CICONIIFORMES

Pteroclididae

• Pterocles namaqua Namaqua Sandgrouse (Ganga de Namaland)
  JPEG + WEB PAGE (English) or WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

• Pterocles coronatus Crowned Sandgrouse (Ganga couronné)
  JPEG picture taken in Israel by David Cottridge, Bulletin African Bird Club

• Pterocles bicinctus Double-banded Sandgrouse (Ganga à deux bandes)
  JPEG + WEB PAGE (English) or WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

• Pterocles lichtensteinii Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Ganga de Lichtenstein)
  JPEG picture taken by Nick Lowton in Israel

• Pterocles burchelli Burchell's Sandgrouse (Ganga de Burchell)
  JPEG + WEB PAGE (English) or WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

Scolopacidae

• Scolopax minor American Woodcock (Bécasse d'Amérique)
  JPEG

• Gallinago media Great Snipe (Bécassine double)
  JPEG 1 picture taken by Nick Lowton in Scotland | JPEG 2 from Zoo in the Wild (Italy)

• Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe (Bécassine des marais)
  GIF by Alain Chappuis EuroBirdNet CH | JPEG 1 from Zoo in the Wild (Italy) | JPEG 2 by Kenny Ensor

• Lymnocryptes minimus Jack Snipe (Bécassine sourde)
  JPEG from Palude La Vela Photo Gallery

• Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit (Barge à queue noire)
  JPEG in flight, by Maurizio Sighele | BBC WatchOut SOUND CLIP

• Limosa haemastica Hudsonian Godwit (Barge hudsonienne)
  JPEG from Birds of Trinidad © Photograph courtesy Dr. Russell Barrow

• Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit (Barge rousse)
  JPEG 1 picture taken by Nick Lowton in England | JPEG 2, © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo

• Limosa fedoa Marbled Godwit (Barge marbrée)
  JPEG 1 | JPEG 2 with bill hidden

• Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel (Courlis corlieu)
  JPEG 1, © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo
  JPEG 2 + JPEG 3 from Zoo in the Wild (Italy) | JPEG 4 by Kenny Ensor

• Numenius tenuirostris Slender-billed Curlew (Courlis à bec grêle)
  JPEG © photograph by Martin Reid

• Numenius arquata Curlew (Courlis cendré)
  JPEG 1 by Kenny Ensor | JPEG 2 from Palude La Vela Photo Gallery | BBC WatchOut SOUND CLIP

• Numenius americanus Long-billed Curlew (Courlis à long bec)
  JPEG

• Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper (Bartramie des champs)
  JPEG B/W

• Tringa erytrhopus Spotted Redshank (Chevalier arlequin)
  JPEG by Maurizio Sighele

• Tringa totanus Common Redshank (Chevalier gambette)
  JPEG by Maurizio Sighele | BBC WatchOut SOUND CLIP

• Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank (Chevalier aboyeur)
  JPEG © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo | JPEG 2 by Pasquale Montanaro | JPEG 3 by Maurizio Sighele | BBC WatchOut SOUND CLIP

• Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper (Chevalier sylvain)
  JPEG 1 picture taken by Nick Lowton in Hong Kong | JPEG by Maurizio Sighele

• Tringa hypoleucos ( = Actitis hypoleucos) Common Sandpiper (Chevalier guignette)
  JPEG © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo || BBC WatchOut SOUND CLIP

• Tringa macularia ( = Actitis macularia) Spotted Sandpiper (Chevalier grivelé)
  JPEG

• Tringa brevipes ( = Heteroscelus brevipes) Grey-tailed Tattler (Chevalier de Sibérie)
  JPEG © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo

• Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Willet (Chevalier semipalmé)
  JPEG 1 picture taken by Nick Lowton in USA | JPEG 2

• Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone (Tournepierre à collier)
  JPEG 1, © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo | JPEG 2 from Zoo in the Wild (Italy) | JPEG 3 from Birds of Trinidad © Photograph courtesy Dr. Russell Barrow | JPEG 4 by Dave M. Brockman | BBC WatchOut SOUND CLIP

• Limnodromus semipalmatus Asian Dowitcher (Limnodrome d'Asie)
  JPEG Cairns, QLD, 12/94 by Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

