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 Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Black Bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Black Necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus)
Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger)
Bonaparte's Gull winter plumage (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
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)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
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)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Short Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
