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Shorebirds

I will present a selection of general shorebird photos on this page from several areas of the world, but mostly the western hemisphere. Some of these photos can also be viewed from other pages such as the southern Africa section, Rarities section, South America section etc. More species will be added here soon. Check out the International Shorebird Gallery here.



Double-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus africanus)
Double-striped Thick-Knee (Burhinus bistriatus)
Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus)
Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)
Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus)
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (Phegornis mitchellii)
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
Magellanic Oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)

Wandering Tattler (Heteroscelus incanus)
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
Gray-breasted Seedsnipe (Thinocorus orbignyianus)
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)