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Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin straight bills. Pied stilt, Himantopus leucocephalus. Banded stilt, Cladorhynchus leucocephalus.
Individual wading birds (1 C, 2 P) R. Rails (6 P) S. Sandpipers (12 C, 34 P) Shorebirds (5 C, 29 P) Storks (6 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Wading birds"
Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the coursers, which have long legs, short wings and long, pointed bills which curve downwards. Cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor (Latham, 1787) Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766)
List of birds of South America. This is a list of bird species recorded in South America. South America is the "Bird Continent": It boasts records of 3482 species, more than any other. (Much larger Eurasia is second with 3407.) Colombia's list alone numbers 1906 confirmed species, and both Brazil's and Peru's confirmed lists also exceed 1850.
The northern lapwing is a 28–33 cm (11–13 in) long bird with a 67–87 cm (26–34 in) wingspan and a body mass of 128–330 g (4.5–11.6 oz). [ 10] It has rounded wings and a crest. It is also the shortest-legged of the lapwings. It is mainly black and white, but the back is tinted green. The male has a long crest and a black crown ...
The lilac-breasted roller and the rooster are Kenya's national birds. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Kenya. The avifauna of Kenya included a total of 1158 confirmed species as of July 2023. Of them, 11 are endemic, and 4 have been introduced by humans. An additional three species are considered "hypothetical" (see below) and are ...
Actitis hypoleucos. The common sandpiper ( Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper ( A. macularia ), make up the genus Actitis. They are parapatric and replace each other geographically; stray birds of either species may settle down with breeders of the other and hybridize.
The stone-curlews and thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes, and cryptic plumage.