Posts Tagged ‘Charadriiformes’

• Bronze-winged courser

  Jun 15 | Coursers, Pratincoles+ | Little Stint | 24 Views | with Comments Off on Bronze-winged courser

  Bronze-winged courser – Rhinoptilus chalcopterus – is a large resident African courser of Type – wader, Family Glareolidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is widely distributed over s s Africa in savanna and...

• Senegal thick-knee

  Apr 26 | Dikkops, Stone-curlews, Thick-knees, Thick-knees+ | Little Stint | 58 Views | with Comments Off on Senegal thick-knee

  Senegal thick-knee – Burhinus senegalensis – is a medium large resident African shorebird, also known as Stone-curlews, or Dikkops, and is of Type – wader, Family Burhinidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is...

• Solitary snipe

  Apr 26 | Sandpipers+, Snipes | Little Stint | 60 Views | with Comments Off on Solitary snipe

  Solitary snipe – Gallinago solitaria – is a small resident/migratory Asian shorebird of Type – wader, Family Scolopacidae and Order Charadriiformes. it is found as resident from central Asia to Kamchatka, there...

• Armenian gull

  Apr 25 | Gulls, Gulls+ | Little Stint | 63 Views | with Comments Off on Armenian gull

  Armenian gull – Larus armenicus – is a large migratory Asian gull of Type – seabird, Family Laridae and Order Charadriiformes. It is found as a patchwork of separate breeding and wintering areas in the S...

• Spotted thick-knee

  Mar 30 | Dikkops, Stone-curlews, Thick-knees, Thick-knees+ | Little Stint | 72 Views | with Comments Off on Spotted thick-knee

  Spotted thick-knee – Burhinus capensis – is a quite big resident African shorebird of Type – wader, Family Burhinidae and Order Charadriiformes. Except for heavily forested areas it is found over s s Africa. In...

• Grey-headed lapwing

  Mar 29 | Lapwings, Lapwings+ | Little Stint | 73 Views | with Comments Off on Grey-headed lapwing

  Grey-headed lapwing – Vanellus cinereus – is a migratory Asian lapwing of Type -wader, Family Charadriidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is a summer breeder to E Asia and winters in S Japan, SE Asia and N India. The...

• Far Eastern curlew

  Mar 29 | Curlews, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 69 Views | with Comments Off on Far Eastern curlew

  Far Eastern curlew – Numenius madagascariensis – is a large migratory Asian shorebird of Type – wader, Family Scolopacidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is a summer breeder to NE Asia and winters in the islands...

• Sharp-tailed sandpiper

  Mar 29 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 56 Views | with Comments Off on Sharp-tailed sandpiper

  Sharp-tailed sandpiper – Calidris acuminata – is a smallish migratory Asian shorebird of Type – wader, Family Scolopacidae and Order Charadriiformes. It breeds in the Tundra of far NE Siberia and winters in...

• Asian dowitcher

  Mar 29 | Dowitchers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 61 Views | with Comments Off on Asian dowitcher

  Asian dowitcher – Limnodromus semipalmatus – is a medium large migratory Asian shorebird of Type – wader, Family Scolopacidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is a summer breeder from central to E temperate Asia,...

• Grey-tailed tattler

  Mar 29 | Sandpipers+, Tattlers | Little Stint | 55 Views | with Comments Off on Grey-tailed tattler

  Grey-tailed tattler – Tringa brevipes – is a small migratory Asian shorebird of Type – wader, Family Scolopacidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is a simmer breeder to Siberia and winters in the Indonesian...