Sibley-Monroe checklist 7 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Sibley-Monroe checklist was a landmark document in the study of bird

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

s. It drew on extensive DNA-DNA hybridisation

DNA-DNA hybridisation

DNA-DNA hybridization generally refers to a molecular biology technique that measures the degree of genetic similarity between pools of DNA sequences. It is usually used to determine the genetic distance between two species...

studies to reassess the relationships between modern birds.

Otididae

Tetrax tetrax Little Bustard
Little Bustard
The Little Bustard is a large bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Tetrax. It breeds in southern Europe and in western and central Asia. Southernmost European birds are mainly resident, but other populations migrate further south in winter...
Otis tarda Great Bustard
Great Bustard
The Great Bustard is in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Otis. It breeds in southern and central Europe, where it is the largest species of bird, and across temperate Asia...
Neotis denhami Stanley Bustard
Stanley Bustard
Denham's Bustard, Stanley Bustard or Stanley's Bustard, Neotis denhami, is a large bird in the bustard family. It breeds in much of sub-Saharan Africa. It is a species of open ground, including agricultural land, grassland, flood-plains and burnt fynbos...
Neotis ludwigii Ludwig's Bustard
Ludwig's Bustard
The Ludwig's Bustard is a species of bird in the bustard family. It is a mid-to-large sized species. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa. Its habitats include semi-arid grasslands....
Neotis nuba Nubian Bustard
Nubian Bustard
The Nubian Bustard is a species of bird in the bustard family. This is a medium-large bustard found in the sparsely vegetated interface between the southern margins of the Sahara desert and the northern part of the Sahel...
Neotis heuglinii Heuglin's Bustard
Heuglin's Bustard
Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii is a species of bird in the bustard family. It is a fairly large species, at up to in length. The males weigh and the much smaller females weigh . It is It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Ardeotis arabs Arabian Bustard
Arabian Bustard
The Arabian Bustard is a species of bird in the bustard family. It is part of the largest-bodied genus and, though little known, appears to be a fairly typical species in that group. As in all bustards, the male Arabian bustard is much larger than the female. Males have been found to weigh ,...
Ardeotis kori Kori Bustard
Kori Bustard
The Kori Bustard is a large bird native to Africa. It is a member of the bustard family. It may be the heaviest bird capable of flight....
Ardeotis nigriceps Indian Bustard
Ardeotis australis Australian Bustard
Australian Bustard
The Australian Bustard, Ardeotis australis, is a large ground bird of grassland, woodland and open agricultural country across northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It is also commonly referred to in Central Australia as the Bush Turkey, particularly by Aboriginal people.The male is up to ...
Chlamydotis undulata Houbara Bustard
Houbara Bustard
The Houbara Bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, is a large bird in the bustard family.-Description:The Houbara Bustard is a small to mid-sized bustard. It measures in length and spans across the wings. It is brown above and white below, with a black stripe down the sides of its neck. In flight, the...
Eupodotis savilei Savile's Bustard
Savile's Bustard
The Savile's Bustard is a species of bird in the Otididae family.It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan.-References:...
Eupodotis gindiana Buff-crested Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
The Buff-crested Bustard is a species of bird in the Otididae family.It is found in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....
Eupodotis ruficrista Red-crested Bustard
Red-crested Bustard
The Red-crested Bustard or Red-crested Korhaan is a species of bird in the Otididae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.-References:...
Eupodotis afraoides White-quilled Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
The Northern Black Korhaan or White-quilled Bustard is a species of bird in the bustard family Otididae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa. Its habitat is primarily open grassland and scrub....
Eupodotis afra Black Bustard
Black Bustard
The Southern Black Korhaan or Black Bustard is a species of bird in the bustard family Otididae.It is endemic to South Africa.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....
Eupodotis rueppellii Rüppell's Bustard
Rüppell's Bustard
The Rüppell's Bustard is a species of bird in the family Otididae. It is native to southwestern Africa in Angola and Namibia, occurring in semi-desert habitats.It is a small bustard, only 60 cm long...
Eupodotis vigorsii Karoo Bustard
Karoo Bustard
The Karoo Bustard , also known as Karoo Korhaan, is a species of bird in the Otididae family.It is found in Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....
Eupodotis humilis Little Brown Bustard
Little Brown Bustard
The Little Brown Bustard, Outarde Somalienne, or Sisón Somalí is a species of bird in the Otididae family.It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia....
Eupodotis senegalensis White-bellied Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
The White-bellied Bustard or White-bellied Korhaan is an African species of bustard.-Range and habitat:...
Eupodotis caerulescens Blue Bustard
Blue Bustard
The Blue Bustard or Blue Korhaan is a species of bird in the Otididae family, found in Lesotho and South Africa. Its call is a series of frog-like croaks, usually uttered in flight. Its natural habitat is plateau grassland, dry shrubland, arable land and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat...
Eupodotis melanogaster Black-bellied Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
The Black-bellied Bustard is an African ground-dwelling bird in the bustard family. Some authorities place it in the genus Eupodotis.-Description:...
Eupodotis hartlaubii Hartlaub's Bustard
Hartlaub's Bustard
Hartlaub's Bustard is a species of bird in the Otididae family. Some authorities place it in the genus Eupodotis.It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda....
Eupodotis bengalensis Bengal Florican
Bengal Florican
The Bengal Florican , also called Bengal Bustard, is a very rare bustard species from tropical southern Asia. It is the only member of the genus Houbaropsis...
Eupodotis indica Lesser Florican
Lesser Florican
The Lesser Florican , also known as the Likh, is a large bird in the bustard family and the only member of the genus Sypheotides. It is endemic to the Indian Subcontinent where it is found in tall grasslands and is best known for the leaping breeding displays made by the males during the Monsoon...

