IOC English Name Scientific Name Comments
     
 
ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES
  
Stone-curlews, Thick-knees
Family Burhinidae
  
Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus DIS (1)
Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus PS (2)
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis  
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus  
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis  
Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus  
Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris  
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius  
Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris  
Beach Stone-curlew Esacus neglectus  
     
Sheathbills and Allies
Family Chionidae
  
Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus  
Black-faced Sheathbill Chionis minor  
Magellanic Plover Pluvianellus socialis  
     
Oystercatchers
Family Haematopodidae
  
Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus  
Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater  
Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani  
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus  
African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini  
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus  
South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi  
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris  
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor DIS (3)
Chatham Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis AS (4)
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus  
     
Crab-plover
Family Dromadidae
  
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola  
     
Ibisbill
Family Ibidorhynchidae
  
Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii  
     
Stilts, Avocets
Family Recurvirostridae
  
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  
White-headed Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus  
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus  
White-backed Stilt Himantopus melanurus PS (5)
Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae  
Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus  
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta  
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana  
Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae  
Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina  
     
Plovers
Family Charadriidae
  
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 albiceps  
Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris  
Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus  
Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus  
African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus  
Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus  
Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus  
Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus  
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus  
Javan Lapwing Vanellus macropterus  
Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor  
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles  
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius  
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus  
Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis  
Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens  
Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus  
European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria  
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva  
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica  
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola  
New Zealand Plover Charadrius obscurus  
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula  
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus  
Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus  
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius  
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia  
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus  
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus  
Madagascar Plover Charadrius thoracicus  
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius  
St. Helena Plover Charadrius sanctaehelenae  
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris  
Forbes's Plover Charadrius forbesi  
White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus  
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus  
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus  
Javan Plover Charadrius javanicus  
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus  
Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii  
Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus  
Collared Plover Charadrius collaris  
Puna Plover Charadrius alticola  
Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus  
Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus  
Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus  
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii  
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus  
Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus  
Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus  
Rufous-chested Plover Charadrius modestus  
Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus  
Inland Plover Charadrius australis  
Hooded Dotterel Thinornis rubricollis  
Shore Dotterel Thinornis novaeseelandiae  
Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops  
Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis  
Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis  
Diademed Plover Phegornis mitchellii  
Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus  
     
Painted Snipes
Family Rostratulidae
  
Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis  
Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula australis AS (6)
South American Painted Snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris  
     
Jacanas
Family Jacanidae
  
Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis  
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus  
Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha  
Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea  
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus  
Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus  
Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa  
Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana  
     
Plains-wanderer
Family Pedionomidae
  
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus  
     
Seedsnipes
Family Thinocoridae
  
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi  
White-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis malouinus  
Grey-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus  
Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus  
     
Sandpipers, Snipes
Family Scolopacidae
  
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola  
Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira  
Javan Woodcock Scolopax saturata  
New Guinea Woodcock Scolopax rosenbergii  
Bukidnon Woodcock Scolopax bukidnonensis  
Sulawesi Woodcock Scolopax celebensis  
Moluccan Woodcock Scolopax rochussenii  
American Woodcock Scolopax minor  
Chatham Snipe Coenocorypha pusilla  
New Zealand Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica  
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus  
Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria  
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii  
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola  
Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura  
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala  
African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis  
Madagascar Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla  
Great Snipe Gallinago media  
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago  
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata  
South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae  
Puna Snipe Gallinago andina  
Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis  
Giant Snipe Gallinago undulata  
Fuegian Snipe Gallinago stricklandii  
Andean Snipe Gallinago jamesoni  
Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis  
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus  
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus  
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus  
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa  
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica  
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica  
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa  
Little Curlew Numenius minutus  
Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis  
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus  
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis  
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris  
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata  
Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis  
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus  
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda  
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus  
Common Redshank Tringa totanus  
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis  
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia  
Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer  
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca  
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes  
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus  
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria  
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola  
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus  
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos  
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius  
Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes  
Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus  
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus  
Tuamotu Sandpiper Aechmorhynchus parvirostris  
Tahiti Sandpiper Prosobonia leucoptera  
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres  
Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala  
Surfbird Aphriza virgata  
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris  
Red Knot Calidris canutus  
Sanderling Calidris alba  
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla  
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri  
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis  
Little Stint Calidris minuta  
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii  
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta  
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla  
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis  
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii  
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos  
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata  
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea  
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima  
Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis  
Dunlin Calidris alpina  
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus  
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus  
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus  
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis  
Ruff Philomachus pugnax  
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor  
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus  
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius  
     
Coursers, Pratincoles
Family Glareolidae
  
Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius  
Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor  
Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis  
Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus  
Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii  
Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus  
Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus  
Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus  
Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus  
Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus  
Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella  
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola  
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum  
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni  
Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis  
Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis  
Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea  
Small Pratincole Glareola lactea  
     
