Charadriiformes [Waders, gulls and auks]
Family: Alcidae [Auks]
![Razorbill [Alca torda]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Alca_torda.jpg "Razorbill [Alca torda]")
![Black guillemot [Cepphus grylle arcticus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Cepphus_grylle_arcticus.jpg "Black guillemot [Cepphus grylle arcticus]")
![Black guillemot [Cepphus grylle islandicus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Cepphus_grylle_islandicus.jpg "Black guillemot [Cepphus grylle islandicus]")
![Atlantic puffin [Fratercula arctica arctica]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Fratercula_arctica_arctica.jpg "Atlantic puffin [Fratercula arctica arctica]")
![Atlantic puffin [Fratercula arctica naumanii]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Fratercula_arctica_naumanii.jpg "Atlantic puffin [Fratercula arctica naumanii]")
![Common murre [Uria aalge aalge]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Uria_aalge_aalge.jpg "Common murre [Uria aalge aalge]")
![Thick-billed murre [Uria lomvia lomvia]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Uria_lomvia_lomvia.jpg "Thick-billed murre [Uria lomvia lomvia]")
Family: Burhinidae [Stone-curlew]
![Spotted thick-knee [Burhinus capensis dodsoni]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Burhinus_capensis_dodsoni.jpg "Spotted thick-knee [Burhinus capensis dodsoni]")
![Water thick-knee [Burhinus vermiculatus vermiculatus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Burhinus_vermiculatus_vermiculatus.jpg "Water thick-knee [Burhinus vermiculatus vermiculatus]")
![Great stone-curlew [Esacus recurvirostris]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Esacus_recurvirostris.jpg "Great stone-curlew [Esacus recurvirostris]")
Family: Charadriidae [Plovers, dotterels and lapwings]
![Kentish plover [Charadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Charadrius_alexandrinus_alexandrinus.jpg "Kentish plover [Charadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus]")
![Kentish plover [Charadrius alexandrinus seebohmi]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Charadrius_alexandrinus_seebohmi.jpg "Kentish plover [Charadrius alexandrinus seebohmi]")
![Little ringed plover [Charadrius dubius curonicus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Charadrius_dubius_curonicus.jpg "Little ringed plover [Charadrius dubius curonicus]")
![Common ringed plover [Charadrius hiaticula]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Charadrius_hiaticula.jpg "Common ringed plover [Charadrius hiaticula]")
![White-fronted plover [Charadrius marginatus mechowi]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Charadrius_marginatus_mechowi.jpg "White-fronted plover [Charadrius marginatus mechowi]")
![Piping plover [Charadrius melodus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Charadrius_melodus.jpg "Piping plover [Charadrius melodus]")
![Chestnut-banded plover [Charadrius pallidus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Charadrius_pallidus.jpg "Chestnut-banded plover [Charadrius pallidus]")
![Kittlitz's plover [Charadrius pecuarius]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Charadrius_pecuarius.jpg "Kittlitz's plover [Charadrius pecuarius]")
![Semipalmated plover [Charadrius semipalmatus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Charadrius_semipalmatus.jpg "Semipalmated plover [Charadrius semipalmatus]")
![Three-banded plover [Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Charadrius_tricollaris_tricollaris.jpg "Three-banded plover [Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris]")
![Killdeer [Charadrius vociferus vociferus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Charadrius_vociferus_vociferus.jpg "Killdeer [Charadrius vociferus vociferus]")
![European golden plover [Pluvialis apricaria]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Pluvialis_apricaria.jpg "European golden plover [Pluvialis apricaria]")
![Grey plover [Pluvialis squatarola]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Pluvialis_squatarola.jpg "Grey plover [Pluvialis squatarola]")
![Blacksmith lapwing [Vanellus armatus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Vanellus_armatus.jpg "Blacksmith lapwing [Vanellus armatus]")
![Southern lapwing [Vanellus chilensis]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Vanellus_chilensis.jpg "Southern lapwing [Vanellus chilensis]")
![Crowned lapwing [Vanellus coronatus coronatus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Vanellus_coronatus_coronatus.jpg "Crowned lapwing [Vanellus coronatus coronatus]")
