Order: Shorebirds / Charadriiformes

Families of Shorebirds / Charadriiformes birds includes 391 species, 90 genera and 19 families.

List of families

• Buttonquail / Turnicidae Buttonquail

  

  Buttonquail / Turnicidae is the bird family from order Shorebirds / Charadriiformes. Includes 2 genera and 18 species.

• Stone-curlews, Thick-knees / Burhinidae Stone-curlews, Thick-knees

  

  List of bird species names for family Stone-curlews, Thick-knees / Burhinidae. The child taxon for order Charadriiformes.

• Magellanic Plover / Pluvianellidae Magellanic Plover

  

  Magellanic Plover / Pluvianellidae is the bird family from order Shorebirds / Charadriiformes. Includes 1 genus and 1 species.

• Sheathbills / Chionidae Sheathbills

  

  Sheathbills / Chionidae is the bird family of class Aves. Contains 1 genus and 2 species.

• Oystercatchers / Haematopodidae Oystercatchers

  

  Oystercatchers / Haematopodidae is the bird family from order Shorebirds / Charadriiformes. Includes 1 genus and 12 species.

• Ibisbill / Ibidorhynchidae Ibisbill

  

  List of bird species names for family Ibisbill / Ibidorhynchidae. The child taxon for order Charadriiformes.

• Stilts, Avocets / Recurvirostridae Stilts, Avocets

  

  Stilts, Avocets / Recurvirostridae is the bird family from order Shorebirds / Charadriiformes. Includes 3 genera and 10 species.

• Plovers / Charadriidae Plovers

  

  List of bird species names for family Plovers / Charadriidae. The child taxon for order Charadriiformes.

• Egyptian Plover / Pluvianidae Egyptian Plover

  

  Egyptian Plover / Pluvianidae is the bird family from order Shorebirds / Charadriiformes. Includes 1 genus and 1 species.

• Painted-snipes / Rostratulidae Painted-snipes

  

  Painted-snipes / Rostratulidae is the bird family from order Shorebirds / Charadriiformes. Includes 2 genera and 3 species.

• Jacanas / Jacanidae Jacanas

  

  Jacanas / Jacanidae is the bird family from order Shorebirds / Charadriiformes. Includes 6 genera and 8 species.

• Plains-wanderer / Pedionomidae Plains-wanderer

  

  Plains-wanderer / Pedionomidae is the bird family of class Aves. Contains 1 genus and 1 species.

• Seedsnipes / Thinocoridae Seedsnipes

  

  List of bird species names for family Seedsnipes / Thinocoridae. The child taxon for order Charadriiformes.

• Sandpipers, Snipes / Scolopacidae Sandpipers, Snipes

  

  List of bird species names for family Sandpipers, Snipes / Scolopacidae. The child taxon for order Charadriiformes.

• Crab-plover / Dromadidae Crab-plover

  

  Crab-plover / Dromadidae is the bird family of class Aves. Contains 1 genus and 1 species.

• Coursers, Pratincoles / Glareolidae Coursers, Pratincoles

  

  Coursers, Pratincoles / Glareolidae is the bird family of class Aves. Contains 4 genera and 17 species.

• Gulls, Terns, Skimmers / Laridae Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

  

  List of bird species names for family Gulls, Terns, Skimmers / Laridae. The child taxon for order Charadriiformes.

• Skuas / Stercorariidae Skuas

  

  Skuas / Stercorariidae is the bird family from order Shorebirds / Charadriiformes. Includes 1 genus and 7 species.

• Auks / Alcidae Auks

  

  Auks / Alcidae is the bird family of class Aves. Contains 11 genera and 25 species.