Posts Tagged ‘Charadriiformes’

• Temminck’s courser

  Feb 18 | Coursers, Pratincoles+ | Little Stint | 1117 Views | with Comments Off on Temminck’s courser

  Temminck’s courser – Cursorius temminckii – is a resident African courser of Type – wader, Family Glareolidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is native to the grassy savannas of s s Africa. In the AWB Region...

• Quail-plover

  Feb 18 | Buttonquails+, Quail-plovers | Little Stint | 1134 Views | with Comments Off on Quail-plover

  Quail-plover – Ortyxelos meiffrenii – is a small resident African ground-living species of Type – landfowl, Family Turnicidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is native to the Sahel Belt of s s Africa and a smaller...

• African jacana

  Feb 18 | Jacanas, Jacanas+ | Little Stint | 1170 Views | with Comments Off on African jacana

  African jacana – Actophilornis africanus – is a resident African water related species of Type – marshfowl, Family Jacanidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is widely found over s s Africa except for the most arid...

• Brown-chested lapwing

  Feb 9 | Lapwings, Lapwings+ | Little Stint | 1124 Views | with Comments Off on Brown-chested lapwing

  Brown-chested lapwing – Vanellus superciliosus – is a migratory African lapwing of Type – wader, Family Charadriidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is native to s s Africa. In the AWB Region it is found as...

• Ring-billed gull

  Jan 4 | Gulls, Gulls+ | Little Stint | 1126 Views | with Comments Off on Ring-billed gull

  Ring-billed gull – Larus delawarensis – is medium-sized N American gull, a Vagrant to the AWB Region, being recorded as Accidental in Western Sahara. Further information can be found on the Categories card –...

• Laughing gull

  Jan 4 | Gulls, Gulls+ | Little Stint | 1125 Views | with Comments Off on Laughing gull

  Laughing gull – Leucophaeus atricilla – is a medium-sized New World gull found as a Vagrant to the AWB Region, being recorded as Accidental in Western Sahara. Further information can be found on the Categories card...

• Bonaparte’s gull

  Jan 4 | Gulls, Gulls+ | Little Stint | 1118 Views | with Comments Off on Bonaparte’s gull

  Bonaparte’s gull – Chroicocephalus philadelphia – is a N American gull found as Accidental to the AWB Region in Western Sahara. Further information can be found on the Categories card – Vagrants &#...

• Upland sandpiper

  Jan 4 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 1148 Views | with Comments Off on Upland sandpiper

  Upland sandpiper – Bartramia longicauda – is a large N American sandpiper found as Accidental to the AWB Region in Western Sahara. Further information can be found on the Categories card – Vagrants &#...

• West African crested tern

  Dec 21 | Gulls+, Terns | Little Stint | 1168 Views | with Comments Off on West African crested tern

  West African crested tern – Thalasseus albididorsalis – is a large resident/partially-migratory African tern of Type – seabird, Family Laridae and Order Charadriiformes. It was previously considered a...

• Spotted sandpiper

  Dec 21 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 1206 Views | with Comments Off on Spotted sandpiper

  Spotted sandpiper – Actitis macularius – is a N American Vagrant to the AWB Region and further information can be found on the Categories card – Vagrants &#...