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Taxon Taxonomy ID Rank Common Name
 
 8906 order shorebirds and others
 
  Alcidae
28683 family
 
  Aethia
28684 genus
 
 28685 species
 
 28699 species parakeet auklet
 
 28686 species
 
 28687 species
 
  Alca
28688 genus
 
  - Alca torda
28689 species Tordalk; razorbill
 
  Alle
28690 genus
 
  Alle alle
28691 species
 
 28692 genus
 
 28693 species
 
 28694 species
 
 444850 species
 
  Cepphus
28695 genus
 
  - Cepphus carbo
43308 species
 
 28696 species
 
 28697 species
 
 43309 genus
 
 61263 species Rhinoceros auklet
 
 28698 genus
 
 28700 genus
 
 28701 species Atlantic puffin
 
 43311 species
 
 28702 species
 
 28705 genus
 
 28706 species
 
 28707 genus
 
 28708 species ancient murrelet
 
 43307 species
 
 28709 species Xantus's murrelet
 
 28710 species
 
  Uria
13745 genus murres
 
 13746 species Atlantic murre; Guillemot; common murre
 
 28711 species thick-billed guillemot
 
 85103 family
 
  Burhinus
85104 genus
 
 240201 species
 
 227234 species spotted thick-knee
 
 585466 species beach thick-knee; Bush thick-knee
 
 85105 species Eurasian thick-knee
 
 228417 species Senegal thick-knee
 
 227171 species Peruvian thick-knee
 
 227172 species water thick-knee
 
  Esacus
2577025 genus
 
 2577026 species
 
 8907 family
 
 425625 genus
 
 425626 species
 
 50391 genus
 
 50392 species Kentish plover
 
 2697428 species
 
 555233 species Puna plover
 
 1630615 species Caspian plover
 
 50394 species Double-banded plover
 
 50395 species Collared plover
 
 2699424 species White-faced plover
 
 225396 species little ringed plover
 
 50396 species Two-banded plover
 
 1630614 species Forbes's plover
 
 371911 species Common ringed plover
 
 2126354 species Javan plover
 
 656192 species greater sand plover
 
 522649 species
 
 279942 species piping plover
 
 50397 species
 
 171267 species
 
 50398 species
 
 211599 species eurasian dotterel
 
 985688 species Snowy plover
 
 1424469 species red-breasted plover
 
 1630609 species chestnut-banded plover
 
 985690 species
 
 985689 species
 
 1630616 species long-billed plover
 
 50399 species Red-capped plover
 
 1630610 species St. Helena plover
 
 50400 species
 
 1630611 species black-banded plover
 
 1630612 species three-banded plover
 
 50401 species
 
 50402 species killdeer
 
 279943 species Wilson's plover
 
 2699394 no rank
 
 50405 genus
 
 50406 species black-fronted dotterel
 
 425632 genus
 
 425633 species
 
  - Hoplopterus
8908 genus
 
 425642 genus
 
 425643 species
 
 50407 genus
 
 50408 species
 
  Peltohyas
425649 genus
 
 50393 species inland dotterel
 
  Phegornis
227178 genus
 
 227179 species diademed sandpiper-plover
 
  Pluvialis
171272 genus
 
 670352 species
 
 240205 species American golden-plover
 
 371922 species Pacific golden plover
 
 171273 species
 
 227227 genus
 
 227228 species magellanic plover
 
  Thinornis
50409 genus
 
 425654 species
 
 50410 species
 
  Vanellus
50403 genus
 
 2316026 species
 
 1630617 species blacksmith lapwing
 
 1118851 species
 
 50404 species
 
 261961 species grey-headed lapwing
 
 2696577 species
 
 1003845 species red-wattled lapwing
 
 54502 species
 
 302532 species Andean lapwing
 
 8909 species spur-winged lapwing; spur-winged plover
 
 100859 species northern lapwing
 
 2619480 no rank
 
 227180 family
 
  Chionis
227181 genus
 
  - Chionis albus
240203 species
 
  - Chionis minor
227182 species black-faced sheathbill
 
 458188 family
 
  Dromas
458189 genus
 
 458190 species
 
 43314 family
 
  Cursorius
227176 genus
 
 2879218 species
 
 227177 species Temminck's courser
 
  Glareola
43315 genus
 
 1977146 species
 
 425636 species
 
 670345 species
 
 227235 species rock pratincole
 
 43316 species
 
  Pluvianus
302530 genus
 
 302531 species crocodile bird
 
 240208 genus
 
 240209 species double-banded courser
 
 425651 species
 
  Stiltia
425652 genus
 
 425653 species
 
 37576 family oystercatchers
 
 32635 genus
 
 185689 species blackish oystercatcher
 
 279948 species black oystercatcher
 
 2497799 species South Island oystercatcher
 
 2448686 species Sooty oystercatcher
 
 555262 species
 
 2963358 species
 
 2587768 species Canary Islands oystercatcher
 
 2587770 species African oystercatcher
 
 31908 species Eurasian oystercatcher
 
 279960 species American oystercatcher
 
 458153 species
 
  Jacanidae