![Long-toed lapwing [Vanellus crassirostris]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Vanellus_crassirostris.jpg "Long-toed lapwing [Vanellus crassirostris]")
![Red-wattled lapwing [Vanellus indicus indicus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Vanellus_indicus_indicus.jpg "Red-wattled lapwing [Vanellus indicus indicus]")
![Red-wattled lapwing [Vanellus indicus lankae]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Vanellus_indicus_lankae.jpg "Red-wattled lapwing [Vanellus indicus lankae]")
![Senegal lapwing [Vanellus lugubris]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Vanellus_lugubris.jpg "Senegal lapwing [Vanellus lugubris]")
![Yellow-wattled lapwing [Vanellus malabaricus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Vanellus_malabaricus.jpg "Yellow-wattled lapwing [Vanellus malabaricus]")
![African wattled lapwing [Vanellus senegallus lateralis]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Vanellus_senegallus_lateralis.jpg "African wattled lapwing [Vanellus senegallus lateralis]")
![Spur-winged lapwing [Vanellus spinosus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Vanellus_spinosus.jpg "Spur-winged lapwing [Vanellus spinosus]")
![Black-headed lapwing [Vanellus tectus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Vanellus_tectus.jpg "Black-headed lapwing [Vanellus tectus]")
![Northern lapwing [Vanellus vanellus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Vanellus_vanellus.jpg "Northern lapwing [Vanellus vanellus]")
Family: Glareolidae [Pratincoles and coursers]
![Collared pratincole [Glareola pratincola fuelleborni]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Glareola_pratincola_fuelleborni.jpg "Collared pratincole [Glareola pratincola fuelleborni]")
![Double-banded courser [Smutsornis africanus gracilis]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Smutsornis_africanus_gracilis.jpg "Double-banded courser [Smutsornis africanus gracilis]")
Family: Haematopodidae [Oystercatchers]
![Eurasian oystercatcher [Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Haematopus_ostralegus_ostralegus.jpg "Eurasian oystercatcher [Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus]")
Family: Jacanidae [Jacanas]
![African jacana [Actophilornis africanus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Actophilornis_africanus.jpg "African jacana [Actophilornis africanus]")
![Pheasant-tailed jacana [Hydrophasianus chirurgus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Hydrophasianus_chirurgus.jpg "Pheasant-tailed jacana [Hydrophasianus chirurgus]")
![Wattled jacana [Jacana jacana jacana]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Jacana_jacana_jacana.jpg "Wattled jacana [Jacana jacana jacana]")
![Wattled jacana (juv.) [Jacana jacana peruviana]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Jacana_jacana_peruviana.jpg "Wattled jacana (juv.) [Jacana jacana peruviana]")
![Northern jacana [Jacana spinosa]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Jacana_spinosa.jpg "Northern jacana [Jacana spinosa]")
Family: Laridae [Gulls]
![Brown noddy [Anous stolidus galapagensis]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Anous_stolidus_galapagensis.jpg "Brown noddy [Anous stolidus galapagensis]")
![Whiskered tern [Chlidonias hybrida delalandii]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Chlidonias_hybrida_delalandii.jpg "Whiskered tern [Chlidonias hybrida delalandii]")
![Whiskered tern [Chlidonias hybrida hybrida]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Chlidonias_hybrida_hybrida.jpg "Whiskered tern [Chlidonias hybrida hybrida]")
![Black-headed gull [Chroicocephalus ridibundus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Chroicocephalus_ridibundus.jpg "Black-headed gull [Chroicocephalus ridibundus]")
![Swallow-tailed gull [Creagrus furcatus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Creagrus_furcatus.jpg "Swallow-tailed gull [Creagrus furcatus]")
![Gull-billed tern [Gelochelidon nilotica nilotica]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Gelochelidon_nilotica_nilotica.jpg "Gull-billed tern [Gelochelidon nilotica nilotica]")
![Caspian tern [Hydroprogne caspia]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Hydroprogne_caspia.jpg "Caspian tern [Hydroprogne caspia]")
![Mediterranean gull [Ichthyaetus melanocephalus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Ichthyaetus_melanocephalus.jpg "Mediterranean gull [Ichthyaetus melanocephalus]")
![European herring gull [Larus argentatus argenteus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Larus_argentatus_argenteus.jpg "European herring gull [Larus argentatus argenteus]")
