Bird Families of the World

Order: Charadriiformes

19 families, 389 species (8 extinct)

Family #034

Magellanic Plover (Pluvianellidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Neotropical endemic (Argentina and Chile)
  • IOC family #038 , HBW family #058, H&M family #056 (Sheathbills and Magellanic-plover)
  • wf253 status: 34% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Argentina, 2017 
  • Finding Hints
Magellanic PloverPluvianellus socialis..

Magellanic Plover, Argentina 2017

Family #035

Sheathbills (Chionidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Neotropical endemic 
  • IOC family #039, HBW family #057, H&M family #056 (Sheathbills and Magellanic-plover)
  • wf253 status: 41% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Argentina, 2017 
  • Finding Hints
Snowy SheathbillChionis albus..
Black-faced SheathbillChionis minor 

Snowy-Sheathbill, Argentina 2017

Family #036

Thick-knees (Burhinidae)

  • Species: 10
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Neotropic, Palearctic 
  • IOC family #037 (Stone-curlews, Thick-knees), HBW family #056, H&M family #055
  • wf253 status: 94% members ticked
  • OH: 9 seen and photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
Double-striped Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus bistriatus 
Peruvian Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus superciliaris..
Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostris..
Beach Thick-kneeEsacus magnirostris..
Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis..
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus..
Bush Thick-kneeBurhinus grallarius..
Eurasian Thick-kneeBurhinus oedicnemus..
Indian Thick-kneeBurhinus indicus..
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis..

1 Eurasian Thick-knee, Israel; 2 Bush Thick-knee, Australia; 3 Spotted Thick-knee, Tanzania; 4 Senegal Thick-Knee, Israel; 5 Peruvian Thick-knee, Peru; 6 Water Thick-knee, South Africa; 7 Beach Thick-knee, Australia; 8 Great Stone-curlew, India; 9 Indian Stone-curlew, India

Family #037

Egyptian Plover (Pluvianidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic 
  • IOC family #044 , HBW family #059, H&M family #057
  • wf253 status: 42% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Ghana, 2016
  • Finding Hints
Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius..

Egyptian Plover, Ghana 2016

Family #038

Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)

  • Species: 9
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #042 , HBW family #062, H&M family #059
  • wf253 status: 100% members ticked
  • OH: 8 seen and photographed, first seen in Israel, 1977
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus..
Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus..
Black StiltHimantopus novaezelandiae..
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus..
Banded StiltCladorhynchus leucocephalus..
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta..
Red-necked AvocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiae..
Andean AvocetRecurvirostra andina 
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana..

1 Red-necked Avocet, Australia; 2 Pied Stilt, Australia; 3 Black Stilt (Kaki), New Zealand; 4 Black-winged Stilt, Israel; 5 Black-necked  Stilt (White-backed), Brazil; 6 Banded Stilt, Australia; 7 Black-necked Stilt (Black-necked), USA; 8 Pied Avocet, Israel; 9 American Avocet, USA

Family #039

Ibisbill (Ibidorhynchidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Indomalaya,  Palearctic 
  • IOC family #041 , HBW family #061, H&M family #058 (Oystercatchers and Ibisbill)
  • wf253 status: 49% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in India, 2020
  • Finding Hints
IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersii..

Ibisbill, India 2020

Family #040

Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)

  • Species: 12 (1 extinct)
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #040 , HBW family #060, H&M family #058 (Oystercatchers and Ibisbill)
  • wf253 status: 97% members ticked
  • OH: 10 seen, 9 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1977
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus..
Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris..
South Island OystercatcherHaematopus finschi..
Chatham Islands OystercatcherHaematopus chathamensis 
Variable OystercatcherHaematopus unicolor..
Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus..
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus..
African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini..
Canarian OystercatcherHaematopus meadewaldoiexinct
Blackish OystercatcherHaematopus ater..
Magellanic OystercatcherHaematopus leucopodus..
Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani.

