World Shorebirds Day is following the IOC taxonomic list for the shorebirds of the world. According to the IOC, the list below represents the best current knowledge of shorebird classification and taxonomy.
Reference:
Gill, F & D Donsker (Eds). 2019. IOC World Bird List (v9.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.9.2. (Last accessed: 20/09/2019
List of Shorebirds
Buttonquails
Turnicidae
Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
Hottentot Buttonquail Turnix hottentottus
Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
Spotted Buttonquail Turnix ocellatus
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
Madagascan Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis
Black-breasted Buttonquail Turnix melanogaster
Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanotus
Buff-breasted Buttonquail Turnix olivii
Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius
Worcester's Buttonquail Turnix worcesteri
Sumba Buttonquail Turnix everetti
Red-chested Buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax
Little Buttonquail Turnix velox
Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
Stone-curlews &
Thick-knees
Burhinidae
Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus
Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris
Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius
Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
Sheathbills
Chionidae
Picovaina de las Malvinas Chionis albus
Black-faced Sheathbill Chionis minor
Magellanic Plover
Pluvianellidae
Magellanic Plover Pluvianellus socialis
Oystercatchers
Haematopodidae
Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus
Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater
Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
Chatham Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
Crab-plover
Dromadidae
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
Ibisbill
Ibidorhynchidae
Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
Stilts & Avocet
Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
Cigüeñuela de Cuello Negro Himantopus mexicanus
White-backed Stilt Himantopus melanurus
Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae
Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina
Plovers
Charadriidae
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus
Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis
Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
New Zealand Plover Charadrius obscurus
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
Madagascan Plover Charadrius thoracicus
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius
St. Helena Plover Charadrius sanctaehelenae
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
Forbes's Plover Charadrius forbesi
White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus
Javan Plover Charadrius javanicus
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii
Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus
Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
Puna Plover Charadrius alticola
Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus
Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus
Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus
Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
Rufous-chested Plover Charadrius modestus
Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
Hooded Dotterel Thinornis cucullatus
Shore Dotterel Thinornis novaeseelandiae
Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops
Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis
Diademed Sandpiper-Plover Phegornis mitchellii
Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus
Egyptian Plover
Pluvianidae
Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
Painted-snipes
Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Australian Painted-snipe Rostratula australis
South American Painted-snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris
Jacanas
Jacanidae
Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Madagascan Jacana Actophilornis albinucha
Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
Plains-wanderer
Pedionomidae
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus
Seedsnipes
Thinocoridae
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
White-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis malouinus
Grey-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus
Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
Sandpipers, Snipes
Scolopacidae
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Little Curlew Numenius minutus
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
Tuamotu Sandpiper Prosobonia parvirostris
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Surfbird Calidris virgata
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira
Javan Woodcock Scolopax saturata
New Guinea Woodcock Scolopax rosenbergii
Bukidnon Woodcock Scolopax bukidnonensis
Sulawesi Woodcock Scolopax celebensis
Moluccan Woodcock Scolopax rochussenii
American Woodcock Scolopax minor
Chatham Snipe Coenocorypha pusilla
Snares Snipe Coenocorypha huegeli
Subantarctic Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola
Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
Madagascan Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
Puna Snipe Gallinago andina
Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis
Giant Snipe Gallinago undulata
Fuegian Snipe Gallinago stricklandii
Jameson's Snipe Gallinago jamesoni
Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Willet Tringa semipalmata
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Coursers, Pratincoles
Glareolidae
Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus
Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
Madagascan Pratincole Glareola ocularis
Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
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