Gruidae

Balearica pavonina Black Crowned Crane
Black Crowned Crane
The Black Crowned Crane is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It was once called also Kaffir Crane.It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although in nests in somewhat wetter habitats. There are two subspecies: B. p. pavonina in the west and the more numerous B. p...
Balearica regulorum Grey Crowned Crane
Grey Crowned Crane
The Grey Crowned Crane is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although it nests in somewhat wetter habitats. This animal does not migrate....
Grus leucogeranus Siberian Crane
Siberian Crane
The Siberian Crane also known as the Siberian White Crane or the Snow Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes...
Grus antigone Sarus Crane
Sarus Crane
The Sarus Crane is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to 1.8 m , they are conspicuous and iconic species of open wetlands...
Grus rubicunda Brolga
Brolga
The Brolga , formerly known as the "Native Companion", is a bird in the crane family. The bird has also been given the name "Australian Crane", a term coined in 1865 by well-known ornithological artist John Gould in his Birds of Australia.The Brolga is a common gregarious wetland bird species in...
Grus vipio White-naped Crane
White-naped Crane
The White-naped Crane is a bird of the crane family. It is a large bird, 112–125 cm long, approximately 130 cm tall and weighing about 5.6 kg with pinkish legs, grey and white striped neck, and a red face patch.The White-naped Crane breeds in northeastern Mongolia, northeastern...
Grus canadensis Sandhill Crane
Sandhill Crane
The Sandhill Crane is a large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird references habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills in the American Midwest...
Grus virgo Demoiselle Crane
Demoiselle Crane
The Demoiselle Crane, Anthropoides virgo, is a species of crane that breeds in Central Asia and winters in India, with a few found in Cyprus and eastern Turkey as well. The crane annually migrates to Africa and South Asia in winter...
Grus paradisea Blue Crane
Blue Crane
The Blue Crane , also known as the Stanley Crane and the Paradise Crane, is the national bird of South Africa. It is a tall, ground-dwelling bird, but is fairly small by the standards of the crane family. It is 100–120 cm tall and weighs 4.0–6.2 kg...
Grus carunculatus Wattled Crane
Wattled Crane
The Wattled Crane, Bugeranus carunculatus is a large bird found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. It is monotypical for its genus.At a height of up to , it is the largest crane in Africa and is the second tallest species of crane, after the Sarus Crane. The wingspan is , the length is...
Grus grus Common Crane
Common Crane
The Common Crane , also known as the Eurasian Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.It is a large, stately bird and a medium-sized crane at 100–130 cm long, with a 180–240 cm wingspan and a weight of 4.5–6 kg...
Grus monacha Hooded Crane
Hooded Crane
The Hooded Crane, Grus monacha is a small, dark crane. It has a grey body. The top of the neck and head is white, except for a patch of bare red skin above the eye...
Grus americana Whooping Crane
Whooping Crane
The whooping crane , the tallest North American bird, is an endangered crane species named for its whooping sound. Along with the Sandhill Crane, it is one of only two crane species found in North America. The whooping crane's lifespan is estimated to be 22 to 24 years in the wild...
Grus nigricollis Black-necked Crane
Black-necked Crane
The Black-necked Crane is a medium-sized crane that is found on the Tibetan Plateau of Asia. It is 139 cm long with a 235 cm wingspan, and it weighs 5.5 kg . It is whitish-gray, with a black head, red crown patch, black upper neck and legs, and white patch to the rear of the eye...
Grus japonensis Red-crowned Crane
Red-crowned Crane
The Red-crowned Crane , also called the Japanese Crane or Manchurian Crane , is a large east Asian crane and among the rarest cranes in the world...

Heliornithidae
Heliornithidae
The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet like those of grebes and coots. The family overall are known as finfoots, although one species is known as a Sungrebe. The family is composed of three species in three genera.-Description:Finfoots resemble...

Podica senegalensis African Finfoot
African Finfoot
The African Finfoot is an aquatic bird inhabiting the rivers and lakes of western, central, and southern Africa.-Description:...
Heliopais personata Masked Finfoot
Masked Finfoot
The Masked Finfoot, , is an aquatic bird from the fresh and brackish wetlands of southeastern Asia, Indochina, Malaysia and Indonesia...
Heliornis fulica Sungrebe
Sungrebe
The Sungrebe or American Finfoot is a bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America from southern Mexico to northeast Argentina and southern Brazil....

Psophiidae

Psophia crepitans Grey-winged Trumpeter
Grey-winged Trumpeter
The Grey-winged Trumpeter is a member of a small family of birds, the Psophiidae. It is found in the northern Amazon Rainforest and Guiana Shield in tropical South America...
Psophia leucoptera Pale-winged Trumpeter
Pale-winged Trumpeter
The Pale-winged Trumpeter , also known as the White-winged Trumpeter, is a species of bird in the Psophiidae family...
Psophia viridis Dark-winged Trumpeter
Dark-winged Trumpeter
The Dark-winged Trumpeter is a species of bird in the Psophiidae family. It is found in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil, but only south of the Amazon River and east of the Madeira River. The eastern range of Dark-winged Trumpeter extends into the lower adjacent Tocantins River drainage in the...

Cariamidae

Cariama cristata Red-legged Seriema
Red-legged Seriema
The Red-legged Seriema or Crested Cariama is a mostly predatory terrestrial bird in the seriema family , included in the "Gruiformes" in the old paraphyletic circumscription, but increasingly placed in a distinct order Cariamae...
Chunga burmeisteri Black-legged Seriema
Black-legged Seriema
The Black-legged Seriema is one of two species of seriemas in the Cariamidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-External links:* VIREO...

Rallidae
Rallidae
The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...