1 South Island Oystercatcher, New Zealand; 2 Pied Oystercatcher, Australia; 3 Eurasian Oystercatcher, Denmark; 4 Magellanic Oystercatcher, Argentina; 5 American Oystercatcher, Peru; 6 Blackish Oystercatcher, Peru; 7 African Oystercatcher, South Africa; 8 Variable Oystercatcher, New Zealand; 9 Sooty Oystercatcher, Australia

Family #041

Plovers and Lapwings (Charadriidae)

  • Species: 69
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #043 , HBW family #063, H&M family #060
  • wf253 status: 100% members ticked
  • OH: 51 seen, 46 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola..
European Golden-PloverPluvialis apricaria..
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica..
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva..
Tawny-throated DotterelOreopholus ruficollis..
Pied PloverHoploxypterus cayanus.
Diademed Sandpiper-PloverPhegornis mitchellii 
Rufous-chested DotterelZonibyx modestus 
Eurasian DotterelEudromias morinellus..
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus..
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula..
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus..
Piping PloverCharadrius melodus 
Hooded PloverThinornis cucullatus..
Black-fronted DotterelThinornis melanops..
Shore PloverThinornis novaeseelandiae 
Forbes’s PloverThinornis forbesi 
Three-banded PloverThinornis tricollaris..
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius..
Long-billed PloverThinornis placidus 
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus..
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris..
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus..
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus..
River LapwingVanellus duvaucelii..
Yellow-wattled LapwingVanellus malabaricus 
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus.
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps.
Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris..
Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus.
Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus..
Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus..
Spot-breasted LapwingVanellus melanocephalus 
Brown-chested LapwingVanellus superciliosus..
Gray-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus..
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus..
Javan LapwingVanellus macropterus 
Banded LapwingVanellus tricolor..
Masked LapwingVanellus miles..
Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius..
White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus..
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis..
Andean LapwingVanellus resplendens 
Red-kneed DotterelErythrogonys cinctus..
Inland DotterelPeltohyas australis..
Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus..
Oriental PloverAnarhynchus veredus 
Siberian Sand-PloverAnarhynchus mongolus 
Tibetan Sand-PloverAnarhynchus atrifrons..
Greater Sand-PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii..
Double-banded PloverAnarhynchus bicinctus..
WrybillAnarhynchus frontalis..
Red-breasted DotterelAnarhynchus obscurus..
Wilson’s PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia.
Collared PloverAnarhynchus collaris..
Mountain PloverAnarhynchus montanus..
Puna PloverAnarhynchus alticola 
Two-banded PloverAnarhynchus falklandicus..
Madagascar PloverAnarhynchus thoracicus 
Kittlitz’s PloverAnarhynchus pecuarius..
St. Helena PloverAnarhynchus sanctaehelenae 
Red-capped PloverAnarhynchus ruficapillus..
Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus.
Chestnut-banded PloverAnarhynchus pallidus 
Malaysian PloverAnarhynchus peronii..
White-fronted PloverAnarhynchus marginatus..
Javan PloverAnarhynchus javanicus 
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus..
White-faced PloverAnarhynchus dealbatus 

Inland Dotterel, Australia 2018

1 Black-bellied Plover, Israel; 2 European Golden-Plover, Norway; 3 American Golden-Plover, Israel; 4 Pacific Golden-Plover, Israel; 5 Tawny-throated Dotterel, Peru; 6 Northern Lapwing, Israel; 7 Blacksmith Plover, South Africa; 8 Spur-winged Plover, Uganda; 9 Crowned Lapwing, South Africa; 10 Gray-headed Lapwing, Thailand; 11 Red-wattled Lapwing, Thailand; 12 Masked Lapwing, Australia; 13 Sociable Lapwing, Israel; 14 White-tailed Lapwing, Israel; 15 Pied Lapwing, Peru;16 Southern Lapwing, Brazil; 17 Lesser Sand-Plover, Israel; 18 Greater Sand-Plover, Israel; 19 Collared Plover, Ecuador; 20 Caspian Plover, Israel; 21 Double-banded Plover, Australia; 22 Kittlitz’s Plover, Israel; 23 Red-capped Plover, Australia; 24 Malaysian Plover, Thailand; 25 Kentish Plover, Israel; 26 Semipalmated Plover, Peru; 27 Little Ringed Plover, Israel; 28 Wattled Lapwing, Uganda; 29 Common Ringed Plover, Israel; 30 Mountain Plover, USA; 31 Three-banded Plover, South Africa; 32 Killdeer, USA; 33 Red-kneed Dotterel, Australia; 34 Two-banded Plover, Argentina; 35 Long-toed Lapwing, Uganda; 36 Inland Dotterel, Australia; 37 Black-fronted Dotterel, Australia; 38 Eurasian Dotterel, Denmark; 39 White-fronted Plover, Madagascar; 40 Red-breasted Dottere, New Zealand; 41 Wrybill, New Zealand; 42 Senegal Lapwing, Uganda; 43 Brown-chested Lapwing, Uganda; 44 River Lapwing, India; 45 Banded Lapwing, Australia; 46 Hooded Dotterel, Australia

Family #042

Plains-wanderer (Pedionomidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (Australia)
  • IOC family #047 , HBW family #064, H&M family #061
  • wf253 status: 28% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Australia, 2022
  • Finding Hints
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus  ..

Plains-wanderer, Australia 2022

Family #043

Seedsnipes (Thinocoridae)

  • Species: 4
  • Distribution: Neotropical endemic 
  • IOC family #048 , HBW family #065, H&M family #062
  • wf253 status: 69% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen, 1 photographed, first seen in Peru, 2009
Rufous-bellied SeedsnipeAttagis gayi 
White-bellied SeedsnipeAttagis malouinus 
Gray-breasted SeedsnipeThinocorus orbignyianus.
Least SeedsnipeThinocorus rumicivorus..

Least-Seedsnipe, Peru 2009

Family #044

Painted-Snipes (Rostratulidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Neotropic, Palearctic 
  • IOC family #045 , HBW family #066, H&M family #063
  • wf253 status: 77% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Israel, 1979
Greater Painted-SnipeRostratula benghalensis..
Australian Painted-SnipeRostratula australis 
South American Painted-SnipeNycticryphes semicollaris 

Greater Painted-Snipe, Israel 2011

Family #045

Jacanas (Jacanidae)

  • Species: 8
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Nearctic, Neotropic
  • IOC family #046 , HBW family #067, H&M family #064
  • wf253 status: 94% members ticked
  • OH: 7 seen and photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983
Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis 
African JacanaActophilornis africanus..
Madagascar JacanaActophilornis albinucha..
Comb-crested JacanaIrediparra gallinacea..
Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus..
Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus..
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa..
Wattled JacanaJacana jacana..

1 Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Thailand; 2 Bronze-winged Jacana, Thailand; 3 Comb-crested Jacana, Australia; 4 African Jacana, South Africa; 5 Northern Jacana, Mexico; 6 Wattled Jacana, Brazil; 7 Madagascan Jacana, Madagascar

Family #046

Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)

