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Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus


Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris

Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus

Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus

River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii

Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus

Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albicepss

Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris

Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus

Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus


African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus

Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus
Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus


Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus

Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis

Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

European Golden Plover Vanellus apricaria

New Zealand Plover Charadrius obscurus

Common Ringed Plover Charadius hiaticula


Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia


Kittlitz's Plover Charadricus pecuarius

Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris



White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus


Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus

Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus


Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii

Rufous-chested Plover Charadrius modestus

Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops

Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus


Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius


Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis


Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus


Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidus indicus


Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa


Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana


African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
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Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

Magellanic Snipe Gallinago magellanica

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis

Spotted Redshank Tringa eryythropus
Common Redshank Tringa totanus

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola


Grey-tailed Tatler Tringa brevipes

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres



Sanderling Calidris alba

Little Stint Calidris minuta


Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima


Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis


Dunlin Calidris alpina

Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii


Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola

Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis


Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger

African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris



Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridzctyla


Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris

Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea

Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Red-billed Gull Chroicocephalus scopulinus

Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus

Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii

Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii

Lava Gull Leucophaeus fuliginosus

Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla

Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Pallas's Gull Gull Leucophaeus ichthyaetus

Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris

Mew Gull Larus canus

Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus

Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens


Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus


European Herring Gull Larus argentatus

Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus


Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus


Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica

Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia


Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus

Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii


Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Yellow-billed Tern Sternula supercillaris


Peruvian Tern Sternula lorata
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
River Tern Sterna aurantia

Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Whit-fronted Tern Sterna striata
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana

Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea


Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata

Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida

Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex


Inca Tern Larosterna inca

South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki

Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus

Great Skua Stercorarius skua

Parasitic Jaeger Brown Skua Stercorarius parasiticus


Arctic Skua Stercorarius longicaudus
Little Auk Alle alle

Thick-billed Mure Uria lomvia


Common Murre Uria aalge

Razorbill Alca torda


Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle


Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba


Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus
Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea
Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella



Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica



Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata


Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata



Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus

Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelii

Rock Dove Columba livia

Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea

White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques
Stock Dove Columba oenas
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Lemon Dove Columba larvata

Scaled Pigeon Patagionenas speciosa
Picazuro Pigeon Patagionenas picazuro

Band-tailed Pigeon Patagionenas fasciata
Pale-vented Pigeon Patagionenas cayennensis

Red-billed Pigeon Patagionenas flavirostris
Plumbeous Pigeon Patagionenas plumbea
Short-billed Pigeon Patagionenas nigriostris

European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens

Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis

Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea

Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens

Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata

Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola


Red Turtle Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica

Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis

Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis

MacKinlay's Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi
Emerald-spotted Dove Turtur chacospilos


Tamborine Dove Turtur tympanistria
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis

Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris

Zebra Dove Geopelia striata

Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata

Scaled Dove Columbia squammata

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
West Peruvian Dove Zenaida meloda
Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti

Croaking Ground Dove Columbina cruziana

White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi

White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps


Ochre-bellied Dove Leptotila ochraceiventris

Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica

Orange-breasted Emerald Dove Treron bicinctus

Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus

Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia

Madagascan Green Pigeon Treron australis


African Green Pigeon Treron calvus

Tanna Fruit Dove Ptilinopus tannensis


Red-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus greyi


Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus solomonensis

Claret-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus viridis


Dwarf Fruit Dove Ptilinopus nainus

Madagascan Blue Pigeon Alectroenas madagascarensis

Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea

Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica

Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon Ducla rubricera
Island Imperial Pigeon Ducla pistrinaria

Chestnut-bellied Imperial Pigeon Ducla brenchleyi

Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducla pinon

Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducla badia

New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae

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