Sarothrura pulchra White-spotted Flufftail
White-spotted Flufftail
The White-spotted Flufftail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia,...
Sarothrura elegans Buff-spotted Flufftail
Buff-spotted Flufftail
The Buff-spotted Flufftail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone,...
Sarothrura rufa Red-chested Flufftail
Red-chested Flufftail
The Red-chested Flufftail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone,...
Sarothrura lugens Chestnut-headed Flufftail
Chestnut-headed Flufftail
The Chestnut-headed Flufftail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia.-References:...
Sarothrura boehmi Streaky-breasted Flufftail
Streaky-breasted Flufftail
The Streaky-breasted Flufftail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.-References:*...
Sarothrura affinis Striped Flufftail
Striped Flufftail
The Striped Flufftail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.-References:...
Sarothrura insularis Madagascar Flufftail
Madagascar Flufftail
The Madagascar Flufftail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Sarothrura ayresi White-winged Flufftail
White-winged Flufftail
The White-winged Flufftail is a very rare African bird in the Rallidae family. Its scientific name honours South African ornithologist Thomas Ayres.-Description:...
Sarothrura watersi Slender-billed Flufftail
Slender-billed Flufftail
The Slender-billed Flufftail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are swamps and arable land.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Himantornis haematopus Nkulengu Rail
Nkulengu Rail
The Nkulengu Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Himantornis....
Canirallus oculeus Grey-throated Rail
Grey-throated Rail
The Grey-throated Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.-References:* BirdLife...
Canirallus kioloides Kioloides Rail
Kioloides Rail
The Madagascar Wood Rail , also known as the Kioloides Rail, is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is endemic to forests, often in wet areas, in northern and eastern Madagascar. Until the description of the Tsingy Wood Rail, it was the only species of Canirallus in...
Coturnicops exquisitus Swinhoe's Rail
Swinhoe's Rail
The Swinhoe's Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia.Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and arable land...
Coturnicops noveboracensis Yellow Rail
Yellow Rail
The Yellow Rail, Coturnicops noveboracensis, is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae.Adults have brown upperparts streaked with black, a yellowish-brown breast, a light belly and barred flanks. The short thick dark bill turns yellow in males during the breeding season. The feathers on the back...
Coturnicops notatus Speckled Rail
Micropygia schomburgkii Ocellated Crake
Ocellated Crake
The Ocellated Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It belongs to the monotypic genus Micropygia....
Rallina rubra Chestnut Forest-Rail
Chestnut Forest-rail
The Chestnut Forest Crake , also known as the Chestnut Forest Rail, is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Rallina leucospila White-striped Forest Rail
Rallina forbesi Forbes's Forest Rail
Rallina mayri Mayr's Forest Rail
Rallina tricolor Red-necked Crake
Red-necked Crake
The Red-necked Crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.-Description:The Red-necked crake is a large crake . Its head, neck and breast are red-brown, with a paler version of that color on the throat. The upperparts are grey-brown, while the underparts are grey-brown with pale...
Rallina canningi Andaman Crake
Andaman Crake
The Andaman Crake is a bird species in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and swamps...
Rallina fasciata Red-legged Crake
Red-legged Crake
The Red-legged Crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.-Description:Medium-large crake . Head, neck and breast red-brown, paler on throat. Upperparts grey-brown. Underparts and underwing barred black and white...
Rallina eurizonoides Slaty-legged Crake
Slaty-legged Crake
The Slaty-legged Crake or Banded Crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.-Distribution and habitat:...
Anurolimnas castaneiceps Chestnut-headed Crake
Chestnut-headed Crake
The Chestnut-headed Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Anurolimnas viridis Russet-crowned Crake
Russet-crowned Crake
The Russet-crowned Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and...
Anurolimnas fasciatus Black-banded Crake
Black-banded Crake
The Black-banded Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Laterallus melanophaius Rufous-sided Crake
Rufous-sided Crake
The Rufous-sided Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is swamps....
Laterallus levraudi Rusty-flanked Crake
Rusty-flanked Crake
The Rusty-flanked Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and water storage areas.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International...
Laterallus ruber Ruddy Crake
Ruddy Crake
The Ruddy Crake is a bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It is a small crake, 14-16.5 cm in length. It is mostly bright chestnut in colour with a paler chin and belly, blackish crown and dark grey ear-coverts. The bill is black, the iris is red and the legs and feet are olive-green.The bird...
Laterallus albigularis White-throated Crake
White-throated Crake
The White-throated Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is swamps.-References:...
Laterallus exilis Grey-breasted Crake
Grey-breasted Crake
The Grey-breasted Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are...
Laterallus jamaicensis Black Rail
Black Rail
The Black Rail is a mouse-sized member of the Rallidae family of birds. It is found in scattered parts of North America and the Pacific region of South America, usually in coastal salt marshes but also in some freshwater marshes. It is extinct or threatened in many locations due to habitat loss...
Laterallus spilonotus Galapagos Rail
Galapagos Rail
The Galapagos Rail, Laterallus spilonotus, is a small rail endemic to the Galapagos Islands. It resembles the closely related Black Rail of The Americas. It is threatened by introduced species, such as goats and cats, and is considered vulnerable....
Laterallus leucopyrrhus Red-and-white Crake
Red-and-white Crake
The Red-and-white Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.Its natural habitat is swamps.-References:...
Laterallus xenopterus Rufous-faced Crake
Rufous-faced Crake
The Rufous-faced Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland....
Nesoclopeus woodfordi Woodford's Rail
Woodford's Rail
Woodford's Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands...
Nesoclopeus poecilopterus Bar-winged Rail
Bar-winged Rail
The Bar-winged Rail was a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It was endemic to Fiji and was last collected ca 1890 in Viti Levu. The species was idenitifed from twelve 19th century specimens, some of which are known to be in Boston, London and New York...
Gallirallus australis Weka
Weka
The Weka or woodhen is a flightless bird species of the rail family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where four subspecies are recognized. Weka are sturdy brown birds, about the size of a chicken. As omnivores, they feed mainly on invertebrates and fruit...
Gallirallus lafresnayanus New Caledonian Rail
New Caledonian Rail
The New Caledonian Rail is a large and drab flightless rail that is found on the island of New Caledonia in the Pacific. It is a dull brown above, with grey underparts, and has a yellowish, downward-curving bill...
Gallirallus sylvestris Lord Howe Rail
Gallirallus conditicius Gilbert Rail
Gallirallus okinawae Okinawa Rail
Okinawa Rail
The Okinawa Rail is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It is endemic to Okinawa Island in Japan where it is known as the...
Gallirallus torquatus Barred Rail
Barred Rail
The Barred Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2008. . Downloaded on 4 November 2008....
Gallirallus insignis New Britain Rail
New Britain Rail
The Pink-legged Rail , also known as the New Britain Rail, is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
Gallirallus philippensis Buff-banded Rail
Buff-banded Rail
The Buff-banded Rail, Gallirallus philippensis is a distinctively coloured, highly dispersive, medium-sized rail of the family Rallidae....
Gallirallus rovianae Roviana Rail
Roviana Rail
The Roviana Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is endemic to Solomon Islands.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and plantations ....
Gallirallus owstoni Guam Rail
Guam Rail
The Guam Rail, Gallirallus owstoni, is a flightless bird, endemic to Guam. The Guam Rail, which is locally known as the Ko'ko' in Chamorro, disappeared from southern Guam in the early 1970s and was extirpated from the entire island by the late 1980s...
Gallirallus wakensis Wake Island Rail
Wake Island Rail
The extinct Wake Island Rail was a flightless rail and the only native land bird on the Pacific atoll of Wake. It was found on the islands of Wake and Wilkes, but not on Peale, which is separated from the others by a channel of about 100 meters.-Description:The adult bird had a length of . The...
Gallirallus pacificus Tahiti Rail
Gallirallus dieffenbachii Dieffenbach's Rail
Dieffenbach's Rail
The Dieffenbach's Rail was a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It was endemic to New Zealand. It became extinct due to introduced predators.-References:...
Gallirallus modestus Chatham Islands Rail
Gallirallus sharpei Sharpe's Rail
Sharpe's Rail
The Sharpe's Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is only known from the type specimen of unknown origin, but it has been speculated that it originated from Indonesia...
Gallirallus striatus Slaty-breasted Rail
Slaty-breasted Rail
The Slaty-breasted Rail is a species of rail found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.Breeding has been recorded from July in the foothills of the Himalayas from Dehradun in the west....
Rallus longirostris Clapper Rail
Clapper Rail
The Clapper Rail is a member of the rail family, Rallidae. Some researchers believe that this bird and the similar King Rail are a single species; the two birds are known to interbreed.-Distribution and habitat:...
Rallus elegans King Rail
King Rail
The King Rail, Rallus elegans, is a waterbird, the largest North American rail.Distinct features are a long bill with a slight downward curve, with adults being brown on the back and rusty-brown on the face and breast with a dark brown cap. They also have a white throat and a light belly with...
Rallus wetmorei Plain-flanked Rail
Plain-flanked Rail
The Plain-flanked Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests and coastal saline lagoons.It is threatened by habitat loss....
Rallus limicola Virginia Rail
Virginia Rail
The Virginia Rail, Rallus limicola, is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae.Adults are mainly brown, darker on the back and crown, with orange-brown legs. They have long toes, a short tail and a long slim reddish bill...
Rallus semiplumbeus Bogota Rail
Bogotá Rail
The Bogotá Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes....
Rallus antarcticus Austral Rail
Austral Rail
The Austral Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina and Chile.Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Rallus aquaticus Water Rail
Water Rail
The Water Rail is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa. Northern and eastern populations are migratory, but this species is a permanent resident in the warmer parts of its breeding range...
Rallus caerulescens Kaffir Rail
Rallus madagascariensis Madagascar Rail
Madagascar Rail
The Madagascar Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International...
Lewinia mirificus Brown-banded Rail
Brown-banded Rail
The Brown-banded Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....
Lewinia pectoralis Lewin's Rail
Lewin's Rail
The Lewin's Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Lewinia muelleri Auckland Islands Rail
Dryolimnas cuvieri White-throated Rail
White-throated Rail
The White-throated Rail or Cuvier's Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, and Seychelles. A flightless subspecies, Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus , inhabits Aldabra, while another, D. c...
Crecopsis egregia African Crake
African Crake
The African Crake is a bird in the rail family that breeds in most of sub-Saharan Africa away from the arid south and southwest. It is seasonally common in most of its range other than the rainforests and areas that have low annual rainfall...
Crex crex Corn Crake
Corn Crake
The Corn Crake, Corncrake or Landrail is a bird in the rail family. It breeds in Europe and Asia as far east as western China, and migrates to Africa for the winter...
Rougetius rougetii Rouget's Rail
Rouget's Rail
The Rouget's Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is the only member of the genus Rougetius...
Aramidopsis plateni Snoring Rail
Snoring Rail
The Snoring Rail, Aramidopsis plateni also known as Celebes Rail or Platen's Rail is a medium-sized, approximately 30 cm long, flightless rail. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Aramidopsis. Both sexes are quite similar, having gray plumage, white chins, brown wings, short tails and...