  • Species: 97 (5 extinct)
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #049 (Sandpipers, Snipes) , HBW family #068 (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes), H&M family #065
  • wf253 status: 100% members ticked
  • OH: 63 seen, 55 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1977
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda 
Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis 
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus..
Little CurlewNumenius minutus 
Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealis 
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus..
Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis..
Slender-billed CurlewNumenius tenuirostris 
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata..
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica..
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa..
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica 
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa..
Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus 
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus..
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus..
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus..
American WoodcockScolopax minor 
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola..
Amami WoodcockScolopax mira 
Bukidnon WoodcockScolopax bukidnonensis 
Javan WoodcockScolopax saturata 
New Guinea WoodcockScolopax rosenbergii 
Sulawesi WoodcockScolopax celebensis 
Moluccan WoodcockScolopax rochussenii 
North Island SnipeCoenocorypha barrierensisexinct
South Island SnipeCoenocorypha iredaleiexinct
Chatham Islands SnipeCoenocorypha pusilla 
Snares SnipeCoenocorypha huegeli 
Subantarctic SnipeCoenocorypha aucklandica 
Imperial SnipeGallinago imperialis 
Jameson’s SnipeGallinago jamesoni 
Fuegian SnipeGallinago stricklandii 
Solitary SnipeGallinago solitaria 
Wood SnipeGallinago nemoricola 
Great SnipeGallinago media.
Swinhoe’s SnipeGallinago megala.
Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura..
Latham’s SnipeGallinago hardwickii.
African SnipeGallinago nigripennis.
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago..
Wilson’s SnipeGallinago delicata..
Giant SnipeGallinago undulata 
Noble SnipeGallinago nobilis 
Puna SnipeGallinago andina 
Madagascar SnipeGallinago macrodactyla.
Pantanal SnipeGallinago paraguaiae..
Magellanic SnipeGallinago magellanica 
Wilson’s PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor..
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius..
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus..
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus..
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos..
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius..
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus..
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria..
Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes..
Wandering TattlerTringa incana..
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis..
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola..
Common RedshankTringa totanus..
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes..
Nordmann’s GreenshankTringa guttifer..
WilletTringa semipalmata..
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus..
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia..
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca..
Kiritimati SandpiperProsobonia cancellataexinct
White-winged SandpiperProsobonia leucopteraexinct
Moorea SandpiperProsobonia ellisiexinct
Tuamotu SandpiperProsobonia parvirostris 
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres..
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala.
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris..
Red KnotCalidris canutus..
SurfbirdCalidris virgata..
RuffCalidris pugnax..
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus..
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata..
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea..
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus.
Temminck’s StintCalidris temminckii..
Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta..
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis.
Spoon-billed SandpiperCalidris pygmaea..
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis..
SanderlingCalidris alba..
DunlinCalidris alpina..
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima..
Rock SandpiperCalidris ptilocnemis 
Baird’s SandpiperCalidris bairdii..
Little StintCalidris minuta..
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis..
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla..
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos..
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri..
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla.

Curlew Sandpiper, Israel 2015

Pin-tailed Snipe, Israel 2021

1 Common Sandpiper, Israel; 2 Spotted Sandpiper, USA; 3 Green Sandpiper, Israel; 4 Solitary Sandpiper, Mexico; 5 Gray-tailed Tattler, Australia; 6 Wandering Tattler, USA; 7 Spotted Redshank, Israel; 8 Greater Yellowlegs, Peru; 9 Long-toed Stint, Australia; 10 Common Greenshank, Israel; 11 Nordmann’s Greenshank, Thailand; 12 Willet, Peru; 13 Lesser Yellowlegs, Israel; 14 Marsh Sandpiper, Israel; 15 Common Redshank, Norway; 16 Wood Sandpiper, Israel; 17 Whimbrel, Peru; 18 Eurasian Curlew, Denmark; 19 Long-billed Curlew, USA; 20 Far Eastern Curlew, New Zealand; 21 Black-tailed Godwit, Denmark; 22 Bar-tailed Godwit, Israel; 23 Marbled Godwit, USA; 24 Ruddy Turnstone, Israel; 25 Surfbird, USA; 26 Great Knot, Australia; 27 Jack Snipe, Israel; 28 Red Knot, Israel; 29 Sanderling, Israel; 30 Western Sandpiper, USA; 31 Little Stint, Israel; 32 Temminck’s Stint, Norway; 33 Least Sandpiper, USA; 34 Pectoral Sandpiper, Israel; 35 White-rumped Sandpiper, Argentina; 36 Baird’s Sandpiper, Argentina; 37 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Australia; 38 Purple Sandpiper, Norway; 39 Dunlin, Israel; 40 Curlew Sandpiper, Israel; 41 Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Thailand; 42 Broad-billed Sandpiper, Israel; 43 Ruff, Norway; 44 Short-billed Dowitcher, USA; 45 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Israel; 46 Long-billed Dowitcher, USA; 47 Wilson’s Snipe, USA; 48 Common Snipe, Israel; 49 South American Snipe, Argentina; 50 Great Snipe, Israel; 51 Pin-tailed Snipe, Israel; 52 Red-necked Phalarope, Israel; 53 Red Phalarope, Israel; 54 Eurasian Woodcock, Thailand; 55 Terek Sandpiper, Israel