54504 family jacanas
 
 118782 genus
 
 118783 species african jacana
 
 2944901 species
 
 118784 genus
 
 118785 species pheasant-tailed jacana
 
 54505 genus
 
 54506 species comb-crested jacana
 
  Jacana
54507 genus
 
 1457352 species
 
  - Jacana jacana
54508 species wattled jacana
 
 118786 species northern jacana
 
 1457350 species
 
 118787 genus
 
 118788 species bronze-winged jacana
 
 118789 genus
 
 118790 species lesser jacana
 
  Laridae
8910 family gulls
 
  Anous
297801 genus
 
 1118833 species Blue noddy
 
  - Anous minutus
298326 species black noddy
 
 297802 species brown noddy
 
 297803 species lesser noddy
 
 2647379 no rank
 
 279944 genus
 
 297814 species black-fronted tern
 
 297805 species whiskered tern
 
 297806 species white-winged tern
 
 279945 species black tern
 
 1129741 genus
 
 2772041 species Brown-headed gull
 
 2497793 species black-billed gull
 
 1192863 species grey-headed gull
 
 1569666 species slender-billed gull
 
 287016 species brown-hooded gull
 
 2547444 species Silver gull
 
 1192867 species Lachmoewe; black-headed gull
 
 1132478 species Saunders's gull
 
 126716 species red-billed gull
 
  Creagrus
128047 genus
 
 128048 species swallow-tailed gull
 
 126864 genus
 
 126865 species gull-billed tern
 
  Gygis
297808 genus
 
 297809 species common white-tern
 
 559174 genus
 
 559175 species little gull
 
 425640 genus
 
 425641 species Caspian tern; Raubseeschwalbe; Taranui
 
 1288289 genus
 
 1288292 species Audouin's gull
 
 320701 species sooty gull
 
 126702 species Great black-headed gull
 
 328043 species white-eyed gull
 
 1288290 species mediterranean gull
 
 328046 species relict gull
 
 297810 genus
 
 297811 species Inca tern
 
  Larus
8911 genus
 
 35669 species Silbermoewe; herring gull
 
 119635 species armenian gull
 
 328042 species
 
 328041 species
 
 666865 species
 
 119609 species caspian gull
 
 126681 species california gull
 
 28681 species mew gull
 
 179808 species
 
 126683 species ring-bill gull; ring-billed gull
 
 37036 species kelp gull
 
 8915 species lesser black-backed gull
 
 119606 species glaucous-winged gull
 
 542843 species
 
 118194 species Iceland gull
 
 287015 species king gull
 
 57072 species Heerman's gull
 
 174677 species Siberian gull
 
 119637 species glaucous gull
 
  - Larus livens
126703 species yellow-footed gull
 
  - Larus marinus
8912 species great black-backed gull
 
 119627 species yellow-legged gull
 
 119967 species Mongolian gull
 
 126713 species western gull
 
 328040 species
 
 126714 species Bonaparte's gull
 
 119607 species slaty-backed gull
 
 126717 species andean gull
 
 243888 species American herring gull
 
  - Larus thayeri
126718 species Thayer's gull
 
 119608 species East Siberian gull; Vega gull
 
 328018 genus
 
 126679 species Laughing gull
 
 328047 species Lava gull
 
 1471025 species Grey gull
 
 690715 species Franklin's gull
 
 328019 species Dolphin gull
 
 425647 genus
 
 564713 species
 
 564712 species bridled tern
 
 425648 species sooty tern
 
 564711 species grey-backed tern
 
  Pagophila
126720 genus
 
 126721 species ivory gull
 
  Phaetusa
297812 genus
 
 297813 species large-billed tern
 
  Pinguinus
94622 genus
 
 94623 species great auk
 
  - Procelsterna
1118832 genus
 
 328016 genus
 
 328017 species
 
  Rissa
70930 genus
 
 70931 species red-legged kittiwake
 
 75485 species black-legged kittiwake
 
  Rynchops
227183 genus
 
 227184 species black skimmer
 
 1132477 genus
 
  Sterna
70608 genus
 
 289485 species Roseate tern
 
 297819 species Forster's tern
 
 227186 species South American tern
 
 108405 species Flussseeschwalbe; Common tern
 
 279953 species arctic tern
 
 297824 species white-fronted tern
 
 297825 species black-naped tern
 
 297827 species snowy-crowned tern
 
 297828 species Antarctic tern
 
 2640654 no rank
 
  Sternula
425655 genus
 
 507597 species little tern
 
 471862 species Least Tern
 
 564722 species
 
 564720 species
 
 564719 species fairy tern
 
 564721 species
 
 425656 species
 
 555355 genus
 
 2705045 species Lesser crested-tern
 
 1843445 species great crested-tern
 
 2109560 species Chinese crested-tern; Chinese crested tern
 
 297817 species Elegant tern
 
 245877 species Cayenne tern
 
 555356 species royal tern; Royal tern
 
 126723 species Sandwich tern
 
  Xema
128049 genus
 
  - Xema sabini
128050 species Sabine's gull
 