Atlantisia rogersi Inaccessible Island Rail
Inaccessible Island Rail
The Inaccessible Island Rail is a small bird of the rail family, Rallidae. It is the only species in its genus. It is found only on Inaccessible Island in the Tristan Archipelago, and is notable for being the smallest extant flightless bird in the world...
Aramides mangle Little Wood Rail
Aramides axillaris Rufous-necked Wood Rail
Aramides cajanea Grey-necked Wood Rail
Aramides wolfi Brown Wood Rail
Aramides ypecaha Giant Wood Rail
Aramides saracura Slaty-breasted Wood Rail
Aramides calopterus Red-winged Wood Rail
Amaurolimnas concolor Uniform Crake
Uniform Crake
The Uniform Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family, the only member of the genus Amaurolimnas. It is found widely, but locally, in swampy forests and wetlands of southern Mexico, and Central and South America...
Gymnocrex rosenbergii Bald-faced Rail
Gymnocrex plumbeiventris Bare-eyed Rail
Bare-eyed Rail
The Bare-eyed Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
Amaurornis akool Brown Crake
Brown Crake
The Brown Crake , or Brown Bush-hen, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family found in South Asia....
Amaurornis olivaceus Bush-hen
Amaurornis isabellinus Isabelline Waterhen
Isabelline Waterhen
The Isabelline Bush-hen, Amaurornis isabellina also known as Sulawesi Waterhen or Isabelline Waterhen is a large, up to 40cm long, rufous and brown rail. The term isabelline refers to the colouration. It is the largest member of the genus Amaurornis...
Amaurornis moluccanus Rufous-tailed Waterhen
Rufous-tailed Waterhen
The Pale-vented Bush-hen , Rufous-tailed Bush-hen or Rufous-tailed Waterhen is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands....
Amaurornis phoenicurus White-breasted Waterhen
White-breasted Waterhen
The White-breasted Waterhen is a waterbird of the rail and crake family Rallidae that is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia. They are dark slaty birds with a clean white face, breast and belly...
Amaurornis flavirostra Black Crake
Black Crake
The Black Crake, Amaurornis flavirostra, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae. It breeds in most of sub-Saharan Africa except in very arid areas. It undertakes some seasonal movements in those parts of its range which are subject to drought...
Amaurornis olivieri Sakalava Rail
Sakalava Rail
The Sakalava Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Amaurornis bicolor Black-tailed Crake
Black-tailed Crake
The Black-tailed Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Porzana parva Little Crake
Little Crake
The Little Crake is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.Their breeding habitat is reed beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and just into western Asia. They nest in a dry location in reed vegetation, laying 4-7 eggs...
Porzana pusilla Baillon's Crake
Baillon's Crake
The Baillon's Crake is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.-Distribution:Their breeding habitat is sedge beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and across Asia. They used to breed in Great Britain up to the mid-19th century, but the western European population declined through drainage....
Porzana palmeri Laysan Crake
Porzana porzana Spotted Crake
Spotted Crake
The Spotted Crake is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae.Their breeding habitat is marshes and sedge beds across temperate Europe into western Asia. They nest in a dry location in marsh vegetation, laying 6-15 eggs...
Porzana fluminea Australian Crake
Porzana carolina Sora Crake
Porzana spiloptera Dot-winged Crake
Dot-winged Crake
The Dot-winged Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay....
Porzana albicollis Ash-throated Crake
Ash-throated Crake
The Ash-throated Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Porzana sandwichensis Hawaiian Crake
Porzana fusca Ruddy-breasted Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake
The Ruddy-breasted Crake , or Ruddy Crake, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.Its breeding habitat is swamps and similar wet areas across south Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to south China, Japan and Indonesia. It has been recorded as a vagrant from the Australian...
Porzana paykullii Band-bellied Crake
Band-bellied Crake
The Band-bellied Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in China, Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Porzana tabuensis Spotless Crake
Spotless Crake
The Spotless Crake is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae.It is found in American Samoa, Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Tonga.-References:* BirdLife...
Porzana monasa Kosrae Crake
Porzana atra Henderson Island Crake
Porzana flaviventer Yellow-breasted Crake
Yellow-breasted Crake
The Yellow-breasted Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto...
Porzana cinerea White-browed Crake
White-browed Crake
The White-browed Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu.Its natural...
Aenigmatolimnas marginalis Striped Crake
Striped Crake
The Striped Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is the only species in the genus Aenigmatolimnas....
Cyanolimnas cerverai Zapata Rail
Zapata Rail
The Zapata Rail is a 29 cm long, dark-coloured rail, the only member of the monotypic genus Cyanolimnas. It has brown upperparts, greyish-blue underparts, a red-based yellow bill, white undertail coverts, and red eyes and legs. Its short wings render it almost flightless...
Neocrex colombianus Colombian Crake
Colombian Crake
The Colombian Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.-References:...
Neocrex erythrops Paint-billed Crake
Paint-billed Crake
The Paint-billed Crake, Neocrex erythrops is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Helena, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, and Venezuela.Its natural...
Pardirallus maculatus Spotted Rail
Spotted Rail
The Spotted Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad...
Pardirallus nigricans Blackish Rail
Blackish Rail
The Blackish Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is swamps.-References:...
Pardirallus sanguinolentus Plumbeous Rail
Plumbeous Rail
The Plumbeous Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, and is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands.Its natural habitat is swamps....
Eulabeornis castaneoventris Chestnut Rail
Chestnut Rail
The Chestnut Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. The Chestnut Rail is monotypical of its genus.It is found in Australia and Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests....
Habroptila wallacii Invisible Rail
Invisible Rail
The Invisible Rail is a flightless species of bird in the family Rallidae , endemic only to Halmahera, north Maluku, Indonesia, especially its swamp forests, wetlands, and forest edges. The Invisible Rail is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species...
Megacrex inepta New Guinea Flightless Rail
New Guinea Flightless Rail
The New Guinea Flightless Rail , also known as the Papuan Flightless Rail, is a species of bird in the Rallidae family, in the monotypic genus Megacrex.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea...
Gallicrex cinerea Watercock
Watercock
The Watercock Gallicrex cinerea is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae. It is the only member of the genus Gallicrex....
Porphyrio porphyrio Purple Swamphen
Purple Swamphen
The Purple Swamphen , also known as the African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule, Pūkeko or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the family Rallidae . From its name in French, talève sultane, it is also known as the Sultana Bird...
Porphyrio albus Lord Howe Island Swamphen
Porphyrio mantelli Takahe
Takahe
The Takahē or South Island Takahē, Porphyrio hochstetteri is a flightless bird indigenous to New Zealand and belonging to the rail family. It was thought to be extinct after the last four known specimens were taken in 1898...
Porphyrio alleni Allen's Gallinule
Allen's Gallinule
The Allen's Gallinule , formerly known as the Lesser Gallinule is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. Its former binomial name is Porphyrula alleni....
Porphyrio martinicus Purple Gallinule
American Purple Gallinule
The American Purple Gallinule is a "swamp hen" in the rail family Rallidae.A medium-sized rail with big yellow feet, purple-blue plumage with a green back, and red and yellow bill. It has a pale blue forehead shield and white undertail.Juveniles are brown overall with a brownish olive back...
Porphyrio flavirostris Azure Gallinule
Azure Gallinule
The Azure Gallinule is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, and Venezuela.The bill and frontal shield is a pale greenish-yellow.The wing...
Gallinula pacifica Samoan Moorhen
Gallinula silvestris San Cristobal Moorhen
Gallinula nesiotis Tristan Moorhen
Tristan Moorhen
The Tristan Moorhen is an extinct flightless rail from the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha. It was physically similar to the Gough Island Moorhen of Gough Island, located 395 miles to the southeast....
Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen
Common Moorhen
The Common Moorhen is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the AOU and the IOC have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new species Common Gallinule, however, no other committee has voted to...
Gallinula tenebrosa Dusky Moorhen
Dusky Moorhen
The Dusky Moorhen is a bird in the rail family. It occurs in Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.The New Guinea birds are smaller, at 25-32 cm in length, than the Australian race...
Gallinula angulata Lesser Moorhen
Lesser Moorhen
The Lesser Moorhen is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana,...
Gallinula melanops Spot-flanked Gallinule
Spot-flanked Gallinule
The Spot-flanked Gallinule is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.Its natural habitats are swamps and freshwater lakes....
Gallinula ventralis Black-tailed Native-hen
Black-tailed Native-hen
The Black-tailed Nativehen, , is a rail native to Australia and New Zealand.-Description:The Black-tailed Nativehen is a large dark bird, reaching about 38 cm in length and weighing around 400g which is close to the weight of a soccer ball. This species possesses an erect tail and is endowed...
Gallinula mortierii Tasmanian Native-hen
Tasmanian Native-hen
The Tasmanian Nativehen is a flightless rail and one of twelve species of birds endemic to the Australian island of Tasmania...
Fulica cristata Red-knobbed Coot
Red-knobbed Coot
The Red-knobbed Coot or Crested Coot, , is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae.It is a resident breeder across much of Africa and in southernmost Spain on freshwater lakes and ponds. It builds a nest of dead reeds near the water's edge or more commonly afloat, laying about 8...
Fulica atra Common Coot
Fulica alai Hawaiian Coot
Hawaiian Coot
The Hawaiian Coot or alae keokeo is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae, that is endemic to Hawaii....
Fulica americana American Coot
American Coot
The American Coot is a bird of the family Rallidae, inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies. Measuring in length and across the wings, adults have a short thick white bill and white frontal shield, which usually has a reddish-brown spot near the top of the bill between the eyes...
Fulica caribaea Caribbean Coot
Caribbean Coot
The Caribbean Coot is a large waterbird of the family Rallidae, which is a resident breeder in the Caribbean and parts of Venezuela. Several alleged sightings have occurred in North America, but these cannot be authenticated since some American Coots lack red knobs on the frontal shield of the bill...
Fulica leucoptera White-winged Coot
White-winged Coot
The White-winged Coot is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. At in length, it is a mid-sized coot. It is found in swamps and at lakes in southern South America, including the Falkland Islands, ranging as far north as Bolivia and southern Brazil...
Fulica ardesiaca Slate-colored Coot
Fulica armillata Red-gartered Coot
Red-gartered Coot
The Red-gartered Coot is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. At in length, it is a fairly large species of coot....
Fulica rufifrons Red-fronted Coot
Red-fronted Coot
The Red-fronted Coot is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. At , it is a mid-sized species of coot.It is found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, southern Peru and Uruguay. There are also records from Bolivia and the Falkland Islands.Its natural habitat is swamps and...
Fulica gigantea Giant Coot
Giant Coot
The Giant Coot is a species of bird found at lakes in the altiplano from central Peru, through western Bolivia, to north-eastern Chile and extreme north-western Argentina. With a total length of 48–64 cm , it is the second largest extant member of the Rallidae family, after the Takahe, and...
Fulica cornuta Horned Coot
Horned Coot
The Horned Coot is a species of bird found at lakes in the altiplano of north-western Argentina, south-western Bolivia, and north-eastern Chile. It is almost entirely restricted to altitudes of 3000-5200 m.a.s.l., but has occasionally been recorded at lower altitudes...

