Name Every Shorebird

Shorebirds are any bird in the order Charadriiformes. This includes the sandpipers, stilts, thick-knees, sheathbills, plovers, button-quails, seedsnipes, painted-snipes, coursers, jacanas, oystercatchers, skuas and jaegers, auks, gulls, terns, and skimmers as well as a handful of taxonomic anomalies.

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Family	Genus	Species
Pluvianellidae	Pluvianellus	Magellanic Plover
Chionidae	Chionis	Black-faced Sheathbill
		Snowy Sheathbill
Burhinidae	Hesperoburhinus	Double-striped Thick-knee
		Peruvian Thick-knee
	Esacus	Great Thick-knee
		Beach Thick-knee
	Burhinus	Spotted Thick-knee
		Water Thick-knee
		Bush Thick-knee
		Eurasian Thick-knee
		Indian Thick-knee
		Senegal Thick-knee
Pluvianidae	Pluvianus	Egyptian Plover
Recurvirostridae	Himantopus	Black-winged Stilt
		Pied Stilt
		Black Stilt
		Black-necked Stilt
	Cladorhynchus	Banded Stilt
	Recurvirostra	Pied Avocet
		Red-necked Avocet
		Andean Avocet
		American Avocet
Ibidorhynchidae	Ibidorhyncha	Ibisbill
Haematopodidae	Haematopus	Eurasian Oystercatcher
		Pied Oystercatcher
		South Island Oystercatcher
		Chatham Islands Oystercatcher
		Variable Oystercatcher
		Sooty Oystercatcher
		American Oystercatcher
		African Oystercatcher
		Blackish Oystercatcher
		Magellanic Oystercatcher
		Black Oystercatcher
Charadriidae	Pluvialis	Black-bellied Plover
		European Golden-Plover
		American Golden-Plover
		Pacific Golden-Plover
	Oreopholus	Tawny-throated Dotterel
	Hoploxypterus	Pied Plover
	Phegornis	Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
	Zonibyx	Rufous-chested Dotterel
	Eudromias	Eurasian Dotterel
	Charadrius	Killdeer
		Common Ringed Plover
		Semipalmated Plover
		Piping Plover
	Thinornis	Hooded Plover
		Black-fronted Dotterel
		Shore Plover
		Forbes's Plover
		Three-banded Plover
		Little Ringed Plover
		Long-billed Plover
	Vanellus	Northern Lapwing
		Long-toed Lapwing
		Blacksmith Lapwing
		Spur-winged Lapwing
		River Lapwing
		Yellow-wattled Lapwing
		Black-headed Lapwing
		White-crowned Lapwing
		Senegal Lapwing
		Black-winged Lapwing
		Crowned Lapwing
		Wattled Lapwing
		Spot-breasted Lapwing
		Brown-chested Lapwing
		Gray-headed Lapwing
		Red-wattled Lapwing
		Banded Lapwing
		Masked Lapwing
		Sociable Lapwing
		White-tailed Lapwing
		Southern Lapwing
		Andean Lapwing
	Erythrogonys	Red-kneed Dotterel
	Peltohyas	Inland Dotterel
	Anarhynchus	Caspian Plover
		Oriental Plover
		Siberian Sand-Plover
		Tibetan Sand-Plover
		Greater Sand-Plover
		Double-banded Plover
		Wrybill
		Red-breasted Dotterel
		Wilson's Plover
		Collared Plover
		Mountain Plover
		Puna Plover
		Two-banded Plover
		Madagascar Plover
		Kittlitz's Plover
		St. Helena Plover
		Red-capped Plover
		Snowy Plover
		Chestnut-banded Plover
		Malaysian Plover
		White-fronted Plover
		Javan Plover
		Kentish Plover
		White-faced Plover
Pedionomidae	Pedionomus	Plains-Wanderer
Thinocoridae	Attagis	Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
