Alcidae (Auks)

Extant genera: 11
Extant species: 24
Distribution: Holarctic
Crested Auklet
(Aethia cristatella)		 Pigeon Guillemot
(Cepphus columba)		 Rhinoceros Auklet
(Cerorhinca monocerata)		 Tufted Puffin
(Fratercula cirrhata)
Horned Puffin
(Fratercula corniculata)		 Cassin's Auklet
(Ptychoramphus aleuticus)		 Xantus's Murrelet
(Synthliboramphus hypoleucus)		 Common Murre
(Uria aalge)

Burhinidae (Stone-curlews, thick-knees)

Extant genera: 2
Extant species: 9
Distribution: Worldwide
Bush Stone-curlew
(Burhinus grallarius)		 Beach Stone-curlew
(Esacus neglectus)		    

Charadriidae (Plovers)

Extant genera: 10
Extant species: 66
Distribution: Worldwide
Little Ringed Plover
(Charadrius dubius)		 Common Ringed Plover
(Charadrius hiaticula)		 White-fronted Plover
(Charadrius marginatus)		 Mountain Plover
(Charadrius montanus)
Snowy Plover
(Charadrius nivosus)		 Semipalmated Plover
(Charadrius semipalmatus)		 Three-banded Plover
(Charadrius tricollaris)		 Killdeer
(Charadrius vociferus)
Wilson's Plover
(Charadrius wilsonia)		 Black-fronted Dotterel
(Elseyoris melanops)		 Pacific Golden plover
(Pluvialis fulva)		 Grey (Black-bellied) Plover
(Pluvialis squatarola)
White-crowned Lapwing
(Vanellus albiceps)		 Blacksmith Lapwing
(Vanellus armatus)		 Southern Lapwing
(Vanellus chilensis)		 Crowned Lapwing
(Vanellus coronatus)
Long-toed Lapwing
(Vanellus crassirostris)		 Masked Lapwing
(Vanellus miles)		 African Wattled Lapwing
(Vanellus senegallus)		 Northern Lapwing
(Vanellus vanellus)

Chionidae (Sheathbills & allies)

Extant genera: 2
Extant species: 3
Distribution: Antarctica
       

Dromadidae (Crab-plover)

Extant genera: 1
Extant species: 1
Distribution: Africa, Southeast Asia
       

Glareolidae (Coursers, pratincoles)

Extant genera: 5
Extant species: 18
Distribution: Old World, Australia, Africa
Collared Pratincole
(Glareola pratincola)		 Egyptian Plover
(Pluvianus aegyptius)		 Bronze-winged Courser
(Rhinoptilus chalcopterus)		  

Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)

Extant genera: 1
Extant species: 11
Distribution: Worldwide
Black Oystercatcher
(Haematopus bachmani)		 African Oystercatcher
(Haematopus moquini)		 Eurasian Oystercatcher
(Haematopus ostralegus)		 American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)

Ibidorhynchidae (Ibisbill)

Extant genera: 1
Extant species: 1
Distribution: Central Asia
       

Jacanidae (Jacanas)

Extant genera: 6
Extant species: 8
Distribution: Pantropical
African Jacana
(Actophilornis africanus)		 Comb-crested Jacana
(Irediparra gallinacea)		 Wattled Jacana
(Jacana jacana)		 Northern Jacana
(Jacana spinosa)

Laridae (Gulls, terns, skimmers)

Extant genera: 15
Extant species: 97
Distribution: Worldwide

Brown Noddy
(Anous minutus)

 Whiskered Tern
(Chlidonias hybrida)		 White-winged Tern
(Chlidonias leucopterus)
Black Tern
(Chlidonias niger)
Angel Tern
(Gygis alba)		 Inca Tern
(Larosterna inca)		 Herring Gull
(Larus argentatus)		 Laughing Gull
(Larus atricilla)
California Gull
(Larus californicus)		 Mew Gull
(Larus canus)		 Grey-hooded Gull
(Larus cirrocephalus)		 Ring-billed Gull
(Larus delawarensis)
Kelp Gull
(Larus dominicanus)		 Lava Gull
(Larus fuliginosus)		 Glacous-winged Gull
(Larus glaucescens)

