International Shorebird Gallery

Part 3
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

Curlews

Tringine Sandpipers

Turnstones

Phalaropes

Woodcocks

Snipes

Dowitchers

Calidrine Sandpipers

Surfbird Aphriza virgata

  • Surfbird at Homer, AK, by Marcus Martin, BBS display list
  • Surfbird © Mike Patterson, 1996 Shorebird Photo Guide
  • Surfbird [, two birds], © Don DesJardin
  • Surfbird © Bert Frenz from Alaska itinerary
  • Surfbird © Don Baccus, winter, Monterey, CA

    Red Knot Calidris canutus

  • Red Knot © Don Baccus, Nature Images
  • Red Knot by Terry Brashear, BBS display list
  • Red Knot © Bert Frenz
  • see Paul Hertzel's Images of Shorebirds
  • and see the WHSRN Gallery

    Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris from CUSTOM PHOTO SCANNING, the O'Briens of Clackamas, OR

    Sanderling Calidris alba

  • Sanderling 5 photos (1 flight)Cape Hatteras, NC © 1995 Juhani Kyyrö & Hannu Ekblom
  • Sanderling © Dennis Paulson (Dan Victor's Tweeter's Birding Email Images Gallery)
  • Sanderling, 3 views: (front) (side) (back) in alternate plumage, WI in June Marcus Martin's Bird Photo Gallery
  • Sanderling by Marcus Martin, BBS display list
  • and see Paul Hertzel's Images of Shorebirds

    Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla

  • Semipalmated Sandpiper: group of photos from SW Louisiana Birding.
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper from S.E. Michigan Birding Page
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper, Maine, from Jim's Birding Page
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper, juvenile from Shorebird Photos, The University of Puget Sound
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper hand held by J. A. Spendelow, BBS display list
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper © Don DesJardin

    Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri

  • Western Sandpiper: group of photos from SW Louisiana Birding.
  • Western Sandpiper, juvenile from Shorebird Photos, The University of Puget Sound
  • Western Sandpiper by Paul Conover, BBS display list
  • Western Sandpiper © Don DesJardin
  • and see Paul Hertzel's Images of Shorebirds
  • also at the WHSRN Gallery

    Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis

  • Red-necked Stint: © 1996 Takashi Koike
  • Red-necked Stint (juvenile), from Shiokawa Tidalflat Home Page.
  • Red-necked Stint, juvenile from Shorebird Photos, The University of Puget Sound

    Little Stint Calidris minuta

  • Little Stint by Cem O. KIRAC, METU-BC, Turkey
  • Little Stint, juvenile from Shorebird Photos, The University of Puget Sound

    Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii, juvenile from Shorebird Photos, The University of Puget Sound

    Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta

  • Long-toed Stint, juvenile, by Urban Olsson (Shorebird Photos, The University of Puget Sound)
  • Long-toed Stint, 5 views, 1st California record (juv. 1988), © Greg Lasley

    Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla

  • Least Sandpiper: group of photos from SW Louisiana Birding.
  • Least Sandpiper, Homer, AK in June Marcus Martin's Bird Photo Gallery
  • Least Sandpiper from S.E. Michigan Birding Page
  • Least Sandpiper © Don Baccus, Nature Images
  • Least Sandpiper, juvenile from Shorebird Photos, The University of Puget Sound
  • Least Sandpiper by Paul Conover, BBS display list
  • also at the WHSRN Gallery

    White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis

  • White-rumped Sandpiper: group of photos from SW Louisiana Birding.
  • White-rumped Sandpiper from S.E. Michigan Birding Page
  • White-rumped Sandpiper by Paul Conover, BBS display list

    Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii

  • Baird's Sandpiper closeup by Paul Conover, BBS display list
  • Baird's Sandpiper from S.E. Michigan Birding Page
  • Baird's Sandpiper, juvenile, © Ruth Sullivan, Aug. 1997 Damon Pt., Ocean Shores

    Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos

  • Pectoral Sandpiper by PaulConover, BBS display list
  • Pectoral Sandpiper, 26 April 1997, Shiokawa tidalflat (basic plumage)
  • Pectoral Sandpiper © Don DesJardin
  • also at the WHSRN Gallery

    Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata

  • Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Shorebirds from Queensland by Tom & Marie Tarrant
  • Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (adult), Photo by Martin Reid, May 17,1991, TBRC record
  • Sharp-tailed Sandpiper © Don DesJardin, juvenile, 3Nov1998, California Rarities Gallery
  • and see the WHSRN Gallery

    Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

  • Purple Sandpiper from S.E.Michigan Birding Page
  • Purple Sandpiper by Marshall Iliff,BBS display list
  • Purple Sandpiper 1st alternate & basic plumages by Arlie Cooksey and Greg Lasley, TBRC
  • Purple Sandpiper © Martin Reid, Clockwork Travel - Birding Iceland

    Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis

  • Rock Sandpiper, photo by Marcus Martin, BBS display list
  • Rock Sandpiper © Jan A. Allinder, St. Paul, Alaska

    Dunlin Calidris alpina

  • Dunlin (basic plumage): © 1996 Takashi Koike
  • Dunlin (juvenile) © Dennis Paulson (Dan Victor's Tweeter's Birding Email Images Gallery)
  • Dunlin (juvenile) RSPB - Weymouth
  • Dunlin: two molting into alternate plumage from SW Louisiana Birding.
  • Dunlin (alternate plumage) from the Ottenby Bird Observatory, Sweden.
  • Dunlin © Don DesJardin
  • and see Paul Hertzel's Images of Shorebirds (alternate plumage)

    Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

  • Curlew Sandpiper Ohio 1st record
  • Curlew Sandpiper, Shorebirds from Queensland by Tom & Marie Tarrant
  • see Paul Hertzel's Images of Shorebirds
  • also at the WHSRN Gallery

    Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus from Gallery of UAE- Natural Emirates

    Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus

  • Stilt Sandpiper by Paul Conover,BBS display list
  • Stilt Sandpiper, © Dick Hoffman. Jul1977, Ohio
  • Stilt Sandpiper © Don DesJardin

    Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis

  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper by Jim Stasz,BBS display list
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper, © Dick Hoffman. 01Sep1977, Ohio
  • also see Paul Hertzel's Images of Shorebirds
  • and see the WHSRN Gallery

    Ruff Philomachus pugnax

  • Ruff from Maudoc Birding, photos
  • Ruff, molting into alternate plumage from SW Louisiana Birding
  • Ruff © Takashi Koike
  • Ruff, female by Greg Lasley and probable imm. male by Martin Reid, [Texas Bird Records Committee]
  • and see Paul Hertzel's Images of Shorebirds

    Family Seedsnipes (Thinocoridae)

    Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi © Martin Reid (not found as of 26Nov1998)

    Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus © Martin Reid

    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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