• Calidris canutus Red Knot (Bécasseau maubèche)
  BBC WatchOut SOUND CLIP

• Calidris alba Sanderling (Bécasseau sanderling)
  BBC WatchOut SOUND CLIP

• Calidris mauri Western Sandpiper (Bécasseau d'Alaska)
  GIF © Totem Graphics Inc preview

• Calidris minuta Little Stint (Bécasseau minute)
  JPEG from Palude La Vela Photo Gallery

• Calidris ruficollis Rufous-necked Stint (Bécasseau à col rouge)
  JPEG © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo

• Calidris alpina Dunlin (Bécasseau variable)
  JPEG 1, © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo | JPEG from Zoo in the Wild (Italy) | JPEG 3 by Maurizio Sighele | BBC WatchOut SOUND CLIP

• Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper (Bécasseau cocorli)
  JPEG by Pasquale Montanaro

• Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Bécasseau à cuiller)
  JPEG by Urban Olsson, Oriental Bird Club

• Philomachos pugnax Ruff (Combattant varié)
  JPEG 1, © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo | JPEG 2 by Maurizio Sighele

Rostratulidae

• Rostratula benghalensis Greater Painted-snipe (Rhynchée multicolore)
  JPEG + WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

Jacanidae

• Actophilornis africanus African Jacana (Jacana africain)
  JPEG + WEB PAGE (English) or WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

• Actophilornis albinucha Madagascar Jacana (Jacana de Madagascar)
  JPEG by Ronald Orenstein, Hi-8 video still from Video Birding in Madagascar

• Microparra capensis Lesser Jacana (Jacana nain)
  JPEG + WEB PAGE (English) or WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

Burhinidae

• Burhinus vermiculatus Water Thick-knee (Oedicnème d'eau)
  JPEG + WEB PAGE (English) or WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

Charadriidae

• Haematopus ostralegus Eurasian Oystercatcher (Huîtrier pie)
  JPEG by Maurizio Sighele

• Haematopus palliatus American Oystercatcher (Huîtrier d'Amérique)
  JPEG © Edward Paine, Last Frontiers, UK

• Haematopus leucopodus Magellanic Oystercatcher (Huîtrier Magellan)
  GIF Wilson Bulletin frontispiece, © Wilson Ornithological Society

• Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt (Échasse blanche)
  JPEG 1, © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo | JPEG 2 from Palude La Vela Photo Gallery
  JPEG 3 from Zoo in the Wild (Italy) | JPEG 4 by Maurizio Sighele

Himantopus himantopus meridionalis South African Stilt (Échasse sudafricaine)
JPEG + WEB PAGE (English) or WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

• Himantopus mexicanus Black-necked Stilt (Échasse d'Amérique)
  JPEG

• Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet (Avocette élégante)
  JPEG from Palude La Vela Photo Gallery | WEB PAGE © Maurizio Sighele

• Pluvialis apricaria European Golden-Plover (Pluvier doré)
  JPEG from Zoo in the Wild (Italy)

• Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvier fauve)
  JPEG © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo (Munaguro) | JPEG 2 by Dave M. Brockman Birds of Midway Island

• Pluvialis dominicus American Golden-Plover (Pluvier dominicain)
  JPEG from Birds of Trinidad © Photograph courtesy Dr. Russell Barrow

• Pluvialis squatarola Grey Plover (Pluvier argenté)
  JPEG 1, © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo | JPEG 2 from Palude La Vela Photo Gallery

• Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover (Pluvier grand-gravelot)
  JPEG 1 from Palude La Vela Photo Gallery | JPEG 2 by Maurizio Sighele

• Charadrius semipalmatus Semipalmated Plover (Pluvier semipalmé)
  GIF

• Charadrius dubius Little Ringed Plover (Pluvier petit-gravelot)
  JPEG 1, © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo | JPEG 2 (juvenile) from Palude La Vela Photo Gallery
  JPEG 3 from Zoo in the Wild (Italy) | JPEG 4 by Maurizio Sighele

• Charadrius wilsonia Wilson's Plover (Pluvier de Wilson)
  JPEG picture taken by Nick Lowton in USA

• Charadrius vociferus Killdeer (Pluvier kildir)
  GIF © Totem Graphics Inc preview | JPEG

• Charadrius alexandrinus Kentish Plover (Gravelot à collier interrompu)
  JPEG © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo

• Charadrius mongolus Mongolian Plover (Gravelot mongol)
  JPEG © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo

• Charadrius veredus Oriental Plover
  JPEG Woranora Heights, Sydney, NSW 10/94 by Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

