| IOC English Name |
Scientific Name |
Comments |
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ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES |
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Stone-curlews, Thick-knees |
Family Burhinidae |
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| Eurasian Stone-curlew |
Burhinus oedicnemus |
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| Senegal Thick-knee |
Burhinus senegalensis |
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| Water Thick-knee |
Burhinus vermiculatus |
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| Spotted Thick-knee |
Burhinus capensis |
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| Double-striped Thick-knee |
Burhinus bistriatus |
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| Peruvian Thick-knee |
Burhinus superciliaris |
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| Bush Stone-curlew |
Burhinus grallarius |
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| Great Stone-curlew |
Esacus recurvirostris |
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| Beach Stone-curlew |
Esacus neglectus |
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Sheathbills and Allies |
Family Chionidae |
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| Snowy Sheathbill |
Chionis albus |
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| Black-faced Sheathbill |
Chionis minor |
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| Magellanic Plover |
Pluvianellus socialis |
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Oystercatchers |
Family Haematopidae |
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| Magellanic Oystercatcher |
Haematopus leucopodus |
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| Blackish Oystercatcher |
Haematopus ater |
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| Black Oystercatcher |
Haematopus bachmani |
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| American Oystercatcher |
Haematopus palliatus |
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| African Oystercatcher |
Haematopus moquini |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher |
Haematopus ostralegus |
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| South Island Oystercatcher |
Haematopus finschi |
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| Pied Oystercatcher |
Haematopus longirostris |
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| Variable Oystercatcher |
Haematopus unicolor |
DIS (1) |
| Chatham Oystercatcher |
Haematopus chathamensis |
AS (2) |
| Sooty Oystercatcher |
Haematopus fuliginosus |
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Crab-plover |
Family Dromadidae |
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| Crab-plover |
Dromas ardeola |
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Ibisbill |
Family Ibidorhynchidae |
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| Ibisbill |
Ibidorhyncha struthersii |
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Stilts, Avocets |
Family Recurvirostridae |
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| Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
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| White-headed Stilt |
Himantopus leucocephalus |
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| Black-necked Stilt |
Himantopus mexicanus |
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| White-backed Stilt |
Himantopus melanurus |
PS (3) |
| Black Stilt |
Himantopus novaezelandiae |
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| Banded Stilt |
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus |
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| Pied Avocet |
Recurvirostra avosetta |
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| American Avocet |
Recurvirostra americana |
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| Red-necked Avocet |
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae |
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| Andean Avocet |
Recurvirostra andina |
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Plovers |
Family Charadriidae |
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| Northern Lapwing |
Vanellus vanellus |
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| Long-toed Lapwing |
Vanellus crassirostris |
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| Blacksmith Lapwing |
Vanellus armatus |
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| Spur-winged Lapwing |
Vanellus spinosus |
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| River Lapwing |
Vanellus duvaucelii |
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| Black-headed Lapwing |
Vanellus tectus |
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| Yellow-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus malabaricus |
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| White-crowned Lapwing |
Vanellus albiceps |
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| Senegal Lapwing |
Vanellus lugubris |
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| Black-winged Lapwing |
Vanellus melanopterus |
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| Crowned Lapwing |
Vanellus coronatus |
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| African Wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus senegallus |
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| Spot-breasted Lapwing |
Vanellus melanocephalus |
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| Brown-chested Lapwing |
Vanellus superciliosus |
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| Grey-headed Lapwing |
Vanellus cinereus |
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| Red-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus indicus |
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| Javan Lapwing |
Vanellus macropterus |
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| Banded Lapwing |
Vanellus tricolor |
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| Masked Lapwing |
Vanellus miles |
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| Sociable Lapwing |
Vanellus gregarius |
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| White-tailed Lapwing |
Vanellus leucurus |
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| Southern Lapwing |
Vanellus chilensis |
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| Andean Lapwing |
Vanellus resplendens |
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| Red-kneed Dotterel |
Erythrogonys cinctus |
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| European Golden Plover |
Pluvialis apricaria |
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| Pacific Golden Plover |
Pluvialis fulva |
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| American Golden Plover |
Pluvialis dominica |
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| Grey Plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
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| New Zealand Plover |
Charadrius obscurus |
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| Common Ringed Plover |
