Shorebirds

*Shorebirds (Charadriiformes)*

Note: Still a work in progress for some time to come... right now I have primarily eastern species on here. For most of these shots you can get the date from the file name of the image.

				Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) All winter (basic) plumage except for 4L.






				American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)



				Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) The darker-backed ones in the bottom row are western breeders.





				Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)







				Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)



				Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)





				Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Odd-looking leucistic bird at 3L in Cherokee, OK on 20 Mar 1999.





				American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)





				Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)



				American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)





				Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)




				Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)






				Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)




				Willet (Tringa semipalmata) Most of these are of the western breeding subspecies T. s. inornatus except for the one at 8L, which is T. s. semipalmata.











				Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)





				Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)




				Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)





				Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)




				Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)



				Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)






				Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) Note that two of the shots near the bottom have a couple of Purple Sandpipers also.








				Red Knot (Calidris canutus)











				Sanderling (Calidris alba)





				Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)




				Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)









				Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)








				White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)



				Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) The shot at 3R is from Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador, 18 Oct 1998.



				Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)





				Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)






				Dunlin (Calidris alpina)









				Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) The wide shot on the upper row is from Tanzania...



				Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)





				Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)



				Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) Note: All of these photos are from Tanzania in Jan 2005, within the same two week stretch, but look at the variation in leg color..







				Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)






				Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)




				Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)





				American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)

				Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)



				Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

				Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria)






				I have a page of Tanzanian birds that also has many Old World shorebird species such as this Black-winged Stilt. If you want to view them, Click here.

Last updated 3 Dec 2008
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