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Charadriiformes
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
· Birds
Early in its season
Photo © Niall Perrins · CC BY-NC 4.0
Late August to late April, middle week Dec 20–26
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
· Birds
Early in its season
Photo © Alex Shure · CC BY-NC 4.0
Early September to mid-April, middle week Jan 4–10
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
· Birds
Photo © David McCorquodale · CC BY-NC 4.0
Mid-November to mid-March, middle week Jan 18–24
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
· Birds
Photo © alphipps · CC BY-NC 4.0
Early March to early November, middle week Apr 12–18
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
· Birds
Photo © JuanFelipeRR · CC BY-NC 4.0
Mid-April to late August, middle week May 10–16
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
· Birds
Early in its season
Photo © Paul Reeves · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Mid-October to late May, middle week May 10–16
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
· Birds
Photo © Bill Keim · CC BY 4.0
Early May to mid-September, middle week May 17–23
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
· Birds
Photo © world_lineage · CC BY-NC 4.0
Early March to mid-October, middle week May 24–30
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
· Birds
Photo © Etienne Gaillard · CC BY-NC 4.0
Early May to mid-September, middle week May 24–30
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
· Birds
Photo © brian stahls · CC BY-NC 4.0
Mid-May to mid-September, middle week Aug 9–15
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
· Birds
Photo © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
Early May to mid-October, middle week Aug 30 – Sep 5
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
· Birds
Photo © brian stahls · CC BY-NC 4.0
Mid-April to mid-October, middle week Sep 6–12
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollis
· Birds
Photo © zachsw · CC BY-NC 4.0
Late August to late September, middle week Sep 6–12
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
· Birds
Photo © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
Mid-May to early October, middle week Sep 6–12
Sanderling
Calidris alba
· Birds
Photo © Marco Chan · CC BY 4.0
Mid-May to late October, middle week Sep 6–12
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
· Birds
Late in its season
Photo © Jennysweatt · CC BY-NC 4.0
Mid-September to mid-December, middle week Sep 27 – Oct 3
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
· Birds
Photo © Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
· Birds
Photo © Guy Lemelin · CC BY-NC 4.0
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
· Birds
Photo © Jamie Chavez · CC BY-NC 4.0
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
· Birds
Photo © David Yeany · CC BY-NC 4.0
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
· Birds
Photo © Kirstyn Eckhardt · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
· Birds
Photo © Dmitry Dubikovskiy · CC BY-NC 4.0
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
· Birds
Photo © Scott O'Donnell · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
· Birds
Photo © Jef-B · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
· Birds
Photo © Bert Filemyr · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan
· Birds
Photo © georg32sea · CC BY-NC 4.0
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus
· Birds
Photo © Pavel Shukov · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
· Birds
Photo © Lee Jaffe · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
No season shown
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
· Birds
Photo © Gustavo Masuzzo · CC BY 4.0
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
· Birds
Photo © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
· Birds
Photo © José Antonio Linage Espinosa · CC BY-NC 4.0
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
· Birds
Photo © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
· Birds
Photo © Jonathan Irons · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutus
· Birds
Photo © vyatka · CC BY-NC 4.0
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
· Birds
Photo © Wendy Feltham · CC BY-NC 4.0
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
· Birds
Photo © itazura · CC BY-NC 4.0
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
· Birds
Photo © Andrew Cannizzaro · CC BY 4.0
No season shown
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
· Birds
Photo © Kyle Tansley · CC BY-NC 4.0
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
· Birds
Photo © Craig K. Hunt · CC BY-NC 4.0
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
· Birds
Photo © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
· Birds
Photo © Pedro Nicolau · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
· Birds
Photo © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
· Birds
Photo © Jason Headley · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
· Birds
Photo © Coleen Lawlor · CC BY-NC 4.0
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
· Birds
Photo © Hannah Floyd · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
· Birds
Photo © Steve Mayo · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
· Birds
Photo © Leo Weiskittel · CC BY-NC 4.0
No season shown
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
· Birds
Photo © Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0
No season shown
Families in Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae
25
Laridae
16
Charadriidae
5
Recurvirostridae
2
Missing records do not mean a species is absent.