Group
Shorebirds
243 species with a page on Motmot.
Species in this group
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Puna Plover Anarhynchus alticola
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
- Two-banded Plover Anarhynchus falklandicus
- Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
- Javan Plover Anarhynchus javanicus
- Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Red-breasted Dotterel Anarhynchus obscurus
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- St. Helena Plover Anarhynchus sanctaehelenae
- Madagascar Plover Anarhynchus thoracicus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
- White-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis malouinus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Bush Thick-knee Burhinus grallarius
- Indian Thick-knee Burhinus indicus
- Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus
- Black-faced Sheathbill Chionis minor
- Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Subantarctic Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica
- Snares Snipe Coenocorypha huegeli
- Chatham Islands Snipe Coenocorypha pusilla
- Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus
- Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
- Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
- Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Crab-Plover Dromas ardeola
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris
- Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Puna Snipe Gallinago andina
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis
- Jameson's Snipe Gallinago jamesoni
- Madagascar Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla
- Magellanic Snipe Gallinago magellanica
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis
- Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Fuegian Snipe Gallinago stricklandii
- Giant Snipe Gallinago undulata
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Chatham Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis
- South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
- Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
- Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus
- Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Peruvian Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus superciliaris
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae
- Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
- Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
- Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus
- Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
- Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
- South American Painted-Snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris
- Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis
- Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
- Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus
- Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis
- Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Diademed Sandpiper-Plover Phegornis mitchellii
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Magellanic Plover Pluvianellus socialis
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Tuamotu Sandpiper Prosobonia parvirostris
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Australian Painted-Snipe Rostratula australis
- Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Bukidnon Woodcock Scolopax bukidnonensis
- Sulawesi Woodcock Scolopax celebensis
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira
- Moluccan Woodcock Scolopax rochussenii
- New Guinea Woodcock Scolopax rosenbergii
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Javan Woodcock Scolopax saturata
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Grey-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus
- Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
- Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Forbes's Plover Thinornis forbesi
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Shore Plover Thinornis novaeseelandiae
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanotus
- Sumba Buttonquail Turnix everetti
- Fynbos Buttonquail Turnix hottentottus
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Black-breasted Buttonquail Turnix melanogaster
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Madagascar Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis
- Spotted Buttonquail Turnix ocellatus
- Red-chested Buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius
- Little Buttonquail Turnix velox
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus
- Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
- Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Rufous-chested Dotterel Zonibyx modestus
Lookalikes compared
- American Oystercatcher vs Black Oystercatcher
- American Woodcock vs Grey Phalarope
- Baird's Sandpiper vs Western Sandpiper
- Black Turnstone vs Red Knot
- Bristle-thighed Curlew vs Long-billed Curlew
- Bronze-winged Courser vs Burchell's Courser
- Common Sandpiper vs Curlew Sandpiper
- Common Snipe vs Common Redshank
- Curlew Sandpiper vs Little Stint
- European Golden Plover vs Northern Lapwing
- Great Knot vs Stilt Sandpiper
- Greater Yellowlegs vs Stilt Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper vs Common Greenshank
- Red-necked Phalarope vs Red-necked Stint
- Red-necked Stint vs Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Rock Pratincole vs Collared Pratincole
- Ruddy Turnstone vs Black Turnstone
- Ruddy Turnstone vs Curlew Sandpiper
- Ruddy Turnstone vs Sanderling
- Short-billed Dowitcher vs Spotted Sandpiper
- Small Buttonquail vs Bronze-winged Courser
- Solitary Sandpiper vs Lesser Yellowlegs
- Solitary Sandpiper vs Willet
- Spotted Sandpiper vs Lesser Yellowlegs