![Caspian gull [Larus cachinnans]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Larus_cachinnans.jpg "Caspian gull [Larus cachinnans]")
![Common gull [Larus canus canus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Larus_canus_canus.jpg "Common gull [Larus canus canus]")
![Ring-billed gull [Larus delawarensis]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Larus_delawarensis.jpg "Ring-billed gull [Larus delawarensis]")
![Kelp gull [Larus dominicanus vetula]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Larus_dominicanus_vetula.jpg "Kelp gull [Larus dominicanus vetula]")
![Lesser black-backed gull [Larus fuscus graellsii]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Larus_fuscus_graellsii.jpg "Lesser black-backed gull [Larus fuscus graellsii]")
![Lesser black-backed gull [Larus fuscus intermedius]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Larus_fuscus_intermedius.jpg "Lesser black-backed gull [Larus fuscus intermedius]")
![Iceland gull [Larus glaucoides kumlieni]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Larus_glaucoides_kumlieni.jpg "Iceland gull [Larus glaucoides kumlieni]")
![Glaucous gull [Larus hyperboreus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Larus_hyperboreus.jpg "Glaucous gull [Larus hyperboreus]")
![Great black-backed gull [Larus marinus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Larus_marinus.jpg "Great black-backed gull [Larus marinus]")
![Yellow-legged gull [Larus michahellis michahellis]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Larus_michahellis_michahellis.jpg "Yellow-legged gull [Larus michahellis michahellis]")
![American herring gull [Larus smithsonianus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Larus_smithsonianus.jpg "American herring gull [Larus smithsonianus]")
![Black-legged kittiwake [Rissa tridactyla tridactyla]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Rissa_tridactyla_tridactyla.jpg "Black-legged kittiwake [Rissa tridactyla tridactyla]")
![Common tern [Sterna hirundo hirundo]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Sterna_hirundo_hirundo.jpg "Common tern [Sterna hirundo hirundo]")
![Arctic tern [Sterna paradisaea]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Sterna_paradisaea.jpg "Arctic tern [Sterna paradisaea]")
![Sandwich tern [Thalasseus sandvicensis]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Thalasseus_sandvicensis.jpg "Sandwich tern [Thalasseus sandvicensis]")
Family: Recurvirostridae [Avocets and stilts]
![Black-winged stilt [Himantopus himantopus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Himantopus_himantopus.jpg "Black-winged stilt [Himantopus himantopus]")
![White-backed stilt [Himantopus melanurus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Himantopus_melanurus.jpg "White-backed stilt [Himantopus melanurus]")
![Black-necked stilt [Himantopus mexicanus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Himantopus_mexicanus.jpg "Black-necked stilt [Himantopus mexicanus]")
![Pied avocet [Recurvirostra avosetta]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Recurvirostra_avosetta.jpg "Pied avocet [Recurvirostra avosetta]")
Family: Rynchopidae [Skimmers]
![Black skimmer [Rynchops niger cinerescens]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Rynchops_niger_cinerescens.jpg "Black skimmer [Rynchops niger cinerescens]")
Family: Scolopacidae [Sandpipers]
![Common sandpiper [Actitis hypoleucos]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Actitis_hypoleucos.jpg "Common sandpiper [Actitis hypoleucos]")
![Spotted sandpiper [Actitis macularius]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Actitis_macularius.jpg "Spotted sandpiper [Actitis macularius]")
![Ruddy turnstone [Arenaria interpres interpres]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Arenaria_interpres_interpres.jpg "Ruddy turnstone [Arenaria interpres interpres]")
![Ruddy turnstone [Arenaria interpres morinella]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Arenaria_interpres_morinella.jpg "Ruddy turnstone [Arenaria interpres morinella]")
![Upland sandpiper [Bartramia longicauda]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Bartramia_longicauda.jpg "Upland sandpiper [Bartramia longicauda]")
![Sanderling [Calidris alba]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Calidris_alba.jpg "Sanderling [Calidris alba]")
![Dunlin [Calidris alpina alpina]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Calidris_alpina_alpina.jpg "Dunlin [Calidris alpina alpina]")
![Dunlin [Calidris alpina schinzii]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Calidris_alpina_schinzii.jpg "Dunlin [Calidris alpina schinzii]")
