Waders, Gulls and Auks

• Auks
• Gulls@
• Oystercatchers
• Plovers
• Puffins@

• Science: Biology: Plants and Animals: Animalia: Chordata: Aves: Charadriiformes 

• Coursers & Pratincoles - Glareolidae  - Presents information on the small family of shore birds, almost exclusively found in the Old World. Discusses the myth that the Egyptian Plover picks the teeth of crocodile.
• The Internet Bird Collection: Thick-knees (Burhinidae)  - Description of the long legged terrestrial waders, with family statistics, species list and details of videos, photographs, and sound clips held.
• Stilts and Avocets  - Describes the family of long legged, long billed, black and white birds, and includes photographs and cited literature.
• Te Ara: New Zealand’s Wading Birds  - Species found in New Zealand, adaptations, are species, Maori traditions, migration, and flyways.