• Vanellus vanellus Northern Lapwing (Vanneau huppé)
  JPEG from Zoo in the Wild (Italy) | JPEG 2 by Maurizio Sighele

• Vanellus crassirostris Long-toed Lapwing
  JPEG + WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

• Vanellus armatus Blacksmith Lapwing (Pluvier forgeron)
  JPEG + WEB PAGE (English) or WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

• Vanellus spinosus Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanneau éperonné)
  JPEG 1 | JPEG 2 both from ZooNet

• Vanellus senegallus Wattled Lapwing (Vanneau armé)
  JPEG © Nico Smit (ANP)

• Vanellus coronatus Crowned Plover (Pluvier couronné)
  JPEG + WEB PAGE (English) or WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

Glareolidae

• Rhinoptilus africanus Double-banded Courser (Courvite à deux bandes)
  JPEG + WEB PAGE (English) or WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

• Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Bronze-winged Courser (Courvite aux ailles bronzées)
  JPEG by Chris Hines, Bulletin African Bird Club

Laridae

• Stercorarius longicaudus Long-tailed Jaeger (or Skua) (Labbe à longue queue)
  JPEG 1, JPEG 2, JPEG 3 and JPEG 4 off Wollongong, NSW 2/97 by Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

• Stercorarius parasiticus Parasitic or Arctic Jaeger (or Skua) (Labbe parasite)
  JPEG 1 juvenile, picture taken by Nick Lowton in Scotland
  JPEG 2 off Wollongong, NSW 2/85 by Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

Stercorarius maccormicki South Polar Skua
JPEG off Wollongong, NSW 11/95, see: WEB PAGE by David James, © Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

• Stercorarius lonnbergi Brown Skua
  JPEG off Wollongong, NSW 6/95 by Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

• Rynchops niger Black Skimmer (Bec-en-ciseaux noir)
  Kodak JPEG (9K)

• Rynchops flavirostris African Skimmer (Coupeur d'eau)
  JPEG + WEB PAGE (Italian) ZOO in the Wild

• Larus belcheri Band-tailed Gull (Goéland de Belcher)
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus crassirostris Black-tailed Gull (Goéland à queue noire)
  JPEG © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus canus Common Gull (Goéland cendré)
  BBC Watch Out GIF | SOUND CLIP | WEB PAGE
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus brachyrhynchus Short-billed Gull
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus delawarensis Ring-billed Gull (Goéland à bec cerclé;)
  JPEG picture taken by Nick Lowton in England | JPEG 2 Kodak (8K) | JPEG 3
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus audouinii Audouin's Gull (Goéland d'Audouin)
  GIF

• Larus californicus California Gull (Goéland de Californie)
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus marinus Great Black-backed Gull (Goéland marin)
  GIF 1 | GIF 2 immature | JPEG
  BBC Watch Out GIF | WEB PAGE
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus dominicanus Kelp Gull (Goéland dominicain)
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus glaucescens Glaucous-winged Gull (Goéland à ailes grises)
  JPEG || WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus occidentalis Western Gull (Goéland d'Audubon)
  JPEG || WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus livens Yellow-footed Gull (Goéland de Cortez)
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus hyperboreus Glaucous Gull (Goéland bourgmestre)
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus glaucoides Iceland Gull (Goéland à ailes blanches)
  GIF 1 | GIF 2 immature
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid
  
  Larus glaucoides thayeri Thayer's Gull (Goéland de Thayer)
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus argentatus Herring Gull (Goéland argenté)
  GIF 1 | GIF 2 immature | JPEG 1, © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo | JPEG 2 | JPEG 3 immature (27K) Kodak
  
  Larus argentatus argentatus Scandinavian Herring Gull
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid
  
  Larus argentatus argenteus European Herring Gull
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus heuglini Heuglin's Gull
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus smithsonianus American Herring Gull
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus michahellis Yellow-legged Gull (Goéland leucophée)
  JPEG 1 from Zoo in the Wild (Italy) || JPEG 2 by Maurizio Sighele
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus cachinnans Pontic Gull
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid
  
  Larus barabensis Steppe Gull
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid
  
  Larus mongolicus Mongolian Gull
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus armenicus Armenian Gull
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus fuscus Baltic Gull
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus graelsii Lesser Black-backed Gull (Goéland brun)
  JPEG by Maurizio Sighele
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus ichthyaetus Great Black-headed Gull (Goéland à tête noire)
  WEB PAGE © Martin Reid