![White-rumped sandpiper [Calidris fuscicollis]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Calidris_fuscicollis.jpg "White-rumped sandpiper [Calidris fuscicollis]")
![Purple sandpiper [Calidris maritima]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Calidris_maritima.jpg "Purple sandpiper [Calidris maritima]")
![Pectoral sandpiper [Calidris melanotos]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Calidris_melanotos.jpg "Pectoral sandpiper [Calidris melanotos]")
![Little stint [Calidris minuta]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Calidris_minuta.jpg "Little stint [Calidris minuta]")
![Least sandpiper [Calidris minutilla]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Calidris_minutilla.jpg "Least sandpiper [Calidris minutilla]")
![Semipalmated sandpiper [Calidris pusilla]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Calidris_pusilla.jpg "Semipalmated sandpiper [Calidris pusilla]")
![Wilson's snipe [Gallinago delicata]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Gallinago_delicata.jpg "Wilson's snipe [Gallinago delicata]")
![Common snipe [Gallinago gallinago gallinago]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Gallinago_gallinago_gallinago.jpg "Common snipe [Gallinago gallinago gallinago]")
![Bar-tailed godwit [Limosa lapponica lapponica]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Limosa_lapponica_lapponica.jpg "Bar-tailed godwit [Limosa lapponica lapponica]")
![Bar-tailed godwit [Limosa lapponica taymyrensis]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Limosa_lapponica_taymyrensis.jpg "Bar-tailed godwit [Limosa lapponica taymyrensis]")
![Icelandic black-tailed godwit [Limosa limosa islandica]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Limosa_limosa_islandica.jpg "Icelandic black-tailed godwit [Limosa limosa islandica]")
![Black-tailed godwit [Limosa limosa limosa]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Limosa_limosa_limosa.jpg "Black-tailed godwit [Limosa limosa limosa]")
![Eurasian curlew [Numenius arquata arquata]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Numenius_arquata_arquata.jpg "Eurasian curlew [Numenius arquata arquata]")
![Hudsonian whimbrel [Numenius hudsonicus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Numenius_hudsonicus.jpg "Hudsonian whimbrel [Numenius hudsonicus]")
![Whimbrel [Numenius phaeopus islandicus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Numenius_phaeopus_islandicus.jpg "Whimbrel [Numenius phaeopus islandicus]")
![Whimbrel [Numenius phaeopus phaeopus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Numenius_phaeopus_phaeopus.jpg "Whimbrel [Numenius phaeopus phaeopus]")
![Red-necked phalarope [Phalaropus lobatus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Phalaropus_lobatus.jpg "Red-necked phalarope [Phalaropus lobatus]")
![Lesser yellowlegs [Tringa flavipes]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Tringa_flavipes.jpg "Lesser yellowlegs [Tringa flavipes]")
![Wood sandpiper [Tringa glareola]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Tringa_glareola.jpg "Wood sandpiper [Tringa glareola]")
![Greater yellowlegs [Tringa melanoleuca]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Tringa_melanoleuca.jpg "Greater yellowlegs [Tringa melanoleuca]")
![Grünschenkel [Tringa nebularia]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Tringa_nebularia.jpg "Grünschenkel [Tringa nebularia]")
![Green sandpiper [Tringa ochropus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Tringa_ochropus.jpg "Green sandpiper [Tringa ochropus]")
![Willet [Tringa semipalmata semipalmata]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Tringa_semipalmata_semipalmata.jpg "Willet [Tringa semipalmata semipalmata]")
![Solitary sandpiper [Tringa solitaria]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Tringa_solitaria.jpg "Solitary sandpiper [Tringa solitaria]")
![Common redshank [Tringa totanus eurhina]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Tringa_totanus_eurhina.jpg "Common redshank [Tringa totanus eurhina]")
![Common redshank [Tringa totanus robusta]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Tringa_totanus_robusta.jpg "Common redshank [Tringa totanus robusta]")
![Common redshank [Tringa totanus totanus]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Tringa_totanus_totanus.jpg "Common redshank [Tringa totanus totanus]")
Family: Turnicidae [Buttonquails]
![Barred buttonquail [Turnix suscitator leggei]](../../../../images/Animals/Aves/Charadriiformes/images/Turnix_suscitator_leggei.jpg "Barred buttonquail [Turnix suscitator leggei]")