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Plovers, lapwings |
Charadriidae Red eye, WW around water. -Golden plover (flat forehead short bill, no hallux, brownish) -Lapwing (crest) -Mongolian Plover (small) |
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Oystercatchers |
Haematopidae Lay eggs on ground WW |
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Thick-knees and stone curlews |
Burnhinidae -Weird short toes -Double striped (same as in picture) |
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Avocets and stilts |
Recurvirostridae Temperate and tropical regions -long legs |
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Sheathbills |
Chionididae -Antartic Bird -The gross one. |
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Hemipodes |
Turnicidae -No new World -no hallux, extremely precocial. Breed at 6 wks old. |
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Sandpipers, snipes, curlews, turnstones. |
Scolopacidae -No Antarctica. *Phalarobe: lobed toes, females brightly colored, reverse dimorphism. *Woodcock or tumberdoodle: eat worms, eyes on back, 360 degrees. In courtship males do weird sound with 10th primary feather. |
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Gulls and terns |
Laridae -WW no Antarctica. *Ring billed gull: palmate. *Terns: (2) long pointy wings, most have forked tails. *Skimmer: medium size, longer mandible longer. |
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Skuas and Jaegers |
Stercorariidae -Arctic and Antarc-Pacific. -Jaeger means hunter: only in the north. *Skua: big breast |
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Auks, murders, puffins |
Alcidae -Northern hemisphere *Puffin *Razorbill |
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Coursers and Pratincoles |
Glareolidae -Old World Only *Pranticone |
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Crab plovers |
Dromadidae -Tanzania, Persian Gulf |
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Seedsnipes |
Thinocoridae -South America |
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Jacanas |
Jacanidae WW (no Europe) *(2) long toes. |
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Collared Hemipodes |
Pedionomidae -Australia Only |
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Painted Snipes |
Rostratulidae -SA, A, M. |