• Larus novaehollandiae Silver Gull (Mouette argentée)
  JPEG picture taken by Nick Lowton in Australia

• Larus bulleri Black-billed Gull
  JPEG picture taken by Nick Lowton in New Zealand

• Larus ridibundus Black-headed Gull (Mouette rieuse)
  GIF | JPEG 1, © Takashi Koike can be viewed at Virtual birding in Tokyo | JPEG 2 + JPEG 3 by Maurizio Sighele

• Larus philadelphia Bonaparte's Gull (Mouette de Bonaparte)
  JPEG or JPEG 1 by H.R. Spendelow Jr.

• Larus atricilla Laughing Gull (Mouette atricille)
  JPEG picture taken by Nick Lowton in USA | JPEG

• Larus minutus Little Gull (Mouette pygmée)
  JPEG by Maurizio Sighele

• Pagophila eburnea Ivory Gull (Mouette ivoire)
  JPEG

• Creagrus furcatus Swallow-tailed Gull
  GIF

• Rissa tridactyla Black-legged Kittiwake (Mouette tridactyle)
  JPEG 1 from Zoo in the Wild (Italy) | JPEG 2 immature

• Sterna caspia Caspian Tern (Sterne caspienne)
  JPEG from Palude La Vela Photo Gallery

• Sterna bergii Crested Tern (Sterne huppée)
  JPEG 1 with Brown Noddies Anous stolidus, picture taken by Nick Lowton in Australia
  JPEG 2 in flight, off Sydney, NSW 02/85 by Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

• Sterna sandvicensis Sandwich Tern (Sterne caugek)
  JPEG 1 from Palude La Vela Photo Gallery | JPEG 2 from Zoo in the Wild (Italy) | JPEG 3 by Maurizio Sighele

• Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern (Sterne de Dougall)
  JPEG 1 JPEG 2 in flight, off Abrolhos Islands,WA 04+11/96 by Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

• Sterna hirundo Common Tern (Sterne pierregarin)
  JPEG 1 from Zoo in the Wild (Italy) | JPEG 2 | WEB PAGE © Maurizio Sighele

• Sterna forsteri Forster's Tern (Sterne de Forster)
  JPEG Kodak (11K)

• Sterna albifrons Little Tern (Sterne naine)
  JPEG from Palude La Vela Photo Gallery

• Sterna antillarum Least Tern (Petite Sterne)
  JPEG picture taken by Nick Lowton in USA

• Sterna anaethetus Bridled Tern (Sterne bridée)
  JPEG 1 picture taken by Nick Lowton in Australia || JPEG in flight, off Abrolhos Islands, WA 11/96 by Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

• Sterna fuscata Sooty Tern (Sterne fuligineuse)
  JPEG 1 picture taken by Nick Lowton in Australia | JPEG 2 B/W by Dave M. Brockman
  JPEG in flight, Michaelmas Quay, QLD 12/95 by Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

• Chlidonias hybridus Whiskered Tern (Guifette moustac)
  JPEG by Maurizio Sighele

• Chlidonias leucopterus White-winged Tern or White-winged Black Tern (Guifette leucoptère)
  JPEG in flight, Brisbane, QLD 02/85 by Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

• Chlidonias niger Black Tern (Guifette noire)
  JPEG 1 picture taken by Nick Lowton in USA | JPEG 2 by Maurizio Sighele

• Anous stolidus Brown or Common Noddy (Noddi niais)
  GIF Galápagos | JPEG 1 with Crested Tern Sterna bergii, picture taken by Nick Lowton in Australia | JPEG 2 B/W by Dave M. Brockman

• Anous tenuirostris Lesser Noddy (Noddi ténuirostre)
  JPEG Abrolhos Islands, off WA 04/96 by Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

• Gygis alba Common White-Tern or White Tern (Sterne blanche)
  JPEG 1, JPEG 2 chick, and JPEG 3 B/W, by Dave M. Brockman
  JPEG 4 in flight, off Lord Howe Island, NSW 03/85 by Tony Palliser (Pelagic Birding Homepage)

• Uria aalge Common Murre (Guillemot de Troïl)
  JPEG from Zoo in the Wild (Italy)

• Uria lomvia Thick-billed Murre (Guillemot de Brünnich)
  JPEG