Hartlaub's Gull
(Larus hartlaubii)
Heermann's Gull
(Larus heermanni)		 Great Black-backed Gull
(Larus marinus)		 Silver Gull
(Larus novaehollandiae)		 Western Gull
(Larus occidentalis)
Bonaparte's Gull
(Larus philadelphia)		 Franklin's Gull
(Larus pipixcan)		 Common Black-headed Gull
(Larus ridibundus)		 Thayer's Gull
(Larus thayeri)
Black-legged Kittiwake
(Rissa tridactyla)		 Black Skimmer
(Rynchops niger)		 Least Tern
(Sterna antillarum)		 Swift Tern
(Sterna bergii)
Caspian Tern
(Sterna caspia)		 Elegant Tern
(Sterna elegans)		 Forster's Tern
(Sterna forsteri)		 Common Tern
(Sterna hirundo)
Royal Tern
(Sterna maxima)		 Gull-billed Tern
(Sterna nilotica)		 Arctic Tern
(Sterna paradisaea)		 Sandwich Tern
(Sterna sandvicensis)

Pedionomidae (Plains-wanderer)

Extant genera: 1
Extant species: 1
Distribution: Australia
       

Pteroclididae (Sandgrouse)

Extant genera: 2
Extant species: 16
Distribution: Old World, Africa
       

Recurvirostridae (Stilts, avocets)

Extant genera: 3
Extant species: 7
Distribution: Worldwide

American Avocet
(Recurvirostra americana)		 Pied Avocet
(Recurvirostra avosetta)		 Black-winged Stilt
(Himantopus himantopus)		 White-headed Stilt
(Himantopus leucocephalus)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)      

Rostratulidae (Painted snipes)

Extant genera: 2
Extant species: 2
Distribution: Worldwide
       

Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, snipes)

Extant genera: 23
Extant species: 92
Distribution: Worldwide
Spotted Sandiper
(Actitis macularia)		 Surfbird
(Aphriza virgata)		 Ruddy Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres)		 Black Turnstone
(Arenaria melanocephala)
Upland Sandpiper
(Bartramia longicauda)		 Sanderling
(Calidris alba)		 Dunlin
(Calidris alpina)
Baird's Sandpiper
(Calidris bairdii)
Red Knot
(Calidris canutus)		 Stilt Sandpiper
(Calidris himantopus)		 Western Sandpiper
(Calidris mauri)		 Pectoral Sandpiper
(Calidris melanotos)
Least Sandpiper
(Calidris minutilla)		 Semipalmated Sandpiper
(Calidris pusilla)		 Willet
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus		 Wilson's Snipe
(Gallinago delicata)
African Snipe
(Gallinago nigripennis)		 Wandering Tattler
(Heteroscelus incanus)		 Short-billed Dowitcher
(Limnodromus griseus)		 Long-billed Dowitcher
(Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Marbled Godwit
(Limosa fedoa)		 Bar-tailed Godwit
(Limosa lapponica)		 Long-billed Curlew
(Numenius americanus)		 Whimbrel
(Numenius phaeopus)
Bristle-thighed Curlew
(Numenius tahitiensis)		 Red Phalarope
(Phalaropus fulicarius)		 Red-necked Phalarope
(Phalaropus lobatus)		 Wilson's Phalarope
(Phalaropus tricolor)
Ruff
(Philomachus pugnax)		 Lesser Yellowlegs
(Tringa flavipes)		 Greater Yellowlegs
(Tringa melanoleuca)		 Solitary Sandpiper
(Tringa solitaria)
Common Redshank
(Tringa totanus)		 Buff-breasted Sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis)		    

Stercorariidae (Skuas)

Extant genera: 1
Extant species: 7
Distribution: Worldwide
Parasitic Jaeger
(Stercocarius parasiticus)		      

Thinocoridae (Seedsnipes)

Extant genera: 2
Extant species: 4
Distribution: South America