was named
Phoenicopterus ruber in 1758 ;
Phoenicopterus (flamingoes) •
Phoenicopterus ruber –
American flamingo ;
Ardea (herons, cranes & kin) •
Ardea pavonina –
black crowned crane •
Ardea virgo –
demoiselle crane •
Ardea canadensis –
sandhill crane •
Ardea grus –
common crane •
Ardea americana –
whooping crane •
Ardea antigone –
sarus crane •
Ardea ciconia –
white stork •
Ardea nigra –
black stork •
Ardea nycticorax –
black-crowned night heron •
Ardea cinerea –
grey heron •
Ardea herodias –
great blue heron •
Ardea violacea –
yellow-crowned night heron •
Ardea caerulea –
little blue heron •
Ardea striata –
striated heron •
Ardea virescens –
green heron •
Ardea stellaris –
Eurasian bittern •
Ardea alba –
great egret •
Ardea ibis –
western cattle egret •
Ardea aequinoctialis ;
Scolopax (godwits, ibises & kin) was named
Scolopax lapponica in 1758 •
Scolopax rubra –
scarlet ibis •
Scolopax alba –
American white ibis •
Scolopax fusca – synonym of American white ibis •
Scolopax totanus –
common redshank •
Scolopax arquata –
Eurasian curlew •
Scolopax phaeopus –
whimbrel •
Scolopax rusticola –
Eurasian woodcock •
Scolopax fedoa –
marbled godwit •
Scolopax glottis –
common greenshank (now
Tringa nebularia) •
Scolopax limosa –
black-tailed godwit •
Scolopax gallinago –
common snipe •
Scolopax lapponica –
bar-tailed godwit •
Scolopax aegocephala – synonym of bar-tailed godwit •
Scolopax haemastica –
Hudsonian godwit ;
Tringa (phalaropes and sandpipers) (shown here in breeding plumage) was named
Tringa pugnax in 1758 •
Tringa pugnax –
ruff •
Tringa vanellus –
northern lapwing •
Tringa gambetta – synonym of the common redshank •
Tringa interpres –
ruddy turnstone •
Tringa lobata –
red-necked phalarope •
Tringa fulicaria –
red phalarope •
Tringa alpina –
dunlin •
Tringa ocrophus –
green sandpiper •
Tringa hypoleucos –
common sandpiper •
Tringa canutus –
red knot •
Tringa glareola –
wood sandpiper •
Tringa littorea – synonym of wood sandpiper •
Tringa squatarola –
grey plover ;
Charadrius (plovers) was named
Charadrius apricarius and
Charadrius pluvialis in 1758 •
Charadrius cristatus •
Charadrius hiaticula –
common ringed plover •
Charadrius alexandrinus –
Kentish plover •
Charadrius vociferus –
killdeer •
Charadrius aegyptius –
Egyptian plover •
Charadrius morinellus –
Eurasian dotterel •
Charadrius apricarius –
European golden plover •
Charadrius pluvialis – synonym European golden plover •
Charadrius oedicnemus –
Eurasian stone-curlew •
Charadrius himantopus –
black-winged stilt •
Charadrius spinosus –
spur-winged lapwing ;
Recurvirostra (avocets) •
Recurvirostra avosetta –
pied avocet ;
Haematopus (oystercatchers) •
Haematopus ostralegus –
Eurasian oystercatcher ;
Fulica (coots & kin) •
Fulica atra –
Eurasian coot •
Fulica chloropus –
common moorhen •
Fulica porphyrio –
western swamphen •
Fulica spinosa –
northern jacana ;
Rallus (rails) •
Rallus crex –
corn crake •
Rallus aquaticus –
water rail •
Rallus lariformis •
Rallus benghalensis –
greater painted-snipe •
Rallus carolinus –
sora ;
Psophia (trumpeters) •
Psophia crepitans –
grey-winged trumpeter ;
Otis (bustards) •
Otis tarda –
great bustard •
Otis arabs –
Arabian bustard •
Otis tetrax –
little bustard •
Otis afra –
southern black korhaan ;
Struthio (ratites) •
Struthio camelus –
common ostrich •
Struthio casuarius –
southern cassowary •
Struthio americanus –
greater rhea •
Struthio cucullatus –
dodo == Gallinae ==