		White-bellied Seedsnipe
	Thinocorus	Gray-breasted Seedsnipe
		Least Seedsnipe
Rostratulidae	Rostratula	Greater Painted-Snipe
		Australian Painted-Snipe
	Nycticryphes	South American Painted-Snipe
Jacanidae	Hydrophasianus	Pheasant-tailed Jacana
	Jacana	Northern Jacana
		Wattled Jacana
	Microparra	Lesser Jacana
	Irediparra	Comb-crested Jacana
	Metopidius	Bronze-winged Jacana
	Actophilornis	African Jacana
		Madagascar Jacana
Scolopacidae	Bartramia	Upland Sandpiper
	Numenius	Bristle-thighed Curlew
		Whimbrel
		Little Curlew
		Long-billed Curlew
		Far Eastern Curlew
		Eurasian Curlew
	Limosa	Bar-tailed Godwit
		Black-tailed Godwit
		Hudsonian Godwit
		Marbled Godwit
	Limnodromus	Asian Dowitcher
		Short-billed Dowitcher
		Long-billed Dowitcher
	Lymncocryptes	Jack Snipe
	Scolopax	American Woodcock
		Eurasian Woodcock
		Amami Woodcock
		Bukidnon Woodcock
		Javan Woodcock
		New Guinea Woodcock
		Sulawesi Woodcock
		Moluccan Woodcock
	Coenocorypha	Chatham Islands Snipe
		Snares Snipe
		Subantarctic Snipe
	Gallinago	Imperial Snipe
		Jameson's Snipe
		Fuegian Snipe
		Solitary Snipe
		Wood Snipe
		Great Snipe
		Swinhoe's Snipe
		Pin-tailed Snipe
		Latham's Snipe
		African Snipe
		Common Snipe
		Wilson's Snipe
		Giant Snipe
		Noble Snipe
		Puna Snipe
		Madagascar Snipe
		Pantanal Snipe
		Magellanic Snipe
	Phalaropus	Wilson's Phalarope
		Red Phalarope
		Red-necked Phalarope
	Xenus	Terek Sandpiper
	Actitis	Common Sandpiper
		Spotted Sandpiper
	Tringa	Green Sandpiper
		Solitary Sandpiper
		Gray-tailed Tattler
		Wandering Tattler
		Marsh Sandpiper
		Wood Sandpiper
		Common Redshank
		Lesser Yellowlegs
		Nordmann's Greenshank
		Willet
		Spotted Redshank
		Common Greenshank
		Greater Yellowlegs
	Prosobonia	Tuamotu Sandpiper
	Arenaria	Ruddy Turnstone
		Black Turnstone
	Calidris	Great Knot
		Red Knot
		Surfbird
		Ruff
		Broad-billed Sandpiper
		Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
		Curlew Sandpiper
		Stilt Sandpiper
		Temminck's Stint
		Long-toed Stint
		Red-necked Stint
		Spoon-billed Sandpiper
		Buff-breasted Sandpiper
		Sanderling
		Dunlin
		Purple Sandpiper
		Rock Sandpiper
		Baird's Sandpiper
		Little Stint
		White-rumped Sandpiper
		Least Sandpiper
		Pectoral Sandpiper
		Western Sandpiper
		Semipalmated Sandpiper
Turnicidae	Turnix	Yellow-legged Buttonquail
		Red-backed Buttonquail
		Barred Buttonquail
		Spotted Buttonquail
		Small Buttonquail
		Little Buttonquail
		Red-chested Buttonquail
		Luzon Buttonquail
		Sumba Buttonquail
		Black-rumped Buttonquail
		Fynbos Buttonquail
		Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
		Buff-breasted Buttonquail
		Painted Buttonquail
		New Caledonian Buttonquail
		Black-breasted Buttonquail
		Madagascar Buttonquail
	Ortyxelos	Quail-plover
Dromadidae	Dromas	Crab-Plover
Glareolidae	Smutsornis	Double-banded Courser
	Rhinoptilus	Bronze-winged Courser
		Jerdon's Courser
		Three-banded Courser
	Cursorius	Temminck's Courser
		Indian Courser
		Cream-colored Courser