Mesitornithidae

Mesitornis variegata White-breasted Mesite
White-breasted Mesite
The White-breasted Mesite, Mesitornis variegatus, is a ground-dwelling bird endemic to Madagascar. One of three species in the mesite family Mesitornithidae, it has a small population and is restricted to five sites in the north and west of the island....
Mesitornis unicolor Brown Mesite
Brown Mesite
The Brown Mesite, Mesitornis unicolor, is a ground-dwelling bird endemic to Madagascar. It is one of three species in the mesite family Mesitornithidae, and though vulnerable, it is the most widespread of the three....
Monias benschi Subdesert Mesite
Subdesert Mesite
The Subdesert Mesite is a ground-dwelling bird endemic to Madagascar. It is one of three species in the mesite family Mesitornithidae, and is restricted in distribution to a small low-land region in southwest Madagascar....

Pteroclidae

Syrrhaptes tibetanus Tibetan Sandgrouse
Tibetan Sandgrouse
The Tibetan Sandgrouse is a large bird in the sandgrouse family.- Description :Tibetan Sandgrouse is about 30-41 cm long, with a small, pigeon-like head and neck, but sturdy compact body. It has long pointed wings and pin tail. It has an orange face, finely barred grey breast, neck and...
Syrrhaptes paradoxus Pallas's Sandgrouse
Pallas's Sandgrouse
The Pallas's Sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family named after the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas....
Pterocles alchata Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
The Pin-tailed Sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family.The nominate race breeds in Iberia and southern France, and the eastern form P. a. caudacutus is found in northwest Africa, and from southeast Turkey east to Kazakhstan...
Pterocles namaqua Namaqua Sandgrouse
Namaqua Sandgrouse
The Namaqua Sandgrouse is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....
Pterocles exustus Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
The Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus, is a species of sandgrouse. They are found in sparse, bushy, arid land which is common in central and northern Africa, and southern Asia. Though they live in hot, arid climates, they are highly reliant on water. They have been known to travel up...
Pterocles senegallus Spotted Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse
The Spotted Sandgrouse is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia,...
Pterocles gutturalis Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
The Yellow-throated Sandgrouse is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.-References:...
Pterocles orientalis Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
The Black-bellied Sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family.The nominate race breeds in Iberia, northwest Africa, the Canary Islands, Turkey, Iran, Cyprus and Israel. The eastern form P. o. arenarius is found in Kazakhstan, western China and northern Pakistan...
Pterocles coronatus Crowned Sandgrouse
Crowned Sandgrouse
The Crowned Sandgrouse is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, and...
Pterocles personatus Madagascar Sandgrouse
Madagascar Sandgrouse
The Madagascar Sandgrouse is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family.It is endemic to Madagascar....
Pterocles decoratus Black-faced Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
The Black-faced Sandgrouse is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family.It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....
Pterocles bicinctus Double-banded Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse
The Double-banded Sandgrouse is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.-References:...
Pterocles quadricinctus Four-banded Sandgrouse
Four-banded Sandgrouse
The Four-banded Sandgrouse is a medium-sized bird in the sandgrouse family.It breeds in a belt across Africa from Mauritania and Cameroon east to Sudan and Uganda. It is much more common in the west of its range...
Pterocles indicus Painted Sandgrouse
Painted Sandgrouse
The Painted Sandgrouse is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family found in South Asia.- References : Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern...
Pterocles lichtensteinii Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
The Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family, which is named after Martin Lichtenstein. They are nomadic, mostly nocturnal birds, which drink before dawn and after dusk....
Pterocles burchelli Burchell's Sandgrouse
Burchell's Sandgrouse
The Burchell's Sandgrouse is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe....

Thinocoridae

Attagis gayi Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
The Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Attagis gayi, is a wader which is a resident breeding bird in the Andes of South America south from Ecuador....
Attagis malouinus White-bellied Seedsnipe
White-bellied Seedsnipe
The White-bellied Seedsnipe is a species of bird in the Thinocoridae family. It is found in southern parts of Argentina and Chile and is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and swamps....
Thinocorus orbignyianus Grey-breasted Seedsnipe
Grey-breasted Seedsnipe
The Grey-breasted Seedsnipe is a species of bird in the Thinocoridae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru....
Thinocorus rumicivorus Least Seedsnipe
Least Seedsnipe
The Least Seedsnipe is a species of bird in the Thinocoridae family.It breeds in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru and has been recorded in Ecuador, the Falkland Islands, Uruguay and possibly Brazil...

Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae
The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...

