Charadriiformes

Burhinidae | Thick-knees

Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus) Indian Thick-knee (Burhinus indicus) Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) Beach Thick-knee (Esacus magnirostris)

Eurasian Thick-knee Great Thick-knee

Recurvirostridae | Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Black-winged Stilt Pied Avocet

Ibidorhynchidae | Ibisbill

Haematopodidae | Oystercatcher

Charadriidae | Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) European Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) Yellow-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus) Gray-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus) Lesser Sand-Plover (Charadrius mongolus) Greater Sand-Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus) Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) Long-billed Plover (Charadrius placidus) Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus) Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)

Black-bellied Plover Pacific Golden-Plover River Lapwing Yellow-wattled Lapwing Gray-headed Lapwing Red-wattled Lapwing White-tailed Lapwing Lesser Sand-Plover Greater Sand-Plover Kentish Plover Long-billed Plover Little Ringed Plover

Rostratulidae | Painted-Snipe

Jacanidae | Jacanas

Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)

Pheasant-tailed Jacana Bronze-winged Jacana

Scolopacidae | Sandpepers, Stints, Snipes

Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) Gray-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes) Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) Nordmann's Greenshank (Tringa guttifer) Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Ruff (Calidris pugnax) Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii) Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmea) Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) Sanderling (Calidris alba) Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Little Stint (Calidris minuta) Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus) Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria) Wood Snipe (Gallinago nemoricola) Great Snipe (Gallinago media) Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Pin-tailed Snipe (Gallinago stenura) Swinhoe's Snipe (Gallinago megala) Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

Common Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Common Greenshank Marsh Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Common Redshank Whimbrel Eurasian Curlew Black-tailed Godwit Ruff Temminck's Stint Sanderling Dunlin Little Stint Common Snipe

Turnicidae | Buttonquails

Small Buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus) Yellow-legged Buttonquail (Turnix tanki) Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)

Barred Buttonquail

Dromadidae | Crab Plover

Glareolidae | Coursers and Pratincoles

Cream-colored Courser (Cursorius cursor) Indian Courser (Cursorius coromandelicus) Jerdon's Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus) Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum) Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea)

Small Pratincole

Stercorariidae | Skuas

South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)

Parasitic Jaeger

Laridae | Gulls and Terns

Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei) Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Brown-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii) Pallas's Gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus) Mew Gull (Larus canus) Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans) Heuglin's Gull (Larus heuglini) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus) Black Noddy (Anous minutus) Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris) White Tern (Gygis alba) Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) Saunders's Tern (Sternula saundersi) Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda) River Tern (Sterna aurantia) White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa) Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii) Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) Indian Skimmer (Rynchops albicollis)

Slender-billed Gull Black-headed Gull Brown-headed Gull Pallas's Gull Heuglin's Gull Little Tern Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Whiskered Tern Common Tern River Tern Great Crested Tern Sandwich Tern Lesser Crested Tern Indian Skimmer