There are currently 386 known species of the Order Charadriiformes which includes 19 families. I have photographed 56 (14.5%) of these species of birds across seven families shown below with links.
Family: Pluvianellidae (Megellanic Plover – 1 species)
Family: Chionidae (Sheathbills – 2 species)
Family: Burhinidae (Thick-knees – 10 species)
–Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Family: Pluvianidae (Egyptian Plover – 1 species)
Family: Recurvirostridae (Stilts, Avocets – 9 species)
–Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
–Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
–American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Family: Ibidorhynchidae (Ibisbill – 1 species)
Family: Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers – 12 species)
–American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Family: Charadriidae (Plovers, Lapwings – 69 species)
–Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
–Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
–Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
–Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
–Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
–Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
–Andean Lapwing (Vanellus respeldens)
Family: Pedionomidae (Plains-wanderer – 1 species)
Family: Thinocoridae (Seedsnipes – 4 species)
Family: Rostratulidae (Painted-snipes – 3 species)
Family: Jacanidae (Jacanas – 8 species)
Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies – 97 species)
–Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
–Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
–Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
–Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
–Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
–Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
–Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
–Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
–Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
–Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
–Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
–Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
–Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
–Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
–Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
–Sanderling (Calidris alba)
–Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
–Baird’s Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
–White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
–Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
–Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Family: Turnicidae (Buttonquail – 18 species)
Family: Dromadidae (Crab-Plover – 1 species)
Family: Glareolidae (Practincoles, Coursers – 17 species)
–Cream-colored Courser (Cursorius cursor)
Family: Stercorariidae (Skuas, Jaegers – 7 species)
Family: Alcidae (Auks, Murres, Puffins – 25species)
Family: Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers – 100 species)
–Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
–Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
–Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
–Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
–Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
–Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
–Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
–Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
–Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
–Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
–Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
–Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
–White Tern (Gygis alba)
–Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
–Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
–Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)
–Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
–Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
–Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)
–Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
–Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
–Audouin’s Gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii)
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