Scolopax rusticola Eurasian Woodcock
Eurasian Woodcock
The Eurasian Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia. It has cryptic camouflage to suit its woodland habitat, with reddish-brown upperparts and buff-coloured underparts...
Scolopax mira Amami Woodcock
Amami Woodcock
The Amami Woodcock, Scolopax mira, is a medium sized wader. It is slightly larger and longer-legged than Eurasian Woodcock, and may be .This species is a Restricted-range endemic found only in forests on two small islands of the Amami Islands chain in South Japan. Insofar as its habits are known,...
Scolopax saturata Rufous Woodcock
Scolopax celebensis Sulawesi Woodcock
Sulawesi Woodcock
The Sulawesi Woodcock, Scolopax celebensis, also known as Celebes Woodcock, is a medium sized wader. It is larger and darker than Eurasian Woodcock but with small reddish spots....
Scolopax rochussenii Moluccan Woodcock
Moluccan Woodcock
The Moluccan Woodcock , also known as Obi Woodcock, is a medium-sized, approximately 40 cm long, forest wader with long and dark bill, orange buff below and black barred upperparts. The plumage is marked with large buff spots...
Scolopax minor American Woodcock
American Woodcock
The American Woodcock , sometimes colloquially referred to as the Timberdoodle, is a small chunky shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America...
Gallinago solitaria Solitary Snipe
Solitary Snipe
The Solitary Snipe, Gallinago solitaria, is a small stocky wader. It breeds discontinuously in the mountains of eastern Asia, in eastern Russia, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Many birds are sedentary in the high mountains, or just move downhill in hard weather, but others are migratory,...
Gallinago hardwickii Latham's Snipe
Latham's Snipe
Latham's Snipe, Gallinago hardwickii, also known as Japanese Snipe, is a medium-sized , long-billed, migratory wader.-Identification:...
Gallinago nemoricola Wood Snipe
Wood Snipe
The Wood Snipe is a species of snipe which breeds in the Himalayas of northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and southern China. In winter, it occurs at lower altitudes in the Himalayas, as a regular visitor in small numbers to north Vietnam...
Gallinago stenura Pintail Snipe
Pintail Snipe
The Pin-tailed Snipe, Gallinago stenura, also known as the Pintail Snipe, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in northern Russia and migrates to spend the non-breeding season in southern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia. It is the most common migrant snipe in southern India, Sri Lanka and much of...
Gallinago megala Swinhoe's Snipe
Swinhoe's Snipe
Swinhoe's Snipe, Gallinago megala, also known as Forest Snipe or Chinese Snipe, is a medium-sized , long-billed, migratory wader.-Identification:...
Gallinago media Great Snipe
Great Snipe
The Great Snipe, Gallinago media is a small stocky wader in the genus Gallinago.This bird's breeding habitat is marshes and wet meadows with short vegetation in north-eastern Europe including north-western Russia. Great Snipes are migratory, wintering in Africa...
Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe
Common Snipe
The Common Snipe is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout northern Europe and northern Asia...
Gallinago nigripennis African Snipe
African Snipe
The African Snipe, Gallinago nigripennis, also known as the Ethiopian Snipe, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in eastern and southern Africa in wet mountain moorland and swamps at altitudes of 1700 - 4000m. When not breeding it disperses widely, including into coastal lowlands.-Description:This...
Gallinago macrodactyla Madagascar Snipe
Madagascar Snipe
The Madagascar Snipe, Gallinago macrodactyla, is a small stocky wader. It breeds only in the humid eastern half of Madagascar, from sea-level up to 2,700 m, being more common above 700 m. It is non-migratory.-Description:...
Gallinago paraguaiae South American Snipe
South American Snipe
The South American Snipe or Magellan Snipe, Gallinago paraguaiae, is a small, stocky wader. Its taxonomic position is complicated, sometimes treated as a race of Common Snipe...
Gallinago andina Puna Snipe
Puna Snipe
The Puna Snipe, Gallinago andina, is a small, stocky wader. It breeds in the Andes of northern Peru to northwestern Argentina and northern Chile. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the South American Snipe.-Description:...
Gallinago nobilis Noble Snipe
Noble Snipe
The Noble Snipe, Gallinago nobilis, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela above or just below the treeline. It is entirely sedentary.-Description:...
Gallinago undulata Giant Snipe
Giant Snipe
The Giant Snipe, Gallinago undulata, is a stocky wader. It breeds in South America. The nominate subspecies G. u. undulata occurs in two distinct areas, one in Colombia, and the other from Venezuela through Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana to extreme north-eastern Brazil. The southern...
Gallinago jamesoni Andean Snipe
Andean Snipe
The Andean Snipe, Gallinago jamesoni, is a small, stocky wader. It breeds in the Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It appears to be entirely sedentary, with no evidence of migration....
Gallinago stricklandii Fuegian Snipe
Fuegian Snipe
The Fuegian Snipe, Gallinago stricklandii, also known as the Cordilleran Snipe, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in south-central Chile and Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego. It is mainly sedentary, but the Tierra del Fuego population winters in mainland Chile.It is sporadically recorded in...
Gallinago imperialis Imperial Snipe
Imperial Snipe
The Imperial Snipe, Gallinago imperialis, is a small stocky wader which breeds in the Andes. For a century it was known only from two specimens collected near Bogotá, Colombia, and was presumed extinct, but it was rediscovered in Peru in 1967 and Ecuador in 1988...
Lymnocryptes minimus Jack Snipe
Jack Snipe
The Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes...
Coenocorypha pusilla Chatham Islands Snipe
Coenocorypha aucklandica Subantarctic Snipe
Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
The Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa, is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the Limosa genus, the godwits...
Limosa haemastica Hudsonian Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
The Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica, is a large shorebird.-Identification:Adults have long dark legs and a long pink bill with a slight upward curve and dark at the tip. The upper parts are mottled brown and the underparts are chestnut. The tail is black and the rump is white...
Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
The Bar-tailed Godwit is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae, which breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra mainly in the Old World, and winters on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of the Old World...
Limosa fedoa Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
The Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa, is a large shorebird. On average, it is the largest of the 4 species of godwit. The total length is , including a large bill of , and wingspan is . Body mass can vary from ....
Numenius minutus Little Curlew
Little Curlew
The Little Curlew, Numenius minutus, is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It is a very small curlew, which breeds in the far north of Siberia. It is closely related to the North American Eskimo Curlew....
Numenius borealis Eskimo Curlew
Eskimo Curlew
The Eskimo or the "Northern Curlew" is a critically endangered shorebird, now considered by many to be extinct.-Taxonomy:The Eskimo Curlew is one of eight species of curlew, and is classed with them in the genus Numenius. It was formerly placed in the separate genus Mesoscolopax. Numenius is...
Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel
Whimbrel
The Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the mostwidespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland....
Numenius tahitiensis Bristle-thighed Curlew
Bristle-thighed Curlew
The Bristle-thighed Curlew, Numenius tahitiensis, is a large shorebird that breeds in Alaska and winters on tropical Pacific islands. It has a long, decurved bill and bristled feathers at the base of the legs. Its length is about 43 cm and wingspan about 84 cm...
Numenius tenuirostris Slender-billed Curlew
Slender-billed Curlew
The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, is a bird in the wader family Scolopacidae. It breeds in marshes and peat bogs in the taiga of Siberia, and is migratory, formerly wintering in shallow freshwater habitats around the Mediterranean...
Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew
Eurasian Curlew
The Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia...
Numenius americanus Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
The Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species is native to central and western North America...
Numenius madagascariensis Far Eastern Curlew
Far Eastern Curlew
The Far Eastern Curlew or Eastern Curlew is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the Long-billed Curlew, but slightly larger. It is mostly brown in color, differentiated from other curlews by its plain, unpatterned brown underwing...
Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
The Upland Sandpiper is a large shorebird, closely related to the curlews . Older names are the Upland Plover and Bartram's Sandpiper. It is the only member of the genus Bartramia. The genus name and the old common name Bartram's Sandpiper commemorate the American naturalist William Bartram...
Tringa erythropus Spotted Redshank
Spotted Redshank
The Spotted Redshank, Tringa erythropus, is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It breeds across northern Scandinavia and northern Asia and migrates south to the Mediterranean, the southern British Isles, France, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia for the winter...
Tringa totanus Common Redshank
Common Redshank
The Common Redshank or simply Redshank is an Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.- Description and systematics :...
Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
The Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis, is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to central Asia....
Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank
Tringa guttifer Nordmann's Greenshank
Tringa melanoleuca Greater Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
The Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca, is a large North American shorebird, similar in appearance to the smaller Lesser Yellowlegs. Its closest relative, however, is the Greenshank, which together with the Spotted Redshank form a close-knit group...
Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