Charadrius hiaticula |
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| Semipalmated Plover |
Charadrius semipalmatus |
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| Long-billed Plover |
Charadrius placidus |
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| Little Ringed Plover |
Charadrius dubius |
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| Wilson's Plover |
Charadrius wilsonia |
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| Killdeer |
Charadrius vociferus |
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| Piping Plover |
Charadrius melodus |
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| Madagascar Plover |
Charadrius thoracicus |
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| Kittlitz's Plover |
Charadrius pecuarius |
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| St. Helena Plover |
Charadrius sanctaehelenae |
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| Three-banded Plover |
Charadrius tricollaris |
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| Forbes's Plover |
Charadrius forbesi |
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| White-fronted Plover |
Charadrius marginatus |
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| Kentish Plover |
Charadrius alexandrinus |
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| Snowy Plover |
Charadrius nivosus |
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| Javan Plover |
Charadrius javanicus |
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| Red-capped Plover |
Charadrius ruficapillus |
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| Malaysian Plover |
Charadrius peronii |
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| Chestnut-banded Plover |
Charadrius pallidus |
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| Collared Plover |
Charadrius collaris |
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| Puna Plover |
Charadrius alticola |
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| Two-banded Plover |
Charadrius falklandicus |
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| Double-banded Plover |
Charadrius bicinctus |
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| Lesser Sand Plover |
Charadrius mongolus |
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| Greater Sand Plover |
Charadrius leschenaultii |
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| Caspian Plover |
Charadrius asiaticus |
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| Oriental Plover |
Charadrius veredus |
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| Eurasian Dotterel |
Charadrius morinellus |
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| Rufous-chested Plover |
Charadrius modestus |
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| Mountain Plover |
Charadrius montanus |
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| Inland Plover |
Charadrius australis |
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| Hooded Dotterel |
Thinornis rubricollis |
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| Shore Dotterel |
Thinornis novaeseelandiae |
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| Black-fronted Dotterel |
Elseyornis melanops |
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| Tawny-throated Dotterel |
Oreopholus ruficollis |
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| Wrybill |
Anarhynchus frontalis |
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| Diademed Plover |
Phegornis mitchellii |
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| Pied Plover |
Hoploxypterus cayanus |
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Painted Snipes |
Family Rostratulidae |
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| Greater Painted Snipe |
Rostratula benghalensis |
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| Australian Painted Snipe |
Rostratula australis |
PS (4) |
| South American Painted Snipe |
Nycticryphes semicollaris |
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Jacanas |
Family Jacanidae |
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| Lesser Jacana |
Microparra capensis |
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| African Jacana |
Actophilornis africanus |
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| Madagascar Jacana |
Actophilornis albinucha |
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| Comb-crested Jacana |
Irediparra gallinacea |
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| Pheasant-tailed Jacana |
Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
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| Bronze-winged Jacana |
Metopidius indicus |
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| Northern Jacana |
Jacana spinosa |
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| Wattled Jacana |
Jacana jacana |
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Plains-wanderer |
Family Pedionomidae |
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| Plains-wanderer |
Pedionomus torquatus |
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Seedsnipes |
Family Thinocoridae |
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| Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe |
Attagis gayi |
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| White-bellied Seedsnipe |
Attagis malouinus |
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| Grey-breasted Seedsnipe |
Thinocorus orbignyianus |
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| Least Seedsnipe |
Thinocorus rumicivorus |
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Sandpipers, Snipes |
Family Scolopacidae |
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| Eurasian Woodcock |
Scolopax rusticola |
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| Amami Woodcock |
Scolopax mira |
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| Javan Woodcock |
Scolopax saturata |
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| New Guinea Woodcock |
Scolopax rosenbergii |
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| Bukidnon Woodcock |
Scolopax bukidnonensis |
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| Sulawesi Woodcock |
Scolopax celebensis |
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| Moluccan Woodcock |
Scolopax rochussenii |
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| American Woodcock |
Scolopax minor |
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| Chatham Snipe |
Coenocorypha pusilla |
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| New Zealand Snipe |
Coenocorypha aucklandica |
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| Jack Snipe |
Lymnocryptes minimus |
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| Solitary Snipe |
Gallinago solitaria |
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| Latham's Snipe |
Gallinago hardwickii |
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| Wood Snipe |
Gallinago nemoricola |
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| Pin-tailed Snipe |
Gallinago stenura |
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| Swinhoe's Snipe |
