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Charadriiformes of the World

​This page is a snapshot of just a few of the beautiful birds that inhabit our world.  The birds shown on this site were photographed in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, China, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.  Enjoy the creatures around us and appreciate their beauty and sounds.  This page is an ongoing work in progress.

Charadriidae Family
Charadrius alexandrinus - Kentish Plover In Mangrove National Park In Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
Charadrius dubius - Little Ringed Plover In Yokohama, Japan
Charadrius mongolus - Lesser Sand Plover At The Port of Yokohama (Japan)
Charadrius vociferus - Killdeer On The Ground In Bell County, Texas (USA)
Pluvialis fulva - Pacific Golden Plover At Andersen AFB on Guam (USA)
Vanellus cinereus - Grey-headed Lapwig Over Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Vanellus vanellus - Northern Lapwing In Flight Low Over Ansbach, Bavaria (Germany)

Glareolidae Family
Glareola maldivarum - Oriental Pratincole in Okinawa Prefecture (Japan)

Haematopodidae Family
Haematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher In Jade Bay During Low Tide In Wadden N.P. Sehestedt, Lower Saxony (Germany)

Laridae Family
Chroicocephalus ridibundus - Black-Headed Gull Over the Neckar River In Stuttgart, Germany
Larus argentatus - European Herring Gull On The Dingle Peninsula, Ireland
Larus crassirostris - Black-tailed Gull Over Tokyo Bay In Japan
Larus delawarensis - Ring-billed Gull At Lake Belton, Texas (USA)
Larus michahellis - Yellow-legged Gull Takes Flight at Terme Di Caracalla in Rome, Italy
Larus vegae - Vega Gull Over Sagami Bay In Japan
Leucophaeus atricilla - Laughing Gull On The Gulf of Mexico Coast In Texas (USA)

Laridae Family - Terns
Hydroprogne caspia - Caspian Tern Over Mangrove National Park In Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Sterna sumatrana - Black-naped Terns In The East China Sea Off Okinawa Prefecture (Japan) 
Sternula albifrons - Little Tern Over West Beach At Kasai Marine Park in Tokyo (Japan)
Sternula antillarum - Least Tern In Flight Over The Gulf of Mexico Off Texas (USA)

Recurvirostridae Family
Himantopus mexicanus
- Black-necked Stilt At The James Campbell On Oahu Island In Hawaii (USA)
Recurvirostra americana - An American Avocet Near Lake Jackson, Texas (USA)
Recurvirostra avosetta - Avocet Foraging at the Leyhörn Nature Reserve In Greetsiel, Lower Saxony (Germany)

Scolopacidae Family
Actitis hypoleucos - Common Sandpiper At Mangrove National Park In Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Arenaria interpres - Ruddy Turnstone Flying Over Tokyo Bay In Japan
Calidris alpina - Dunlin At Kasai Rinkai Park In Tokyo, Japan
Limosa lapponica - Bar-tailed Godwit At Ariake Sea Tidal Flat, Japan
Numenius phaeopus - Whimbrel At Mangrove National Park In Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tringa brevipes -  at Kasai Rinkai Park Tokyo, Japan
Tringa semipalmata - Willet Over the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas, USA
Tringa totanus - Common Redshank at Mangrove N.P. in the United Arab Emirates  











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