Waders Directory
The term ‘wader’ is synonymous with ‘shorebird’; 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 Huxley 1867 – comprise; waders (CHARADRII), terns, gulls and skuas (LARI), auks (ALCAE).
- CHARADRII Huxley 1867 – divided into the following families; (please note that the plover family Charadriidae and the sandpipers, snipes and allies family Scolopacidae are both very large so they have been subdivided in this list).
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ROSTRATULIDAE
– Painted-Snipes
DROMADIDAE
– Crab-Plover
HAEMATOPODIDAE
– Oystercatchers
IBIDORHYNCHIDAE
– Ibisbill
RECURVIROSTRIDAE
– Avocets and Stilts
BURHINIDAE
– Stone-Curlews and Thick-knees
PLUVIANIDAE
– 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