Gallinago megala |
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| African Snipe |
Gallinago nigripennis |
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| Madagascar Snipe |
Gallinago macrodactyla |
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| Great Snipe |
Gallinago media |
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| Common Snipe |
Gallinago gallinago |
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| Wilson's Snipe |
Gallinago delicata |
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| South American Snipe |
Gallinago paraguaiae |
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| Puna Snipe |
Gallinago andina |
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| Noble Snipe |
Gallinago nobilis |
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| Giant Snipe |
Gallinago undulata |
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| Fuegian Snipe |
Gallinago stricklandii |
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| Andean Snipe |
Gallinago jamesoni |
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| Imperial Snipe |
Gallinago imperialis |
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| Short-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus griseus |
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| Long-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus scolopaceus |
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| Asian Dowitcher |
Limnodromus semipalmatus |
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| Black-tailed Godwit |
Limosa limosa |
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| Hudsonian Godwit |
Limosa haemastica |
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| Bar-tailed Godwit |
Limosa lapponica |
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| Marbled Godwit |
Limosa fedoa |
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| Little Curlew |
Numenius minutus |
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| Eskimo Curlew |
Numenius borealis |
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| Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew |
Numenius tahitiensis |
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| Slender-billed Curlew |
Numenius tenuirostris |
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| Eurasian Curlew |
Numenius arquata |
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| Eastern Curlew |
Numenius madagascariensis |
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| Long-billed Curlew |
Numenius americanus |
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| Upland Sandpiper |
Bartramia longicauda |
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| Spotted Redshank |
Tringa erythropus |
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| Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
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| Marsh Sandpiper |
Tringa stagnatilis |
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| Common Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
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| Nordmann's Greenshank |
Tringa guttifer |
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| Greater Yellowlegs |
Tringa melanoleuca |
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| Lesser Yellowlegs |
Tringa flavipes |
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| Green Sandpiper |
Tringa ochropus |
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| Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa solitaria |
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| Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
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| Terek Sandpiper |
Xenus cinereus |
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| Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
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| Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis macularius |
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| Grey-tailed Tattler |
Heteroscelus brevipes |
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| Wandering Tattler |
Heteroscelus incanus |
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| Willet |
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
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| Tuamotu Sandpiper |
Aechmorhynchus parvirostris |
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| Tahiti Sandpiper |
Prosobonia leucoptera |
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| Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
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| Black Turnstone |
Arenaria melanocephala |
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| Surfbird |
Aphriza virgata |
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| Great Knot |
Calidris tenuirostris |
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| Red Knot |
Calidris canutus |
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| Sanderling |
Calidris alba |
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| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Calidris pusilla |
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| Western Sandpiper |
Calidris mauri |
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| Red-necked Stint |
Calidris ruficollis |
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| Little Stint |
Calidris minuta |
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| Temminck's Stint |
Calidris temminckii |
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| Long-toed Stint |
Calidris subminuta |
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| Least Sandpiper |
Calidris minutilla |
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| White-rumped Sandpiper |
Calidris fuscicollis |
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| Baird's Sandpiper |
Calidris bairdii |
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| Pectoral Sandpiper |
Calidris melanotos |
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| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
Calidris acuminata |
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| Curlew Sandpiper |
Calidris ferruginea |
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| Purple Sandpiper |
Calidris maritima |
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| Rock Sandpiper |
Calidris ptilocnemis |
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| Dunlin |
Calidris alpina |
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| Stilt Sandpiper |
Calidris himantopus |
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| Spoon-billed Sandpiper |
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus |
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| Broad-billed Sandpiper |
Limicola falcinellus |
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| Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
Tryngites subruficollis |
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| Ruff |
Philomachus pugnax |
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| Wilson's Phalarope |
