Waders Directory
The term ‘waders’ is synonymous with ‘shorebirds’; both are used around the world to refer to the same group of birds. In scientific terms what we are referring to is the sub-order Charadrii within the order Charadriifomes.
- CHARADRIIFORMES – comprise; waders (CHARADRII), terns, gulls and skuas (LARI), auks (ALCAE).
- CHARADRII – divided into the following families; (please note that the plover family and the sandpipers, snipes and allies family are both very large so they have been subdivided in this list).
Click on the picture to read more about each family.
JACANIDAE
– Jacanas
ROSTRATULIDAE
– Painted-Snipes
DROMADIDAE
– Crab-Plover
HAEMATOPODIDAE
– Oystercatchers
IBIDORHYNCHIDAE
– Ibisbill
RECURVIROSTRIDAE
– Avocets and Stilts
BURHINIDAE
– Stone-Curlews and Thick-knees
PLUVIONIDAE
– Egyptian Plover
GLAREOLIDAE
– Coursers and Pratincoles
CHARADRIIDAE – pt. 1
– Lapwings
CHARADRIIDAE – pt. 2
– Tundra Plovers
CHARADRIIDAE – pt. 3
– Ringed Plovers
CHARADRIIDAE – pt. 4
Other Plovers
PLUVIANELLIDAE
– Magellanic Plover
SCOLOPACIDAE pt. 1
– Curlews, Godwits and Upland Sandpiper
SCOLOPACIDAE pt. 2
– Shanks, Tattlers and Polynesian Sandpipers
SCOLOPACIDAE pt. 3
– Turnstones
SCOLOPACIDAE pt. 4
– Phalaropes
SCOLOPACIDAE pt. 5
– Woodcocks, Snipes and Dowitchers
SCOLOPACIDAE pt. 6
– Calidrine Sandpipers
THINOCORIDAE
– Seedsnipes
CHIONIDAE
– Sheathbills
PEDIONOMIDAE
– Plains-wanderer
TURNICIDAE
– Buttonquails
Photograph credits
All photographs on this page were taken by Elis Simpson from Wader Quest, apart from the following which were used under CC license: Buttonquails – Greg Miles; Sheathbills – Unknown; Plains Wanderer – Ron Knight; Crab Plover – Koshy Koshy
With thanks from Wader Quest
The following sources were used to compile this directory: