Personal Project — Bird Families of the World
 
 
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Pluvianidae Egyptian Plover
Egyptian Plover: 15 Dec 2013 Volta River, Ghana

Recurvirostridae Stilts & Avocets
Black-necked Stilt: 16 June 2006 Salinas, California
Ibidorhynchidae Ibisbill
Ibisbill: 14 Mar 2019 Jia Bharali, Assam, India
Haematopodidae Oystercatchers
Black Oystercatcher: 26 July 2014 Pebble Beach, California
Charadriidae Plovers
Inland Dotterel: 20 Nov 2009 Goyder Lagoon, Australia

Pedionomidae Plains-wanderer
Plains-wanderer: 31 Dec 1997 Conargo, NSW, Australia
Thinocoridae Seedsnipes
Gray-breasted Seedsnipe: 17 Nov 2022 El Calafate, Argentina
Rostratulidae Painted-snipes
Greater Painted-snipe: 5 Aug 2002 Tarangire NP, Tanzania
Jacanidae Jaçanas
Wattled Jaçana: 21 July 2010 Pantanal, Brazil
Scolopacidae Sandpipers & allies
Buff-breasted Sandpiper: 28 Aug 2006 Pacific Grove, CA

Family seen but not photographed:

Turnicidae Buttonquails

Dromadidae Crab-Plover
Crab-Plover: 10 Mar 2001 Khor al Beidah, UAE
Glareolidae Coursers & Pratincoles
Double-banded Courser: 8 June 2018 Tarangire NP, Tanzania
Stercorariidae Skuas & Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger diving at SP Skua 16 Aug 2009 Monterey Bay
Alcidae Alcids
Scripps's Murrelet: 14 Aug 2004 Monterey Bay, California
Rynchopidae Skimmers
African Skimmer: July 2005 Okavango Delta, Botswana		 Laridae Gulls & Terns
Ivory Gull: 30 June 2013 ice-sheet N of Svalbard		 Phoenicopteridae Flamingos
Greater Flamingo: 19 Mar 2001 Khor el-Beida, UAE

Podicipedidae Grebes
Hooded Grebe: 15 Nov 2022 Patagonia, Argentina

Opisthocomidae Hoatzin
Hoatzin: 15 Nov 2014 nr Bellavista, Peru
 
 

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