Phalaropus tricolor |
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| Red-necked Phalarope |
Phalaropus lobatus |
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| Red Phalarope |
Phalaropus fulicarius |
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Coursers, Pratincoles |
Family Glareolidae |
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| Egyptian Plover |
Pluvianus aegyptius |
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| Cream-colored Courser |
Cursorius cursor |
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| Somali Courser |
Cursorius somalensis |
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| Burchell's Courser |
Cursorius rufus |
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| Temminck's Courser |
Cursorius temminckii |
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| Indian Courser |
Cursorius coromandelicus |
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| Double-banded Courser |
Rhinoptilus africanus |
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| Three-banded Courser |
Rhinoptilus cinctus |
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| Bronze-winged Courser |
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus |
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| Jerdon's Courser |
Rhinoptilus bitorquatus |
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| Australian Pratincole |
Stiltia isabella |
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| Collared Pratincole |
Glareola pratincola |
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| Oriental Pratincole |
Glareola maldivarum |
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| Black-winged Pratincole |
Glareola nordmanni |
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| Madagascar Pratincole |
Glareola ocularis |
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| Rock Pratincole |
Glareola nuchalis |
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| Grey Pratincole |
Glareola cinerea |
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| Small Pratincole |
Glareola lactea |
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Gulls, Terns & Skimmers |
Family Laridae |
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| Dolphin Gull |
Leucophaeus scoresbii |
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| Pacific Gull |
Larus pacificus |
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| Band-tailed Gull |
Larus belcheri |
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| Olrog's Gull |
Larus atlanticus |
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| Black-tailed Gull |
Larus crassirostris |
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| Grey Gull |
Larus modestus |
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| Heermann's Gull |
Larus heermanni |
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| White-eyed Gull |
Larus leucophthalmus |
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| Sooty Gull |
Larus hemprichii |
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| Mew Gull |
Larus canus |
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| Audouin's Gull |
Larus audouinii |
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| Ring-billed Gull |
Larus delawarensis |
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| California Gull |
Larus californicus |
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| Great Black-backed Gull |
Larus marinus |
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| Kelp Gull |
Larus dominicanus |
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| Glaucous-winged Gull |
Larus glaucescens |
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| Western Gull |
Larus occidentalis |
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| Yellow-footed Gull |
Larus livens |
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| Glaucous Gull |
Larus hyperboreus |
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| Iceland Gull |
Larus glaucoides |
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| Thayer's Gull |
Larus thayeri |
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| European Herring Gull |
Larus argentatus |
NA (5) |
| American Herring Gull |
Larus smithsonianus |
PS (6) |
| Vega Gull |
Larus vegae |
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| Caspian Gull |
Larus cachinnans |
NA (7) |
| Yellow-legged Gull |
Larus michahellis |
AS (8) |
| Armenian Gull |
Larus armenicus |
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| Slaty-backed Gull |
Larus schistisagus |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Larus fuscus |
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| Great Black-headed Gull |
Larus ichthyaetus |
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| Brown-headed Gull |
Larus brunnicephalus |
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| Grey-hooded Gull |
Larus cirrocephalus |
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| Hartlaub's Gull |
Larus hartlaubii |
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| Silver Gull |
Larus novaehollandiae |
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| Red-billed Gull |
Larus scopulinus |
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| Black-billed Gull |
Larus bulleri |
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| Brown-hooded Gull |
Larus maculipennis |
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| Common Black-headed Gull |
Larus ridibundus |
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| Slender-billed Gull |
Larus genei |
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| Bonaparte's Gull |
Larus philadelphia |
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| Saunders's Gull |
Larus saundersi |
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| Andean Gull |
Larus serranus |
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| Mediterranean Gull |
Larus melanocephalus |
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| Relict Gull |
Larus relictus |
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| Lava Gull |
Larus fuliginosus |
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| Laughing Gull |
Larus atricilla |
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| Franklin's Gull |
Larus pipixcan |
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| Little Gull |
Larus minutus |
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| Ivory Gull |
Pagophila eburnea |
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| Ross's Gull |
Rhodostethia rosea |
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| Sabine's Gull |
Xema sabini |
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| Swallow-tailed Gull |
Creagrus furcatus |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake |
Rissa tridactyla |
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| Red-legged Kittiwake |
Rissa brevirostris |
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| Gull-billed Tern |
Sterna nilotica |
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| Caspian Tern |
Sterna caspia |
