Charadridormes-there are over 350 species of birds in this order. They are found in all parts of the world. Most of the birds in this order live near or on the water and they range in size from small to large!
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
American Avocets (Recurvirostra americana) Breeding Plumage
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Black Bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Black Necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus)
Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger)
Black Tern (Childonias niger)
Bonaparte's Gull winter plumage (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Buff Breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Forster's Tern (Sterna forster)
Franklin's Gull first winter (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Gull Billed Tern winter plumage (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Long Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Long Billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedora)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Ring Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Sandwich Terns (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Short Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
Snowy Plover (Anarhynchus nivosus)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