Family #047

Buttonquail (Turnicidae)

  • Species: 18 (1 extinct)
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Palearctic 
  • IOC family #036 , HBW family #069, H&M family #066
  • wf253 status: 70% members ticked
  • OH: 4 seen, 3 photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983
Yellow-legged ButtonquailTurnix tanki 
Red-backed ButtonquailTurnix maculosus 
Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator..
Spotted ButtonquailTurnix ocellatus 
Small ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus.
Little ButtonquailTurnix velox 
Red-chested ButtonquailTurnix pyrrhothorax 
Luzon ButtonquailTurnix worcesteri 
Sumba ButtonquailTurnix everetti 
Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanus 
Fynbos ButtonquailTurnix hottentottus 
Chestnut-backed ButtonquailTurnix castanotus 
Buff-breasted ButtonquailTurnix olivii 
Painted ButtonquailTurnix varius..
New Caledonian ButtonquailTurnix novaecaledoniae(extinct)
Black-breasted ButtonquailTurnix melanogaster 
Madagascar ButtonquailTurnix nigricollis..
Quail-ploverOrtyxelos meiffrenii 

 

1 Madagascan Buttonquail, Madagascar; 2 Barred Buttonquail, Sulawesi (ID); 3 Painted Buttonquail, Australia

Family #048

Crab-Plover (Dromadidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Indomalaya, Palearctic 
  • IOC family #050 , HBW family #070, H&M family #067
  • wf253 status: 56% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983
Crab-PloverDromas ardeola..

Crab-Plover, Madagascar 2016

Family #049

Pratincoles and Coursers (Glareolidae)

  • Species: 17
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Palearctic 
  • IOC family #051 (Coursers, Pratincoles), HBW family #071 (Coursers, Pratincoles), H&M family #068 (Coursers and Pratincoles)
  • wf253 status: 90% members ticked
  • OH: 10 seen and photographed, first seen in Israel, 1979
Double-banded CourserSmutsornis africanus..
Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus 
Jerdon’s CourserRhinoptilus bitorquatus 
Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus..
Temminck’s CourserCursorius temminckii 
Indian CourserCursorius coromandelicus 
Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor..
Somali CourserCursorius somalensis 
Burchell’s CourserCursorius rufus 
Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis..
Australian PratincoleGlareola isabella..
Gray PratincoleGlareola cinerea 
Small PratincoleGlareola lactea..
Madagascar PratincoleGlareola ocularis..
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola..
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni..
Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum..

Three-banded Courser, Tanzania 2021

1 Cream-colored Courser, Israel; 2 Madagascan Pratincole, Madagascar; 3 Oriental Pratincole, Thailand; 4 Black-winged Pratincole, Israel; 5 Australian Pratincole, Australia; 6 Double-banded Courser, Tanzania; 7 Small Pratincole, India; 8 Rock Pratincole, Ghana; 9 Collared Pratincole, Israel

Family #050

Skuas and Jaegers (Stercorariidae)

  • Species: 7
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #053 (Skuas) , HBW family #073 (Skuas), H&M family #070
  • wf253 status: 95% members ticked
  • OH: 5 seen, 3 photographed, first seen in Egypt, 1977
Great SkuaStercorarius skua.
Chilean SkuaStercorarius chilensis 
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki.
Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus 
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus..
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus..
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus..