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| Elegant Tern |
Sterna elegans |
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| Lesser Crested Tern |
Sterna bengalensis |
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| Sandwich Tern |
Sterna sandvicensis |
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| Cayenne Tern |
Sterna eurygnatha |
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| Chinese Crested Tern |
Sterna bernsteini |
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| Royal Tern |
Sterna maxima |
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| Swift Tern |
Sterna bergii |
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| River Tern |
Sterna aurantia |
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| Roseate Tern |
Sterna dougallii |
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| White-fronted Tern |
Sterna striata |
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| Black-naped Tern |
Sterna sumatrana |
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| South American Tern |
Sterna hirundinacea |
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| Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
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| White-cheeked Tern |
Sterna repressa |
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| Arctic Tern |
Sterna paradisaea |
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| Antarctic Tern |
Sterna vittata |
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| Kerguelen Tern |
Sterna virgata |
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| Forster's Tern |
Sterna forsteri |
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| Snowy-crowned Tern |
Sterna trudeaui |
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| Little Tern |
Sterna albifrons |
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| Saunders's Tern |
Sterna saundersi |
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| Least Tern |
Sterna antillarum |
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| Yellow-billed Tern |
Sterna superciliaris |
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| Peruvian Tern |
Sterna lorata |
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| Fairy Tern |
Sterna nereis |
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| Damara Tern |
Sterna balaenarum |
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| Black-bellied Tern |
Sterna acuticauda |
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| Aleutian Tern |
Sterna aleutica |
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| Spectacled Tern |
Sterna lunata |
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| Bridled Tern |
Sterna anaethetus |
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| Sooty Tern |
Sterna fuscata |
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| Black-fronted Tern |
Sterna albostriata |
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| Whiskered Tern |
Chlidonias hybrida |
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| White-winged Tern |
Chlidonias leucopterus |
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| Black Tern |
Chlidonias niger |
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| Large-billed Tern |
Phaetusa simplex |
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| Brown Noddy |
Anous stolidus |
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| Sooty Noddy |
Anous tenuirostris |
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| Black Noddy |
Anous minutus |
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| Blue Noddy |
Procelsterna cerulea |
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| Grey Noddy |
Procelsterna albivitta |
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| Angel Tern |
Gygis alba |
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| Inca Tern |
Larosterna inca |
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| Black Skimmer |
Rynchops niger |
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| African Skimmer |
Rynchops flavirostris |
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| Indian Skimmer |
Rynchops albicollis |
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Skuas |
Family Stercorariidae |
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| Chilean Skua |
Stercorarius chilensis |
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| South Polar Skua |
Stercorarius maccormicki |
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| Brown Skua |
Stercorarius antarcticus |
ENG (9) |
| Great Skua |
Stercorarius skua |
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| Pomarine Skua |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
TAX (10) |
| Parasitic Jaeger |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
ENG (11) |
| Long-tailed Jaeger |
Stercorarius longicaudus |
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Auks |
Family Alcidae |
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| Little Auk |
Alle alle |
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| Thick-billed Murre |
Uria lomvia |
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| Common Murre |
Uria aalge |
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| Razorbill |
Alca torda |
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| Black Guillemot |
Cepphus grylle |
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| Pigeon Guillemot |
Cepphus columba |
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| Spectacled Guillemot |
Cepphus carbo |
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| Marbled Murrelet |
Brachyramphus marmoratus |
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| Long-billed Murrelet |
Brachyramphus perdix |
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| Kittlitz's Murrelet |
Brachyramphus brevirostris |
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| Xantus's Murrelet |
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus |
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| Craveri's Murrelet |
Synthliboramphus craveri |
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| Ancient Murrelet |
Synthliboramphus antiquus |
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| Japanese Murrelet |
Synthliboramphus wumizusume |
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| Cassin's Auklet |
Ptychoramphus aleuticus |
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| Parakeet Auklet |
Aethia psittacula |
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| Least Auklet |
Aethia pusilla |
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| Whiskered Auklet |
Aethia pygmaea |
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| Crested Auklet |
Aethia cristatella |
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| Rhinoceros Auklet |
Cerorhinca monocerata |
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| Atlantic Puffin |
Fratercula arctica |
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| Horned Puffin |
Fratercula corniculata |
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| Tufted Puffin |
Fratercula cirrhata |
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