacana spinosa: Northern Jacana
Jacana jacana: Wattled Jacana

Family: Scolopacidae

Subfamily: Scolopacinae

Xenus cinereus: Terek Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos: Common Sandpiper
Actitis macularius: Spotted Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus: Green Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria: Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa brevipes: Gray-tailed Tattler
Tringa incana: Wandering Tattler
Tringa erythropus: Spotted Redshank
Tringa melanoleuca: Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa nebularia: Common Greenshank
Tringa semipalmata: Willet
Tringa flavipes: Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa stagnatilis: Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa glareola: Wood Sandpiper
Tringa totanus: Common Redshank
Bartramia longicauda: Upland Sandpiper
Numenius minutus: Little Curlew
Numenius borealis: Eskimo Curlew
Numenius phaeopus: Whimbrel
Numenius tahitiensis: Bristle-thighed Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis: Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius tenuirostris: Slender-billed Curlew
Numenius arquata: Eurasian Curlew
Numenius americanus: Long-billed Curlew
Limosa limosa: Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa haemastica: Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa lapponica: Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa fedoa: Marbled Godwit
Arenaria interpres: Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria melanocephala: Black Turnstone
Aphriza virgata: Surfbird
Calidris tenuirostris: Great Knot
Calidris canutus: Red Knot
Calidris alba: Sanderling
Calidris pusilla: Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris mauri: Western Sandpiper
Calidris ruficollis: Red-necked Stint
Calidris minuta: Little Stint
Calidris temminckii: Temminck's Stint
Calidris subminuta: Long-toed Stint
Calidris minutilla: Least Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis: White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii: Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos: Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata: Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris maritima: Purple Sandpiper
Calidris ptilocnemis: Rock Sandpiper
Calidris alpina: Dunlin
Calidris ferruginea: Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus: Stilt Sandpiper
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus: Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Limicola falcinellus: Broad-billed Sandpiper
Tryngites subruficollis: Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Philomachus pugnax: Ruff
Limnodromus griseus: Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus: Long-billed Dowitcher
Lymnocryptes minimus: Jack Snipe
Gallinago delicata: Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago gallinago: Common Snipe
Gallinago stenura: Pin-tailed Snipe
Scolopax rusticola: Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax minor: American Woodcock

Subfamily: Phalaropodinae

Phalaropus tricolor: Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatus: Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius: Red Phalarope

Family: Glareolidae

Glareolinae

Glareola maldivarum: Oriental Pratincole

Family: Laridae

Subfamily: Larinae

Larus atricilla: Laughing Gull
Larus pipixcan: Franklin's Gull
Larus minutus: Little Gull
Larus ridibundus: Black-headed Gull
Larus philadelphia: Bonaparte's Gull
Larus heermanni: Heermann's Gull
Larus cirrocephalus: Gray-hooded Gull
Larus modestus: Gray Gull
Larus belcheri: Belcher's Gull
Larus crassirostris: Black-tailed Gull
Larus canus: Mew Gull
Larus delawarensis: Ring-billed Gull
Larus californicus: California Gull
Larus argentatus: Herring Gull
Larus cachinnans: Yellow-legged Gull
Larus thayeri: Thayer's Gull
Larus glaucoides: Iceland Gull
Larus fuscus: Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus schistisagus: Slaty-backed Gull
Larus livens: Yellow-footed Gull
Larus occidentalis: Western Gull
Larus glaucescens: Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus hyperboreus: Glaucous Gull
Larus marinus: Great Black-backed Gull
Larus dominicanus: Kelp Gull
Xema sabini: Sabine's Gull
Rissa tridactyla: Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa brevirostris: Red-legged Kittiwake
Rhodostethia rosea: Ross's Gull
Pagophila eburnea: Ivory Gull

Subfamily: Sterninae

Anous stolidus: Brown Noddy

Anous minutus: Black Noddy

Procelsterna cerulea: Blue-gray Noddy

Gygis alba: White Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus: Sooty Tern

Onychoprion lunatus: Gray-backed Tern

Onychoprion anaethetus: Bridled Tern

Onychoprion aleuticus: Aleutian Tern

Sternula albifrons: Little Tern

Sternula antillarum: Least Tern

Sternula superciliaris: Yellow-billed Tern

Phaetusa simplex: Large-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica: Gull-billed Tern

Hydroprogne caspia: Caspian Tern

Larosterna inca: Inca Tern

Chlidonias niger: Black Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus: White-winged Tern

Chlidonias hybrida: Whiskered Tern

Sterna dougallii: Roseate Tern

Sterna hirundo: Common Tern

Sterna paradisaea: Arctic Tern

Sterna forsteri: Forster's Tern

Thalasseus maximus: Royal Tern

Thalasseus bergii: Great Crested Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensis: Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus elegans: Elegant Tern

Subfamily: Rynchopinae

Rynchops niger: Black Skimmer

Family: Stercorariidae

Stercorarius skua: Great Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki: South Polar Skua
Stercorarius pomarinus: Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus: Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus: Long-tailed Jaeger

Family: Alcidae

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

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