Shorebird field guide


42 species

Actitis hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper)

Actitis hypoleucos
Actitis hypoleucos
Actitis hypoleucos

Anarhynchus bicinctus (Double-banded Plover)

Anarhynchus bicinctus
Anarhynchus bicinctus
Anarhynchus bicinctus

Anarhynchus mongolus (Siberian Sand-Plover)

Anarhynchus mongolus
Anarhynchus mongolus
Anarhynchus mongolus

Anarhynchus ruficapillus (Red-capped Plover)

Anarhynchus ruficapillus
Anarhynchus ruficapillus
Anarhynchus ruficapillus

Arenaria interpres (Ruddy Turnstone)

Arenaria interpres
Arenaria interpres
Arenaria interpres

Calidris acuminata (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper)

Calidris acuminata
Calidris acuminata
Calidris acuminata

Calidris alba (Sanderling)

Calidris alba
Calidris alba
Calidris alba
Calidris canutus
Calidris canutus
Calidris canutus

Calidris falcinellus (Broad-billed Sandpiper)

Calidris falcinellus
Calidris falcinellus
Calidris falcinellus

Calidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper)

Calidris ferruginea
Calidris ferruginea
Calidris ferruginea
Calidris fuscicollis
Calidris fuscicollis
Calidris fuscicollis

Calidris melanotos (Pectoral Sandpiper)

Calidris melanotos
Calidris melanotos
Calidris melanotos

Calidris ruficollis (Red-necked Stint)

Calidris ruficollis
Calidris ruficollis
Calidris ruficollis
Calidris tenuirostris
Calidris tenuirostris
Calidris tenuirostris

Charadrius leschenaultii (Greater Sand-Plover)

Charadrius leschenaultii
Charadrius leschenaultii
Charadrius leschenaultii

Charadrius melanops (Black-fronted Dotterel)

Charadrius melanops
Charadrius melanops
Charadrius melanops
Charadrius rubricollis
Charadrius rubricollis
Charadrius rubricollis
Charadrius semipalmatus
Charadrius semipalmatus
Charadrius semipalmatus
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

Erythrogonys cinctus (Red-kneed Dotterel)

Erythrogonys cinctus
Erythrogonys cinctus
Erythrogonys cinctus

Esacus magnirostris (Beach Stone-curlew)

Esacus magnirostris
Esacus magnirostris
Esacus magnirostris

Gallinago hardwickii (Latham's Snipe)

Gallinago hardwickii
Gallinago hardwickii
Gallinago hardwickii

Haematopus finschi (South Island Pied Oystercatcher)

Haematopus finschi
Haematopus finschi
Haematopus finschi

Haematopus fuliginosus (Sooty Oystercatcher)

Haematopus fuliginosus
Haematopus fuliginosus
Haematopus fuliginosus

Haematopus longirostris (Australian Pied Oystercatcher)

Haematopus longirostris
Haematopus longirostris
Haematopus longirostris
Himantopus leucocephalus
Himantopus leucocephalus
Himantopus leucocephalus
Limnodromus semipalmatus
Limnodromus semipalmatus

Limosa haemastica (Hudsonian Godwit)

Limosa haemastica
Limosa haemastica
Limosa haemastica

Limosa lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit)

Limosa lapponica
Limosa lapponica
Limosa lapponica

Limosa limosa (Black-tailed Godwit)

Limosa limosa
Limosa limosa
Limosa limosa
Numenius madagascariensis
Numenius madagascariensis
Numenius madagascariensis

Numenius minutus (Little Curlew)

Numenius minutus
Numenius phaeopus
Numenius phaeopus
Numenius phaeopus
Peltohyas australis
Peltohyas australis
Peltohyas australis

Pluvialis fulva (Pacific Golden Plover)

Pluvialis fulva
Pluvialis fulva
Pluvialis fulva
Pluvialis squatarola
Pluvialis squatarola
Pluvialis squatarola
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Tringa brevipes (Grey-tailed Tattler)

Tringa brevipes
Tringa brevipes
Tringa brevipes

Tringa nebularia (Common Greenshank)

Tringa nebularia
Tringa nebularia
Tringa nebularia

Tringa stagnatilis (Marsh Sandpiper)

Tringa stagnatilis
Tringa stagnatilis
Tringa stagnatilis

Vanellus miles (Masked Lapwing)

Vanellus miles
Vanellus miles
Vanellus miles

Xenus cinereus (Terek Sandpiper)

Xenus cinereus
Xenus cinereus
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