User blog:StaraptorEmpoleon/Introduction to birds, part eight

Pluvianellidae
The Magellanic plover.

1 genus, 1 species

Chionidae
The sheathbills.

1 genus, 2 species

Burhinidae
The thick-knees.

2 genera, 10 species

Pluvianidae
The Egyptian plover.

1 genus, 1 species

Pluvialidae
The golden-plovers. Sometimes in Charadriidae.

1 genus, 4 species

Recurvirostridae
The stilts and avocets.

3 genera, 9 species

Ibidorhynchidae
The ibisbill.

1 genus, 1 species

Haematopodidae
The oystercatchers.

1 genera, 12 species

Charadriidae
The plovers and allies.

10 genera, 63 species

Pedionomidae
The plains-wanderer.

1 genus, 1 species

Thinocoridae
The seedsnipes.

2 genera, 4 species

Rostratulidae
The painted-snipes.

2 genera, 3 species

Jacanidae
The jacanas (zha-san-ah).

6 genera, 8 species

Scolopacidae
The sandpipers and allies.

20 genera, 95 species

Turnicidae
The buttonquail.

2 genera, 17 species

Dromadidae
The crab plover.

1 genus, 1 species

Glareolidae
Coursers and pratincoles.

4 genera, 17 species

Stercorariidae
Skuas and jaegers.

1 genus, 7 species

Alcidae
The auks aka alcids.

11 genera, 24 species

Laridae
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