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Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Limosa limosa, the black-tailed godwit, is a large migratory wader with distinct plumage and habitat preferences across its range.
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Limosa haemastica is a migratory bird with distinct plumage features that feeds on invertebrates and plant material.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758)
The bar-tailed godwit is a migratory wader famous for making the longest known non-stop flights of any bird.
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Limosa fedoa, the marbled godwit, is a large North American sandpiper that migrates between breeding and coastal wintering grounds.
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) is an 18 cm bird with lobed toes and distinct plumage variations by age, sex and season.
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phalaropus fulicarius, the red phalarope, is a small wader with distinct plumage variations by age, sex, and season.
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot, 1819)
Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) is a reversed sex-role shorebird common in North America with distinctive feeding behavior.
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812)
Bartramia longicauda, the upland sandpiper, is a long-tailed sandpiper that lives and breeds across open grassy North American habitats.
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775)
Xenus cinereus, the Terek sandpiper, is a distinctive migratory wader that is not considered a threatened species.
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Actitis hypoleucos, the common sandpiper, is a small Palearctic wading bird that migrates to southern regions for winter.
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766)
Actitis macularius, the spotted sandpiper, is a small North American wader bird with distinctive physical and behavioral traits.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rostratula benghalensis, the greater painted-snipe, is a sexually dimorphic medium-sized shorebird found across Africa and South/Southeast Asia.
Australian Painted-Snipe
Rostratula australis (Gould, 1838)
Rostratula australis, the Australian painted-snipe, is an endemic Australian wading bird of patchy distribution in shallow freshwater wetlands.
South American Painted-Snipe
Nycticryphes semicollaris (Vieillot, 1816)
Nycticryphes semicollaris, the South American painted-snipe, lives in southern South American lowland freshwater wetlands and has distinct plumage and physical traits.
Plains-wanderer
Pedionomus torquatus Gould, 1840
Pedionomus torquatus, the plains-wanderer, is a unique quail-like ground bird in its own family, native to open grasslands.
Snowy-crowned Tern
Sterna trudeaui Audubon, 1838
Sterna trudeaui, the snowy-crowned tern, is a bird species with defined plumage traits and a South American range.
River Tern
Sterna aurantia J.E.Gray, 1831
Sterna aurantia, the river tern, is a medium-large Asian tern with decreasing populations due to habitat threats.
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
Sterna dougallii, the roseate tern, is a small-medium marine tern with distinctive pink breeding underparts that occasionally steals food from other seabirds.
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
Sterna paradisaea, the Arctic tern, is a medium-sized migratory seabird famous for the longest animal migration on Earth.
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Sterna hirundo, the common tern, is a migratory seabird with detailed plumage, range, and feeding traits described.
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822
Sterna sumatrana, the black-naped tern, is a small seabird with a characteristic black neck band that lives on Indo-Pacific rocky shores.
South American Tern
Sterna hirundinacea R.Lesson, 1831
Sterna hirundinacea, the South American tern, is a larger tern relative found along the coasts of southern South America.
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834
Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) is a medium-sized North American marsh tern that has different plumage for breeding and non-breeding seasons, and nests colonially.
Black-bellied Tern
Sterna acuticauda J.E.Gray, 1831
This is a summary of the black-bellied tern, an inland South Asian river tern with specific plumage and feeding habits.
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