INDEX - World 
BIRDS of THE WORLD

SHOREBIRDS of The World

Most Shorebirds walk along shores probing for food with their thin sensitive bills. Bill length varies considerably so differing species can work the same shore and obtain different food supplies. Shorebirds include sandpipers, godwits, stilts, oystercatchers, plovers, and many more. Shorebirds belong to the Charadriiformes order which also includes the Gulls and Allies.
    Note: the term Shorebirds is used in the Americas; elsewhere "waders" is used. We will reserve "waders" for herons and allies.

Index


Jacanas

Order Charadriiformes    Suborder Thinocori   Family Jacanidae


Genus Actophilornis

Jacana, African Actophilornis africana  Found: Africa
Photographed by:  1) Dick Daniels - Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo    2) Dick - Lowry Park Zoo  3) Dick - St. Lucia, South Africa
  4) Chris Eason    5) dBerliner   6) Manfred Werner




Genus Hydrophasianus - 1 species

Jacana, Pheasant-tailed Hydrophasianus chirurgus Found: Asia
Photographed by: Ainus



Genus Jacana

Jacana, Northern  Jacana spinosa  Found: southwestern North America, Central America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Jamaica  4) Len Blumin
4) Juvenile


Jacana, Wattled  Jacana jacana  Found: South America
Photographed by:1) Dario Sanches - Brazil   2) Geoff Gallice - Ecuador
1) Juvenile





Order Charadriiformes    Suborder Thinocori   Family Rostratulidae

Genus Rostratula

Snipe, Greater-painted  Rostratula benghalensis    Found: Asia, Africa
Photographed by: Charles Lam






Order Charadriiformes    Suborder Chionidi  Family Chionididae - 1 genus


Genus Chionis

Sheathbill, Snowy Chionis alba    Found: Antartic Region, sourthern South America
Photographed by: 1) Wim Hoek  2) David Jensen - Antartica  3) Charlie Westerinen - Port Lockroy, Antarctica  4)  Colin Scott






Order Charadriiformes    Suborder Chionidi  Family Burhinidae


Genus Burhinus

Stone-curlew, Bush also Bush Thick-knee  Burhinus grallarius   Found: Australia
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels  3) Dick Daniels  2) Mangatome


Thick-knee, Double-striped  Burhinus bistriatus  Found: Central and South America
Photographed by: 1) Philipp Weigell  2) Dominic Sherony  3) Steve Garvie - province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica


Stone-curlew, Eurasian  also Stone-curlew   Burhinus oedicnemus  Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by:1) Pawel Ryszawa   2, 3)  Frank Vassen on the Canary Island of Lanzarote  4) Pascal_Aleixandre 


Thick-knee, Peruvian  Burhinus superciliaris  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2) Dick Daniels - Jacksonville Zoo  3) David Cook - Peru   4) Dominic Sherony - Peru 


Thick-knee, Spotted  also Cape Thick-knee  also Spotted Dikkop Burhinus capensis  Found: Africa
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels- Jacksonvile Zoo, Florida   2) Sandy Cole - Birds of Eden, South Africa
     3) Dick - Birds of Eden, South Africa   4) Dick - Birds of Eden, South Africa


Thick-knee, Water also Water Dikkop Burhinus vermiculatus Found: Africa
Photographed by:  1, 2, 4) Charlie Westerinen - Chobe Park in Botswana  3) Dick Daniels - World of Birds, South Africa
   5) Dick - St. Lucia, South Africa   6, 7) Arno Meintjes 






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