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shore bird, common name for members of the large order Charadriiformes, which includes birds found on coasts and beaches throughout the world. Included in this group are the avocet avocet (ăv`əsĕt), common name for a long-legged wading bird about 15 to 18 in. (37.
..... Click the link for more information. , curlew curlew (kûr`l
..... Click the link for more information. , oyster catcher oyster catcher, common name for members of the family Haematopodidae, ploverlike shorebirds, cosmopolitan in distribution. Their distinctive red bills are long, blunt, and flattened, efficient for catching and opening the oysters, mussels, and clams on which they
..... Click the link for more information. , phalarope phalarope (făl`ərōp'), common name for members of the family Phalaropodidae, shore birds, called "little swimming sandpipers.
..... Click the link for more information. , plover plover (plŭv`ər), common name for some members of the large family Charadriidae, shore birds, small to medium in size, found in
..... Click the link for more information. , sandpiper sandpiper, common name for some members of the large family Scolopacidae, small shore birds, including the snipe and the curlew . Sandpipers are wading birds with relatively long legs and long, slender bills for probing in the sand or mud for their prey—all
..... Click the link for more information. , snipe snipe, common name for a shore bird of the family Scolopacidae ( sandpiper family), native to the Old and New Worlds. The common, or Wilson's snipe (Capella gallinago), also called jacksnipe, is a game bird of marshes and meadows.
..... Click the link for more information. , and stilt stilt, common name for some members of the family Recurvirostridae, shore birds including the avocet . Stilts, as their name implies, have the longest legs of any bird except the flamingo.
..... Click the link for more information. . The similarity and close relationship of these birds is illustrated by the surf birds, which are also called plover-billed turnstones and are considered by some to be intermediate between plovers and turnstones and by others to be most closely allied to the sandpipers. The godwits, which migrate from subarctic regions S to Africa and Australia, are related to the curlews but resemble the phalaropes in their breeding and nesting habits. Shore birds in general are shy, inconspicuously marked birds with long, slender bills for probing the sand or mud for food and relatively long, strong legs for wading and running. The order Charadriiformes is classified in the phylum Chordata Chordata (kôrdā`tə,–dä`–)
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves.

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