The Lesser Yellowlegs is a medium-sized shorebird similar in appearance to the larger Greater Yellowlegs. It is not closely related to this bird, however, but instead to the much larger and quite dissimilar Willet; merely the fine, clear and dense pattern of the neck shown in breeding plumage...
Tringa solitaria Solitary Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
The Solitary Sandpiper is a small wader .-Description:This species measures long, with a wingspan up to and a body mass of . It is a dumpy wader with a dark green back, greyish head and breast and otherwise white underparts. It is obvious in flight, with wings dark above and below, and a dark...
Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
The Green Sandpiper is a small wader of the Old World. It represents an ancient lineage of the genus Tringa; its only close living relative is the Solitary Sandpiper . They both have brown wings with little light dots and a delicate but contrasting neck and chest pattern...
Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
The Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae.- Description and systematics :...
Tringa cinerea Terek Sandpiper
Terek Sandpiper
The Terek Sandpiper is a small migratory Palearctic wader species, the only member of the genus Xenus.- Description and systematics :...
Tringa hypoleucos Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
The Common Sandpiper is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the Spotted Sandpiper , make up the genus Actitis. They are parapatric and replace each other geographically; stray birds of either species may settle down with breeders of the other and hybridize...
Tringa macularia Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
The Spotted Sandpiper is a small shorebird, 18–20 cm long. Together with its sister species, the Common Sandpiper they make up the genus Actitis...
Tringa brevipes Grey-tailed Tattler
Grey-tailed Tattler
The Grey-tailed Tattler, Tringa brevipes , is a small shorebird.- Description :...
Tringa incana Wandering Tattler
Wandering Tattler
The Wandering Tattler, Tringa incana , is a medium-sized wading bird. It is similar in appearance to the closely related Gray-tailed Tattler, T. brevipes...
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Willet
Willet
The Willet, Tringa semipalmata , is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family. It is a good-sized and stout scolopacid, the largest of the shanks...
Prosobonia cancellata Tuamotu Sandpiper
Tuamotu Sandpiper
The Tuamotu Sandpiper, Prosobonia cancellata, is an endangered member of the large wader family Scolopacidae, that is endemic to the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Aechmorhynchus...
Prosobonia leucoptera Tahitian Sandpiper
Tahitian Sandpiper
The Tahiti Sandpiper or Tahitian Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera, is an extinct member of the large wader family Scolopacidae that was endemic to Tahiti in French Polynesia....
Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone
Ruddy Turnstone
The Ruddy Turnstone is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae...
Arenaria melanocephala Black Turnstone
Black Turnstone
The Black Turnstone is a species of small wading bird. It is one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria, the Ruddy Turnstone being the other. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae...
Limnodromus griseus Short-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed Dowitcher
The Short-billed Dowitcher like its congener the Long-billed Dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is an inhabitant of North America, Middle America, and northern South America. It is strongly migratory; it completely vacates in breeding areas...
Limnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
The Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, is a medium-sized shorebird.Adults have yellowish legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and reddish underneath with spotted throat and breast, bars on flanks. The tail has a black and white barred pattern...
Limnodromus semipalmatus Asian Dowitcher
Aphriza virgata Surfbird
Surfbird
The Surfbird is a small stocky wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is usually classified in a genus of its own, as Aphriza virgata, and was once considered to be allied to the turnstones, but more recent data suggests it is very close genetically to the Red and Great Knots and should be included...
Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot
Great Knot
The Great Knot, Calidris tenuirostris, is a small wader. It is the largest of the calidrid species.Their breeding habitat is tundra in northeast Siberia. They nest on the ground laying about four eggs in a ground scrape. They are strongly migratory wintering on coasts in southern Asia through to...
Calidris canutus Red Knot
Red Knot
The Red Knot, Calidris canutus , is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the Great Knot...
Calidris alba Sanderling
Sanderling
The Sanderling is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia...
Calidris pusilla Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
The Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla, is a very small shorebird. It is sometimes separated with other "stints" in Erolia but although these apparently form a monophyletic group, the present species' old genus Ereunetes had been proposed before Erolia.Adults have black legs and a short stout...
Calidris mauri Western Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
The Western Sandpiper, Calidris or Erolia mauri, is a small shorebird.Adults have dark legs and a short thin dark bill, thinner at the tip. The body is brown on top and white underneath. They are reddish-brown on the crown. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny...
Calidris minuta Little Stint
Little Stint
The Little Stint, Calidris minuta , is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia...
Calidris ruficollis Rufous-necked Stint
Calidris temminckii Temminck's Stint
Temminck's Stint
Temminck's Stint, Calidris or Erolia temminckii, is a small wader.This stint's breeding habitat is bogs and marshes in the taiga of Arctic northern Europe and Asia. It will breed in southern Scandinavia and occasionally Scotland. It has a distinctive hovering display flight. It nests in a scrape...
Calidris subminuta Long-toed Stint
Long-toed Stint
The Long-toed Stint, Calidris or Erolia subminuta, is a small wader bird. It breeds across northern Asia and is strongly migratory, wintering in south and south east Asia and Australasia...
Calidris minutilla Least Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
The Least Sandpiper is the smallest shorebird.This species has greenish legs and a short thin dark bill. Breeding adults are brown with dark brown streaks on top and white underneath. They have a light line above the eye and a dark crown. In winter, Least Sandpipers are grey above...
Calidris fuscicollis White-rumped Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
The White-rumped Sandpiper is a small shorebird.Adults have black legs and a small thin dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and mainly white underneath, with brown streaks on the breast and a white rump. They have a white stripe over their eyes. This bird shows long wings in flight. In winter...
Calidris bairdii Baird's Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
The Baird's Sandpiper is a small shorebird. It is among those calidrids sometimes separated in Erolia.Adults have black legs and a short thin dark bill. They are dark brown on top and mainly white underneath with a black patch on the rump. The head and breast are light brown with dark streaks. In...
Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
The Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, is a small wader. It is sometimes separated with the "stint" sandpipers in Erolia. This may or may not represent a good monophyletic group, depending on the placement of the phylogenetically enigmatic Curlew Sandpiper , the type species of Erolia...
Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminata is a small wader.- Taxonomy :More recently, a review of new data has indicated that this bird should perhaps better be placed into the genus Philomachus- as P...
Calidris maritima Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
The Purple Sandpiper, Calidris, Arquatella or Erolia maritima is a small shorebird.Adults have short yellow legs and a medium thin dark bill with a yellow base. The body is dark on top with a slight purplish gloss and mainly white underneath. The breast is smeared with grey and the rump is black...
Calidris ptilocnemis Rock Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
The Rock Sandpiper is a small shorebird.Adults have short yellow legs and a medium thin dark bill. The body is dark on top with a slight purplish gloss and mainly white underneath. The breast is smeared with grey and the rump is black...
Calidris alpina Dunlin
Dunlin
The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East...
Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
The Curlew Sandpiper is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australasia...
Micropalama himantopus Stilt Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
The Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus or Micropalama himantopus, is a small shorebird; it bears some resemblance to the smaller calidrid sandpipers or "stints". DNA sequence information is incapable of determining whether it should be placed in Calidris or in the monotypic genus Micropalama...
Tryngites subruficollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis, is a small shorebird. It is a calidrid sandpipers and currently considered to be the only member of the genus Tryngites. Indeed, it probably belongs in the genus Calidris itself, or more precisely with the small species thereof which should be...
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Spoonbill Sandpiper
Limicola falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
The Broad-billed Sandpiper is a small wading bird. It is the only member of the genus Limicola; some have proposed that it should be placed in the genus Erolia with the "stint" sandpipers, but more recent research suggests that it is should rather go into the genus Philomachus with the ruff and...
Philomachus pugnax Ruff
Ruff
The Ruff is a medium-sized wading bird that breeds in marshes and wet meadows across northern Eurasia. This highly gregarious sandpiper is migratory and sometimes forms huge flocks in its winter grounds, which include southern and western Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australia...
Steganopus tricolor Wilson's Phalarope
Wilson's Phalarope
The Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering around the central Andes in South America. They are passage migrants through...
Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
The Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans....
Phalaropus fulicaria Red Phalarope
Red Phalarope
The Red Phalarope , Phalaropus fulicarius, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia...

