Shorebirds and allies of The Bahamas

Members of the order Charadriiformes that are reported in the Bahamas:

  • Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
  • Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
  • Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
  • Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
  • Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
  • American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
  • Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
  • American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
  • Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
  • Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
  • Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
  • Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
  • Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
  • Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus himantopus mexicanus)
  • American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
  • Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
  • Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
  • Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
  • Sanderling (Calidris alba)
  • Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
  • White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
  • Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
  • Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
  • Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
  • Wilson's Snipe (Calidris melanotos)
  • Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
  • Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
  • Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
  • Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
  • Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
  • Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
  • Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
  • Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
  • Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
  • Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
  • Birdled Tern (Sterna anaethetus)
  • Least Tern (Sterna antillarum)
  • Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
  • Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
  • Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
  • Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
  • Royal Tern (Sterna maxima)
  • Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)
  • Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
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