International Shorebird Gallery

Part 2
Family Jacanas (Jacanidae)
Family Painted Snipes (Rostratulidae)
Family Crab Plover (Dromadidae)
Family Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
Family Ibisbill (Ibidorhynchidae)
Family Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
Family Stone-Curlews (Burhinidae)
Family Coursers and Pratincoles (Glareolidae)
Family Lapwings and Plovers (Charadriidae)
Family Magellanic Plover (Pluvianellidae)
Family Sandpipers, Snipes and allies (Scolopacidae)
Godwits

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

  • Black-tailed Godwit, photos of only record for Louisiana (from SW Louisiana Birding).
  • Black-tailed Godwit, group in flight, Maudoc Birding, photos

    Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica

  • Hudsonian Godwit from SW Louisiana Birding.
  • Hudsonian Godwit © Dr. Russel Barrow, from Birds of Trinidad & Tobago
  • also at the WHSRN Gallery

    Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

  • Bar-tailed Godwit at Tokeland, WA, Oct 1995 by Ruth Sullivan. [with flock of Marbled Godwits] [alone 1[ [alone 2]
  • Bar-tailed Godwit © 1997 Takashi Koike
  • Bar-tailed Godwit. Collection of images, Chatham, MA - July 13, 1997. © Don Crockett, The Virtual Birder

    Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa

  • Marbled Godwit group of 3 by Don Nelson
  • Marbled Godwit © Don Baccus, Nature Images
  • also at the WHSRN Gallery

    Curlews

    Little Curlew Numenius minutus Unusual Wildlife in Southern Queensland by Tom & Marie Tarrant

    Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

  • Whimbrel, The Birds of Foula, Kenny Ensor
  • Whimbrel Photo by Chris Gommersall (Fetlar - The Garden of Shetland)
  • Whimbrel © Don Baccus, Nature Images
  • Whimbrel © 1997 Takashi Koike
  • Whimbrel on nest. photo by H. R. Spendelow Jr., BBS Display List
  • and see the WHSRN Gallery

    Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis

  • Bristle-thighed Curlew, Midway Atoll by James Nestler
  • The Great Curlew Fallout of '98 - links to Bristle-thighed Curlew photos from Oregon, Washington and California, May 1998.

    Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris © Martin Reid

    Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

  • Eurasian Curlew, The Birds of Foula, Kenny Ensor
  • Eurasian Curlew from Japanese bird carver, Tetu-SATO

    Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis, Shorebirds from Queensland by Tom & Marie Tarrant

    Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus

  • Long-billed Curlew, photo © Del Blackburn from Clark College Field Studies in Biology
  • also see Paul Hertzel's Images of Shorebirds
  • and see the WHSRN Gallery

    Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda

  • Upland Sandpiper by D. A. Rintoul, BBS display list
  • Upland Sandpiper from S.E. Michigan Birding Page
  • and see Paul Hertzel's Images of Shorebirds
  • also at the WHSRN Gallery

    Tringine Sandpipers

    Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

  • Spotted Redshank from Maudoc Birding, photos
  • Spotted Redshank by Cem O. KIRAC, METU-BC, Turkey

    Redshank Tringa totanus

  • Redshank RSPB - Weymouth
  • Redshank from Maudoc Birding, photos

    Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis from the Chinese Wild Bird Federation [Taiwan]

    Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

  • Common Greenshank © 1995-1996 Takashi Koike
  • Common Greenshank, Shorebirds from Queensland by Tom & Marie Tarrant
  • Common Greenshank from Maudoc Birding, photos

    Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer, Mai Po Marshes of Hong Kong

    Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

  • Greater Yellowlegs from SW Louisiana Birding.
  • Greater Yellowlegs, BBS display list
  • also at the WHSRN Gallery

    Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes, by D. A. Rintoul, BBS display list

    Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus, Getterön, Sweden, 09.07.93 by Christer Jakobsen, Norway.

    Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria

  • Solitary Sandpiper from SW Louisiana Birding.
  • Solitary Sandpiper: portrait, © Dr. Dan Sudia, from U. of Georgia Museum of Natl Hist.
  • Solitary Sandpiper, photo by Luther Goldman, BBS display list

    Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

  • Wood Sandpiper © 1995 Juhani Kyyrö & Hannu Ekblom
  • Wood Sandpiper from Maudoc Birding, photos

    Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

  • Willet, © Dick Hoffman.26Apr1971, Virginia (wing pattern)
  • also see Paul Hertzel's Images of Shorebirds
  • and see the WHSRN Gallery

    Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus

  • Terek Sandpiper from Gallery of UAE- Natural Emirates
  • Terek Sandpiper, Shorebirds from Queensland by Tom & Marie Tarrant

    Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

  • Common Sandpiper: © 1995-1996 Takashi Koike
  • Common Sandpiper: Finland; © 1995 Juhani Kyyrö & Hannu Ekblom
  • Common Sandpiper (or Xivitona) from http://www.ddgi.es/espais/xivitona.htm

    Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia

  • Spotted Sandpiper, alternate plumage, by Marcus Martin, BBS display list
  • Spotted Sandpiper, basic plumage, from SW Louisiana Birding
  • and see the WHSRN Gallery

    Gray-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes

  • Gray-tailed Tattler: © 1995-1996 Takashi Koike
  • Gray-tailed Tattler blue leg-flaged bird found at Shiokawa tidalflat, 4 May 1996.

    Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus

  • Wandering Tattler © Dennis Paulson (Dan Victor's Tweeter's Birding Email Images Gallery)
  • Wandering Tattler, Midway Atoll by James Nestler
  • Wandering Tattler, Photo by Martin Reid, 24 Apr 1992, TBRC record
  • also at the WHSRN Gallery

    Turnstones

    Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

  • Ruddy Turnstone: © 1995-1996 Takashi Koike
  • Ruddy Turnstone: three photos in Virginia and Finland © 1995 Juhani Kyyrö & Hannu Ekblom
  • Ruddy Turnstone, FL in Sept. Marcus Martin's Bird Photo Gallery
  • Ruddy Turnstone © Dr. Russel Barrow, from Birds of Trinidad & Tobago
  • Ruddy Turnstone from Fermilab Bird Pictures Photographer: Nagendra Kolluru
  • and see the WHSRN Gallery

    Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala

  • Black Turnstone by Ruth Sullivan
  • see Paul Hertzel's Images of Shorebirds
  • also at the WHSRN Gallery

    Phalaropes

    Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor

  • Wilson's Phalarope [view 1] [view 2] © Don Baccus, Nature Images
  • also see the WHSRN Gallery

    Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

  • Red-necked Phalarope, Alternate plumage photo by Kevin Osborn at the Loch of Funzie (Shetland Wildlife Pages - Birdwatching in Shetland)
  • Red-necked Phalarope Photos by R. Glover and Chris Gommersall (Fetlar - The Garden of Shetland)
  • Red-necked Phalarope, © Dick Hoffman.24Sep1989, Ohio (juvenile)
  • also see Paul Hertzel's Images of Shorebirds
  • also at the WHSRN Gallery

    Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius

  • Red Phalarope by Chan Robbins, BBS display list
  • Red Phalarope, © Dick Hoffman.29Jun1982, Barrow, AK (alternate plumage female)
  • Red Phalarope, © Jean Hoffman.10Dec1974, Ohio (juvenile)

    Woodcocks

    Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola [hand held], Copyright Steve Stansfield - from UK Birdlist

    American Woodcock Scolopax minor

  • American Woodcock [hand held]; J. A. Spendelow, BBS display list
  • American Woodcock in icy setting, ©Kevin C. Loughlin
  • American Woodcock in Ohio (hand held portrait) © Victor W. Fazio, III

    Snipes

    Great Snipe Gallinago media [hand held], Copyright Steve Stansfield - from UK Birdlist

    Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

  • Common Snipe RSPB - Weymouth
  • Common Snipe [view 1] [view 2] [view 3] © Don Baccus, Nature Images
  • Common snipe, hand held, BBS Display List
  • Common Snipe, Argentina by B. K. Schmidt, Smithsonian Institution
  • Common Snipe: © 1995-1996 Takashi Koike

    Dowitchers

    Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus

  • Short-billed Dowitcher: 4 photos at Chincoteague, VA © 1995 Juhani Kyyrö & Hannu Ekblom
  • Short-billed Dowitcher, photo by Jim Zingo, BBS Display List
  • Short-billed Dowitcher, © Dick Hoffman.03Jul1984, Washington (L. g. caurinus)
  • Short-billed Dowitcher, © Dick Hoffman.25Aug1983, Ohio (juvenile)
  • Short-billed Dowitcher in Ohio © Victor W. Fazio, III (different plumages, tail in flight)
  • and see the WHSRN Gallery

    Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus

  • Long-billed Dowitcher © 1996 Dick Hoffman
  • Long-billed Dowitcher, Alternate plumage, photo by Chan Robbins, BBS Display List
  • Long-billed Dowitcher in Ohio © Victor W. Fazio, III

    Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus

  • Asiatic Dowitcher © 1997 from Tony Palliser's Pelagic Home Page
  • Asiatic Dowitcher, Shorebirds from Queensland by Tom & Marie Tarrant

    Calidrine Sandpipers

    Family Seedsnipes (Thinocoridae)

    Thanks for visiting! Questions, comments and suggestions are welcome. Please let me know when you find new photos I can add to the list. Send mail to Jean Hoffman at djhoff@ix.netcom.com

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