Rostratulidae

Rostratula benghalensis Greater Painted Snipe
Greater Painted Snipe
The Greater Painted Snipe, Rostratula benghalensis, is a species of wader in the family Rostratulidae. It is found in marshes in Africa, India, Pakistan, and South-east Asia -Description:...
Rostratula semicollaris American Painted Snipe

Jacanidae

Actophilornis africanus African Jacana
African Jacana
The African Jacana is a jacana. The jacanas are a group of waders in the family Jacanidae, which are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. They are found worldwide within the tropical...
Actophilornis albinucha Madagascar Jacana
Madagascar Jacana
The Madagascar Jacana is a species of bird in the Jacanidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 28 July 2007....
Microparra capensis Lesser Jacana
Lesser Jacana
The Lesser Jacana is a species of bird in the Jacanidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Microparra....
Irediparra gallinacea Comb-crested Jacana
Comb-crested Jacana
The Comb-crested Jacana , also known as the Lotusbird or Lilytrotter, is the only species of jacana in the genus Irediparra...
Hydrophasianus chirurgus Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
The Pheasant-tailed Jacana is a jacana in the monotypic genus Hydrophasianus. Jacanas are a group of waders in the family Jacanidae that are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, their preferred habitat...
Metopidius indicus Bronze-winged Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
The Bronze-winged Jacana is a jacana. It is the only member of the genus Metopidius. The jacanas are a group of waders in the family Charadriidae, which are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred...
Jacana spinosa Northern Jacana
Northern Jacana
The Northern Jacana or Northern Jaçana is a wader which is a resident breeder from coastal Mexico to western Panama, and on Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola. It sometimes breeds in Texas, USA, and has also been recorded on several occasions as a vagrant in Arizona...
Jacana jacana Wattled Jacana
Wattled Jacana
The Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana is a wader which is a resident breeder from western Panama and Trinidad south through most of South America east of the Andes....

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