 227190 family
 
 227191 genus
 
 227192 species plains-wanderer
 
 425629 family
 
 425627 genus
 
 425628 species
 
 225397 genus
 
 225398 species black-winged stilt
 
 227231 species black-necked stilt
 
 508667 species
 
 171274 genus
 
 227236 species American avocet
 
 507596 species
 
 171275 species Pied Avocet
 
 2202208 species
 
 118791 family
 
 227225 genus
 
 227226 species
 
 118792 genus
 
 118793 species greater painted-snipe
 
 8917 family snipes
 
  Actitis
190658 genus
 
 320702 species common sandpiper
 
 190659 species
 
 1233978 genus
 
  Aphriza
279929 genus
 
 279930 species surfbird
 
  Arenaria
54972 genus turnstones
 
 54971 species turnstone; ruddy turnstone
 
 279931 species turnstone; black turnstone
 
  Bartramia
279932 genus
 
 279933 species upland sandpiper
 
  Calidris
8918 genus
 
 192723 species
 
  - Calidris alba
279936 species sanderling
 
 8919 species dunlin
 
 279937 species Baird's sandpiper
 
 227173 species red knot
 
 217133 species curlew sandpiper
 
 279940 species white-rumped sandpiper
 
 279938 species stilt sandpiper
 
 28682 species
 
 279941 species western sandpiper
 
 240202 species pectoral sandpiper
 
 670340 species
 
 279935 species least sandpiper
 
 217132 species rock sandpiper
 
 198806 species ruff
 
 279961 species semi-palmated sandpiper; semipalmated sandpiper
 
 425635 species Spoon-billed sandpiper
 
 272047 species red-necked stint; rufous-necked stint
 
 670341 species
 
 1940537 species buff-breasted sandpiper
 
 328946 species
 
 171266 species
 
 2879217 species
 
 425630 genus
 
 425631 species Subantarctic snipe
 
 685734 species Chatham Islands snipe
 
 425634 genus
 
  Gallinago
107376 genus
 
 279947 species
 
 107377 species common snipe
 
 1381581 species Latham's snipe
 
 1178546 species Imperial snipe
 
 2774350 species
 
 114734 species great snipe
 
 1647392 species
 
 670344 species
 
 586766 species
 
 555258 species
 
 2802618 species
 
 433633 species pintail snipe
 
 1118562 species
 
  Limicola
425644 genus
 
 425645 species
 
 161677 genus
 
 279949 species shortbilled dowitcher
 
 161678 species
 
 1178547 species
 
 2640787 no rank
 
  Limosa
161679 genus
 
  - Limosa fedoa
162324 species
 
 162325 species
 
 161683 species bar-tailed godwit
 
 161680 species Uferschnepfe; black-tailed godwit
 
 107378 genus
 
 107379 species
 
  Numenius
32638 genus curlews
 
 279957 species long-billed curlew
 
 31919 species Eurasian curlew
 
 2854752 species
 
 927622 species
 
 171268 species Far Eastern curlew
 
 425646 species
 
 161676 species
 
 371918 species
 
 2448458 species Slender-billed curlew
 
 227174 genus
 
 279952 species red phalarope
 
 240204 species red-necked phalarope
 
 227175 species Wilson's phalarope
 
  - Philomachus
198805 genus
 
 1233976 genus
 
 1233977 species
 
 1233979 species
 
  Scolopax
56298 genus
 
 1032525 species
 
 56299 species American woodcock
 
  - Scolopax mira
1381582 species Amami woodcock
 
 100826 species Eurasian woodcock
 
  Tringa
161681 genus
 
 507598 species Grey-tailed tattler
 
 371904 species
 
 272050 species spotted redshank
 
 161739 species Lesser yellowlegs
 
 171269 species Wood sandpiper
 
 2604440 species Nordmann's greenshank
 
  - Tringa incana
507599 species Wandering tattler
 
 161682 species
 
 171270 species
 
 261960 species green sandpiper
 
 507600 species Willet
 
 279954 species solitary sandpiper
 
 322584 species
 
 171271 species
 
 2625771 no rank
 
  - Tryngites
279955 genus
 
  Xenus
171276 genus
 
 171277 species
 
 54049 family
 
 54057 genus
 
 555350 species Southern skua
 
 54052 species Chilean skua
 
 54058 species long-tailed skua; longtailed skua; long-tailed jaeger
 
 54054 species Lonnberg's skua; brown skua
 
 395889 species South polar skua
 
 54059 species
 
 54060 species
 
 54056 species great skua
 
 1380739 no rank
 
 9246 family buttonquails
 
  Turnix
9247 genus
 
 94828 species Hottentot buttonquail
 
 2448690 species Madagascar buttonquail
 
 292130 species red-chested buttonquail
 
 292133 species barred buttonquail
 
 9248 species small buttonquail; Andalusian buttonquail
 
  - Turnix tanki
261968 species yellow-legged buttonquail
 
  - Turnix varius
56307 species painted buttonquail
 
  - Turnix velox
2529409 species Little buttonquail
 
 2624445 no rank
 
 791175 no rank
 
 816708 species
 
 816709 species
 
 816710 species