1 Long-tailed Jaeger, Norway ; 2 Pomarine Jaeger, Norway; 3 Parasitic Jaeger, Israel

Family #051

Auks, Murres, and Puffins (Alcidae)

  • Species: 25 (1 extinct)
  • Distribution: Nearctic, Palearctic
  • IOC family #054 (Auks) , HBW family #074 (Auks), H&M family #069 (Auks)
  • wf253 status: 89% members ticked
  • OH: 9 seen and photographed, first seen in Ireland, 2008
DovekieAlle alle..
Common MurreUria aalge..
Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia..
RazorbillAlca torda..
Great AukPinguinus impennis(extinct)
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle..
Pigeon GuillemotCepphus columba..
Spectacled GuillemotCepphus carbo 
Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdix 
Marbled MurreletBrachyramphus marmoratus..
Kittlitz’s MurreletBrachyramphus brevirostris 
Scripps’s MurreletSynthliboramphus scrippsi 
Guadalupe MurreletSynthliboramphus hypoleucus 
Craveri’s MurreletSynthliboramphus craveri 
Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus 
Japanese MurreletSynthliboramphus wumizusume 
Cassin’s AukletPtychoramphus aleuticus 
Parakeet AukletAethia psittacula 
Least AukletAethia pusilla 
Whiskered AukletAethia pygmaea 
Crested AukletAethia cristatella 
Rhinoceros AukletCerorhinca monocerata..
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica..
Horned PuffinFratercula corniculata 
Tufted PuffinFratercula cirrhata 

1 Thick-billed Murre, Norway; 2 Common Murre, Ireland; 3 Razorbill, Ireland; 4 Atlantic Puffin, Ireland; 5 Rhinoceros Auklet, USA; 6 Little Auk, Netherlands; 7 Black Guillemot, Norway; 8 Pigeon Guillemot, USA; 9 Marbled Murrelet, USA

Family #052

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Laridae)

  • Species: 103
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #052 , HBW family #072, H&M family #071
  • wf253 status: 100% members ticked
  • OH: 70 seen, 61 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
Swallow-tailed GullCreagrus furcatus 
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus..
Ross’s GullRhodostethia rosea.
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla..
Red-legged KittiwakeRissa brevirostris 
Ivory GullPagophila eburnea 
Sabine’s GullXema sabini..
Saunders’s GullSaundersilarus saundersi 
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei..
Bonaparte’s GullChroicocephalus philadelphia..
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae..
Black-billed GullChroicocephalus bulleri..
Andean GullChroicocephalus serranus 
Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis..
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus..
Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus..
Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus..
Hartlaub’s GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii..
Gray GullLeucophaeus modestus..
Dolphin GullLeucophaeus scoresbii..
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla..
Franklin’s GullLeucophaeus pipixcan..
Lava GullLeucophaeus fuliginosus 
Pallas’s GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus..
Relict GullIchthyaetus relictus 
Audouin’s GullIchthyaetus audouinii.
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus..
Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii.
White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus..
Pacific GullLarus pacificus..
Belcher’s GullLarus belcheri..
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris 
Olrog’s GullLarus atlanticus 
Heermann’s GullLarus heermanni..
Common GullLarus canus..
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus.
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis..
Yellow-footed GullLarus livens 
Western GullLarus occidentalis..
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans..
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus..
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus.
Vega GullLarus vegae 
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus 
European Herring GullLarus argentatus..
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis..
Armenian GullLarus armenicus..
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus..
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus..
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus..
California GullLarus californicus..
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens..
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus 
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides.
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris 
Indian SkimmerRynchops albicollis 
Black SkimmerRynchops niger..
White TernGygis alba 
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus..
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris 
Black NoddyAnous minutus.
Gray NoddyAnous albivitta 
Blue-gray NoddyAnous ceruleus 
Aleutian TernOnychoprion aleuticus 
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus..
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus..
Gray-backed TernOnychoprion lunatus 
Little TernSternula albifrons..
Saunders’s TernSternula saundersi.
Damara TernSternula balaenarum 
Australian Fairy TernSternula nereis.
Least TernSternula antillarum.
Yellow-billed TernSternula superciliaris..
Peruvian TernSternula lorata..
Large-billed TernPhaetusa simplex..
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica..
Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsa.
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia..
Inca TernLarosterna inca..
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida..
Black-fronted TernChlidonias albostriatus..
Black TernChlidonias niger..
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus..
River TernSterna aurantia..
Forster’s TernSterna forsteri..
Snowy-crowned TernSterna trudeaui 
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea.
South American TernSterna hirundinacea..
Antarctic TernSterna vittata 
Kerguelen TernSterna virgata 
Common TernSterna hirundo..
White-cheeked TernSterna repressa..
Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana 
Roseate TernSterna dougallii..
White-fronted TernSterna striata..
Black-bellied TernSterna acuticauda 
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis..
Elegant TernThalasseus elegans 
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis..
West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis 
Royal TernThalasseus maximus..
Great Crested TernThalasseus bergii..
Chinese Crested TernThalasseus bernsteini 

