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Red Knot

Animals; Birds

The Red Knot, Calidris canutus (just Knot in Europe), is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia.

The Surfbird is a small stocky wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is usually classified in a genus of its own, as Aphriza virgata, but more recent data suggests it is very close genetically to the ...

Northern Lapwing

Animals; Birds

The Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the Peewit, Green Plover or (in the British Isles) just Lapwing, is a bird in the plover family. It is common through temperate Eurasia.

White-tailed Lapwing

Animals; Birds

The White-tailed Lapwing or White-tailed Plover (Vanellus leucurus) is a wader in the lapwing genus. It breeds semi-colonially on inland marshes in Iraq, Iran and southern Russia.

Black-headed Lapwing

Animals; Birds

The Black-headed Plover or Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus) is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae. It is a resident breeder across sub-Saharan Africa from ...

Oriental Plover

Animals; Birds

The Oriental Plover , Charadrius veredus , also known as the Oriental Dotterel , is a medium-sized Charadriine plover closely related to the Caspian Plover. Breeds in Mongolia, eastern Russia and ...

Whimbrel

Animals; Birds

The Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is the one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as ...