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Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Limosa limosa, the black-tailed godwit, is a large migratory wader with distinct…
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Limosa haemastica is a migratory bird with distinct plumage features that feeds …
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758)
The bar-tailed godwit is a migratory wader famous for making the longest known n…
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Limosa fedoa, the marbled godwit, is a large North American sandpiper that migra…
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) is an 18 cm bird with lobed toes and d…
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phalaropus fulicarius, the red phalarope, is a small wader with distinct plumage…
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot, 1819)
Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) is a reversed sex-role shorebird common…
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812)
Bartramia longicauda, the upland sandpiper, is a long-tailed sandpiper that live…
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775)
Xenus cinereus, the Terek sandpiper, is a distinctive migratory wader that is no…
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Actitis hypoleucos, the common sandpiper, is a small Palearctic wading bird that…
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766)
Actitis macularius, the spotted sandpiper, is a small North American wader bird …
Greater Painted-Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rostratula benghalensis, the greater painted-snipe, is a sexually dimorphic medi…
Australian Painted-Snipe
Rostratula australis (Gould, 1838)
Rostratula australis, the Australian painted-snipe, is an endemic Australian wad…
South American Painted-Snipe
Nycticryphes semicollaris (Vieillot, 1816)
Nycticryphes semicollaris, the South American painted-snipe, lives in southern S…
Plains-wanderer
Pedionomus torquatus Gould, 1840
Pedionomus torquatus, the plains-wanderer, is a unique quail-like ground bird in…
Snowy-crowned Tern
Sterna trudeaui Audubon, 1838
Sterna trudeaui, the snowy-crowned tern, is a bird species with defined plumage …
River Tern
Sterna aurantia J.E.Gray, 1831
Sterna aurantia, the river tern, is a medium-large Asian tern with decreasing po…
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
Sterna dougallii, the roseate tern, is a small-medium marine tern with distincti…
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
Sterna paradisaea, the Arctic tern, is a medium-sized migratory seabird famous f…
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Sterna hirundo, the common tern, is a migratory seabird with detailed plumage, r…
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822
Sterna sumatrana, the black-naped tern, is a small seabird with a characteristic…
South American Tern
Sterna hirundinacea R.Lesson, 1831
Sterna hirundinacea, the South American tern, is a larger tern relative found al…
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) is a medium-sized North American marsh tern tha…
Black-bellied Tern
Sterna acuticauda J.E.Gray, 1831
This is a summary of the black-bellied tern, an inland South Asian river tern wi…