Pacific Gull, Australia 2018

Greater Crested Tern, Australia 2018

Inca Tern, Peru 2009

1 Black-legged Kittiwake, Israel; 2 Sabine’s Gull, Israel; 3 Slender-billed Gull, Israel; 4 Bonaparte’s Gull, USA; 5 Silver Gull, Australia; 6 Gray-hooded Gull, Peru; 7 Hartlaub’s Gull, South Africa; 8 Ring-billed Gull, USA; 9 Pallas’s Gull, Israel; 10 Brown-hooded Gull, Argentina; 11 Dolphin Gull, Argentina; 12 Black-headed Gull, Israel; 13 Brown-headed Gull, Thailand; 14 Gray Gull, Peru; 15 Laughing Gull, USA; 16 Franklin’s Gull, Mexico; 17 Mediterranean Gull, Israel; 18 White-eyed Gull, Israel; 19 Black-billed Gull, New Zealand; 20 Glaucous Gull, Denmark; 21 Belcher’s Gull, Peru; 22 Heermann’s Gull, USA; 23 Mew Gull, Denmark; 24 Western Gull, USA; 25 Herring Gull, Denmark; 26 California Gull, USA; 27 American Herring Gull, USA; 28 Yellow-legged Gull, Israel; 29 Great Black-backed Gull, Ireland; 30 Kelp Gull, South Africa; 31 Armenian Gull, Israel; 32 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Israel; 33 Caspian Gull, Israel; 34 Common Noddy, Australia; 35 Sooty Tern, Australia; 36 Bridled Tern, Israel; 37 Little Tern, Denmark; 38 Yellow-billed Tern, Peru; 39 Peruvian Tern, Peru; 40 Glaucous-winged Gull, USA; 41 Pacific Gull, Australia; 42 Caspian Tern, Israel; 43 Forster’s Tern, USA; 44 White-winged Tern, Israel; 45 Whiskered Tern, Israel; 46 Inca Tern, Peru; 47 Great Crested Tern, South Africa; 48 Black Skimmer, Peru; 49 White-fronted Tern, New Zealand; 50 Black-fronted Tern, New Zealand; 51 Gull-billed Tern, Israel; 52 Little Gull, Israel; 53 Black Tern, Israel; 54 River Tern, India; 55 Lesser Crested Tern, Madagascar; 56 Roseate Tern, Madagascar; 57 Common Tern, Thailand; 58 South American Tern, Peru; 59 Large-billed Tern, Brazil; 60 White-cheeked Tern, Israel; 61 Royal Tern, USA; 62 Sandwich Tern, Israel

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