Order Charadriiformes
Order Charadriiformes (10 families, 37 genera, 312+ species)
- Family Charadriidae(5 genera, 61+species)
Plover
- Genus Squatarola
- Squatarola squatarola
Black-bellied Plover
- Genus Pluvialis
- Pluvialis apricaria
Golden Plover
- Pluvialis dominica
American Golden Plover
- Pluvianus aegyptius
Crocodile Bird
- Genus Vanellus
- Vanellus vanellus
Eurasian Lapwing
- Vanellus indicus
Red-wattled Lapwing
- Vanellus malabaricus
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
- Genus Microsarcops
- Microsarcops cinereus
Gray-headed Lapwing
- Genus Hemiparra
- Hemiparra crassirostris
Long-toed Lapwing
- Family Chionididae (1 genus, 2 species)
Sheathbill
- Genus Chionis (2 species)
- Chionis alba
Snowy Sheathbill
- Chionis minor
lesser Sheathbill
- Family Dromadidae (1 genus, 1 species)
- Family Glareolidae (5 genera,17 species)
- Genus Glareola (6 species)
Pratincole
- Glareola pratincola
Common Pratincole
- Glareola nordmanni
Black-winged Pratincole
- Genus Galachrysia
- Galachrysia nuchalis
- Galachrysia lactea
Little Indian Pratincole
- Genus Stiltia
- Stiltia isabella
Australian Pratincole
- Genus Cursorius
- Cursorius cursor
Cream-coloured Courser
- Cursorius coromandelicus
Indian Courser
- Genus Rhinoptilus
- Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Bronze-winged Courser
- Family Haematopodidae (1 genus, 4 species)
- Genus Haematopus (4 species)
Oystercatcher
- Haematopus ostralegus
European Oystercatcher
- Haematopus palliatus
American Oystercatcher
- Haematopus bachmani
Black Oystercatcher
- Haematopus fuliginosus
Sooty Oystercatcher
- Family Jacanidae (4 genera, 7 species)
Jacana
- Genus Jacana
- Jacana spinosa
American Jacana
- Genus Actophilornis
- Actophilornis africanus
African Jacana
- Genus Irediparra
- Irediparra gallinacea
Australian Lotus Bird
- Genus Hydrophasianus
- Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
- Family Laridae (2+ genera, 85 species)
- Genus Sterna
- Sterna paradisaea
Arctic Tern
- Sterna nigra
Black Tern
- Sterna hirundo
Common Tern
- Sterna albifrons
Least or Little Tern
- Sterna fuscata
Sooty Tern
- Genus Larosterna
- Larosterna inca
Inca Tern
- Family Phalaropodidae (1 genus, 3 species)
- Genus Phalaropus (3 species)
Phalarope
- Phalaropus fulicarius
Red Phalarope
- Phalaropus lobatus
Northern Phalarope
- Phalaropus tricolor
Wilson's Phalarope
- Family Recurvirostridae (1 genus, 7 species)
- Genus Recurvirostra (4 species)
Avocet
- Recurvirostra avosetta
Old World Avocet
- Recurvirostra americana
American Avocet
- Recurvirostra andina
Andean Avocet
- Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Australian Avocet
- Family Rynchopidae (1 genus, 3 species)
- Genus Rynchops (3 species)
Skimmer
- Rynchops nigra
Black Skimmer
- Rynchops flavirostris
African Skimmer
- Rynchops albicollis
Indian Skimmer
- Family Rostratulidae (2 genera, 2 species)
Painted Snipe
- Genus Rostratula (1 species)
- Rostratula benghalensis
Old World Painted Snipe
- Genus Nycticryphes (1 species)
- Nycticryphes semicollaris
American painted snipe
- Family Scolopacidae(8 genera, 82 species)
- Genus Aphriza
- Genus Arenaria (2 species)
Turnstone
- Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Turnstone
- Arenaria melanocephala
Black Turnstone
- Genus Gallinago
- Gallinago gallinago
Snipe
- Gallinago media
Great Snipe
- Gallinago stenura
Pintail Snipe
- Genus Lymnocryptes
- Genus Calidris
- Calidris canutus
Common Knot
- Calidris tenuirostris
Great or Asiatic Knot
- Genus Limosa
Godwit
- Limosa limosa
Black-tailed Godwit
- Limosa haemastica
Hudsonian Godwit
- Limosa fedoa
Marbled Godwit
- Limosa lapponica
Bar-tailed Godwit
- Genus Scolopax (2 species)
- Genus Philomachus
- Subfamily Calidritinae
- Subfamily Tringinae
- Genus Calidris
- Calidris minutilla
Least Sandpiper
- Calidris maritima
Purple Sandpiper
- Calidris fuscicollis
White-rumped Sandpiper
- Calidris ruficollis
Rufous-necked Sandpiper
- Calidris alba
Sanderling
- Genus Tringa (4 species)
Sandpiper
- Tringa solitaria
Solitary Sandpiper
- Tringa ochropus
Green Sandpiper
- Tringa hypoleucos
Family Stercorariidae (1 genus, 4 species)
Family Thinocoridae (1 genus, 4 species)
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