Gulls, Terns & Skimmers
Family Laridae
  
Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii  
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus  
Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri ENG (7)
Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus  
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris  
Grey Gull Larus modestus  
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni  
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus  
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii  
Mew Gull Larus canus  
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii  
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis  
California Gull Larus californicus  
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus  
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus  
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens  
Western Gull Larus occidentalis  
Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens  
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus  
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides  
Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri  
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus ENG (8)
American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus AS (9)
Vega Gull Larus vegae  
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans ENG (10)
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis AS (11)
Armenian Gull Larus armenicus  
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus  
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus  
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus ENG (12)
Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus  
Grey-hooded Gull Larus cirrocephalus  
Hartlaub's Gull Larus hartlaubii  
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae  
Red-billed Gull Larus scopulinus  
Black-billed Gull Larus bulleri  
Brown-hooded Gull Larus maculipennis  
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus ENG (13)
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei  
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia  
Saunders's Gull Larus saundersi  
Andean Gull Larus serranus  
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus  
Relict Gull Larus relictus  
Lava Gull Larus fuliginosus  
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla  
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan  
Little Gull Larus minutus  
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea  
Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea  
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini  
Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus  
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla  
Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris  
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica  
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia  
Elegant Tern Sterna elegans  
Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis  
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis  
Cayenne Tern Sterna eurygnatha  
Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini  
Royal Tern Sterna maxima  
Swift Tern Sterna bergii  
River Tern Sterna aurantia  
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii  
White-fronted Tern Sterna striata  
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana  
South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea  
Common Tern Sterna hirundo  
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa  
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea  
Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata  
Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata  
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri  
Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui  
Little Tern Sterna albifrons  
Saunders's Tern Sterna saundersi  
Least Tern Sterna antillarum  
Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris  
Peruvian Tern Sterna lorata  
Fairy Tern Sterna nereis  
Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum  
Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda  
Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica  
Spectacled Tern Sterna lunata  
Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus  
Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata  
Black-fronted Tern Sterna albostriata  
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida  
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus  
Black Tern Chlidonias niger  
Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex  
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus  
Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris ENG (14)
Black Noddy Anous minutus  
Blue Noddy Procelsterna cerulea  
Grey Noddy Procelsterna albivitta  
White Tern Gygis alba ENG, PHY (15)
Inca Tern Larosterna inca  
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger  
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris  
Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis  
     
Skuas
Family Stercorariidae
  
Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis  
South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki  
Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus ENG (16)
Great Skua Stercorarius skua  
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus PHY (17)
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus ENG (18)
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus  
     
Auks
Family Alcidae
  
Little Auk Alle alle  
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia  
Common Murre Uria aalge  
Razorbill Alca torda  
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle  
Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba  
Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo  
Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus  
Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix  
Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris  
Xantus's Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus  
Craveri's Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri  
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus  
Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume  
Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus  
Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula  
Least Auklet Aethia pusilla  
Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea  
Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella  
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata  
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica  
Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata  
Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata  

Footnotes:

  1. CHANGE: Range of Burhinus oedicnemus to "w, sw EU" with split of B. indicus
  2. Burhinus indicus is a proposed split from Burhinus oedicnemus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005).
  3. CHANGE: Distribution of Haematopus unicolor to exclude Chatham Is with split of i>H. chathamensis</i>
  4. ADD: Haematopus chathamensis is split from H.unicolor (Turbott 1990); recognized by BLI
  5. Himantopus melanurus is a proposed split from H. mexicanus (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001); SACC awaits more study
  6. ADD: Rostratula australis is split from R. benghalensis (Lane & Rogers 2000; Christidis and Bolles 2008).
  7. CHANGE: English name of Larus belcheri from Band-tailed Gull to Belcher's Gull to follow changes by AOU (NACC, SACC)
  8. CHANGE: English name of Larus argentatus to European Herring Gull with split of L.smithonianus (Sangster et al 2005)
  9. ADD: Larus smithsonianus is split from L. argentatus (Sangster et al. 2005); Recognized by BOU, but not by AOU
  10. CHANGE: English name of Larus cachinnans from Yellow-legged Gull to Caspian Gull with split of Larus michahellis
  11. ADD: Larus michahellis is split from L.cachinnans (Sangster et al 2005, AOU 2007); recognized by BOU, AOU. This species retains the English name Yellow-legged Gull of the former, unsplit species. .
  12. CHANGE: English name of Larus ichthyaetus from Great Black-headed Gull to Pallas's Gull
  13. CHANGE: English name of Larus ridibundus reverts to Black-headed Gull with adoption of Pallas's Gull for Larus ichthyaetus
  14. CHANGE: English name of Anous tenuirostris from suggested Sooty Noddy back to established Lesser Noddy to follow BLI
  15. CHANGE: English name of Gygis alba from suggested Angel Tern back to White Tern. DNA analysis confirm that Gygis is a noddy (Baker, ref) and should become "White Noddy". BLI recognizes subspecies microrhyncha as a full species.
  16. CHANGE: English name of Stercorarius antarcticus from Subantarctic Skua to Brown Skua to follow SACC
  17. Stercorarius pomarinus is more closely related to the large skuas than to the traditional jaegers
  18. Many prefer "skua" to German "jaeger" Stercorarius parasiticus and S. longicaudus