| Kingdom: | Animalia | (Animals) |
| Phylum: | Chordata | (Vertebrates) |
| Class: | Aves | (Birds) |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Genus - species | Common name | Thumbnail |
|---|---|---|
| Family: Burhinidae | ||
| Burhinus oedicnemus | Stone Curlew | |
| Family: Charadriidae | ||
| Charadrius alexandrinus | Kentish Plover | |
| Charadrius asiaticus | Caspian Plover | |
| Charadrius dubius | Little Ringed Plover |  |
| Charadrius hiaticula | Common Ringed Plover | |
| Charadrius leschenaultii | Greater Sand Plover |  |
| Charadrius mongolus | Mongolian Plover | |
| Charadrius pecuarius | Kittlitz's Plover | |
| Eudromias morinellus | Eurasian Dotterel | |
| Pluvialis apricaria | Eurasian Golden-Plover | |
| Pluvialis fulva | Pacific Golden-Plover | |
| Pluvialis squatarola | Grey Plover | |
| Vanellus gregarius | Sociable Lapwing | |
| Vanellus indicus | Red-wattled Lapwing | |
| Vanellus leucurus | White-tailed Lapwing |  |
| Vanellus spinosus | Spur-winged Lapwing |  |
| Vanellus tectus | Black-headed Lapwing | |
| Vanellus vanellus | Northern Lapwing | |
| Family: Dromadidae | ||
| Dromas ardeola | Crab Plover | |
| Family: Glareolidae | ||
| Cursorius cursor | Cream-colored Courser | |
| Glareola nordmanni | Black-winged Pratincole | |
| Glareola pratincola | Collared Pratincole | |
| Family: Haematopodidae | ||
| Haematopus ostralegus | Eurasian Oystercatcher | |
| Family: Laridae | ||
| Larus argentatus | Herring Gull | |
| Larus armenicus | Armenian Gull |  |
| Larus audouinii | Audouin's Gull | |
| Larus brunnicephalus | Brown-headed Gull | |
| Larus cachinnans | Yellow-legged Gull | |
| Larus canus | Mew Gull | |
| Larus cirrocephalus | Grey-headed Gull | |
| Larus fuscus | Lesser Black-backed Gull | |
| Larus genei | Slender-billed Gull | |
| Larus hemprichii | Sooty Gull | |
| Larus heuglini | Siberian/Heuglin's Gull | |
| Larus hyperboreus | Glaucous Gull | |
| Larus ichthyaetus | Great Black-headed Gull |  |
| Larus leucophthalmus | White-eyed Gull |  |
| Larus marinus | Great Black-backed Gull | |
| Larus melanocephalus | Mediterranean Gull | |
| Larus minutus | Little Gull | |
| Larus ridibundus | Common Black-headed Gull | |
| Rissa tridactyla | Black-legged Kittiwake | |
| Xema sabini | Sabine's Gull | |
| Family: Recurvirostridae | ||
| Himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt |  |
| Recurvirostra avosetta | Pied Avocet | |
| Family: Rostratulidae | ||
| Rostratula benghalensis | Greater Painted-snipe | |
| Family: Rynchopidae | ||
| Rynchops flavirostris | African Skimmer | |
| Family: Scolopacidae | ||
| Arenaria interpres | Ruddy Turnstone | |
| Calidris alba | Sanderling | |
| Calidris alpina | Dunlin | |
| Calidris canutus | Red Knot | |
| Calidris ferruginea | Curlew Sandpiper | |
| Calidris melanotos | Pectoral Sandpiper | |
| Calidris minuta | Little Stint |  |
| Calidris pusilla | Semipalmated Sandpiper | |
| Calidris subminuta | Long-toed Stint | |
| Calidris temminckii | Temminck's Stint | |
| Calidris tenuirostris | Great Knot | |
| Gallinago gallinago | Common Snipe | |
| Gallinago media | Great Snipe | |
| Gallinago megala | Swinhoe's Snipe | |
| Gallinago stenura | Pintail Snipe | |
| Limicola falcinellus | Broad-billed Sandpiper | |
| Limnodromus scolopaceus | Long-billed Dowitcher | |
| Limosa lapponica | Bar-tailed Godwit | |
| Limosa limosa | Black-tailed Godwit |  |
| Lymnocryptes minimus | Jack Snipe | |
| Numenius arquata | Eurasian Curlew | |
| Numenius phaeopus | Whimbrel | |
| Numenius tenuirostris | Slender-billed Curlew | |
| Phalaropus fulicaria | Red Phalarope | |
| Phalaropus lobatus | Red-necked Phalarope | |
| Philomachus pugnax | Ruff |  |
| Scolopax rusticola | Eurasian Woodcock | |
| Tringa cinerea | Terek Sandpiper | |
| Tringa erythropus | Spotted Redshank | |
| Tringa flavipes | Lesser Yellowlegs | |
| Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper | |
| Tringa hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper | |
| Tringa nebularia | Common Greenshank | |
| Tringa ochropus | Green Sandpiper | |
| Tringa stagnatilis | Marsh Sandpiper | |
| Tringa totanus | Common Redshank | |
| Family: Stercorariidae | ||
| Catharacta maccormicki | South Polar Skua | |
| Catharacta skua | Great Skua | |
| Stercorarius longicaudus | Long-tailed Jaeger | |
| Stercorarius parasiticus | Parasitic Jaeger | |
| Stercorarius pomarinus | Pomarine Jaeger | |
| Family: Sternidae | ||
| Chlidonias hybridus | Whiskered Tern | |
| Chlidonias leucopterus | White-winged Tern | |
| Chlidonias niger | Black Tern | |
| Sterna albifrons | Little Tern | |
| Sterna anaethetus | Bridled Tern | |
| Sterna bengalensis | Lesser Crested-Tern | |
| Sterna bergii | Great Crested-Tern | |
| Sterna caspia | Caspian Tern | |
| Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern | |
| Sterna fuscata | Sooty Tern | |
| Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | |
| Sterna nilotica | Gull-billed Tern | |
| Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern | |
| Sterna repressa | White-cheeked Tern | |
| Sterna sandvicensis | Sandwich Tern | |
| Sterna saundersi | Saunders's Tern | |
Number of species: 104