		Somali Courser
		Burchell's Courser
	Glareola	Rock Pratincole
		Australian Pratincole
		Gray Pratincole
		Small Pratincole
		Madagascar Pratincole
		Collared Pratincole
		Black-winged Pratincole
		Oriental Pratincole
Stercorariidae	Stercorarius	Long-tailed Jaeger
		Parasitic Jaeger
		Pomarine Jaeger
		Great Skua
		Chilean Skua
		Brown Skua
		South Polar Skua
Alcidae	Cerorhinca	Rhinoceros Auklet
	Fratercula	Tufted Puffin
		Atlantic Puffin
		Horned Puffin
	Ptychoramphus	Cassin's Auklet
	Aethia	Least Auklet
		Whiskered Auklet
		Crested Auklet
		Parakeet Auklet
	Brachyramphus	Long-billed Murrelet
		Kittlitz's Murrelet
		Marbled Murrelet
	Cepphus	Black Guillemot
		Spectacled Guillemot
		Pigeon Guillemot
	Alca	Razorbill
	Alle	Dovekie
	Uria	Thick-billed Murre
		Common Murre
	Synthliboramphus	Ancient Murrelet
		Japanese Murrelet
		Scripp's Murrelet
		Guadelupe Murrelet
		Craveri's Murrelet
Laridae	Creagrus	Swallow-tailed Gull
	Hydrocoloeus	Little Gull
	Rhodostethia	Ross's Gull
	Rissa	Black-legged Kittiwake
		Red-legged Kittiwake
	Pagophila	Ivory Gull
	Xema	Sabine's Gull
	Saundersilarus	Saunder's Gull
	Chroicocephalus	Slender-billed Gull
		Bonaparte's Gull
		Silver Gull
		Black-billed Gull
		Andean Gull
		Brown-hooded Gull
		Black-headed Gull
		Brown-headed Gull
		Gray-hooded Gull
		Hartlaub's Gull
		Gray Gull
	Leucophaeus	Dolphin Gull
		Laughing Gull
		Franklin's Gull
		Lava Gull
	Ichthyaetus	Pallas's Gull
		Relict Gull
		Audouin's Gull
		Mediterranean Gull
		Sooty Gull
		White-eyed Gull
	Larus	Pacific Gull
		Belcher's Gull
		Black-tailed Gull
		Olrog's Gull
		Heermann's Gull
		Common Gull
		Short-billed Gull
		Ring-billed Gull
		Yellow-footed Gull
		Western Gull
		Caspian Gull
		Kelp Gull
		American Herring Gull
		Vega Gull
		Mongolian Gull
		European Herring Gull
		Yellow-legged Gull
		Armenian Gull
		Great Black-backed Gull
		Glaucous Gull
		Lesser Black-backed Gull
		California Gull
		Glaucous-winged Gull
		Slaty-backed Gull
		Iceland Gull
	Rhynchops	African Skimmer
		Indian Skimmer
		Black Skimmer
	Gygis	White Tern
	Anous	Brown Noddy
		Lesser Noddy
		Black Noddy
		Gray Noddy
		Blue-gray Noddy
	Onychoprion	Aleutian Tern
		Sooty Tern
		Bridled Tern
		Gray-backed Tern
	Sternula	Little Tern
		Saunders's Tern
		Damara Tern
		Australian Fairy Tern
		Least Tern
		Yellow-billed Tern
		Peruvian Tern
	Phaetusa	Large-billed Tern
	Gelochelidon	Gull-billed Tern
		Australian Tern
	Hydroprogne	Caspian Tern
	Larosterna	Inca Tern
	Chlidonias	Whiskered Tern
		Black-fronted Tern
		Black Tern
		White-winged Tern
	Sterna	River Tern
		Forster's Tern
		Snowy-crowned Tern
		Arctic Tern
		South American Tern
		Antarctic Tern
		Kerguelen Tern
		Common Tern
		White-cheeked Tern
		Black-naped Tern
		Roseate Tern
		White-fronted Tern
		Black-belled Tern
	Thalasseus	Sandwich Tern
		Elegant Tern
		Lesser Crested Tern
		West African Crested Tern
		Royal Tern
		Great Crested Tern
		Chinese Crested Tern

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