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Birds of Alabama

This guide is a reference for identifying species of birds reported from Alabama. If you have additions or corrections please send them to jpfriel@ua.edu.

Sanderling 1
Calidris alba
Dunlin 2
Calidris alpina
Red Knot 3
Calidris canutus
White-rumped Sandpiper 4
Calidris fuscicollis
Stilt Sandpiper 5
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 6
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 7
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 8
Calidris minutilla
Ruff 9
Calidris pugnax
Semipalmated Sandpiper 10
Calidris pusilla
Short-billed Dowitcher 11
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 12
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 13
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 4
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Tringa solitaria
Whimbrel 14
Numenius phaeopus
Wilson's Snipe 15
Gallinago delicata
Common Snipe 16
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 4
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 17
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 18
Limosa fedoa
Upland Sandpiper 4
Bartramia longicauda
Spotted Sandpiper 19
Actitis macularius
Bridled Tern 20
Onychoprion anaethetus
Least Tern 21
Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern 22
Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern 3
Hydroprogne caspia
Royal Tern 23
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern 17
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Forster's Tern 24
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 25
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 21
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 3
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 26
Larus argentatus
Ring-billed Gull 27
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 28
Larus fuscus
Laughing Gull 4
Leucophaeus atricilla
Black Skimmer 29
Rynchops niger
Kentish Plover 30
Charadrius alexandrinus
Piping Plover 31
Charadrius melodus
Snowy Plover 12
Charadrius nivosus
Semipalmated Plover 32
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 33
Charadrius vociferus
Wilson's Plover 3
Charadrius wilsonia
American Golden-Plover 4
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 3
Pluvialis squatarola
American Oystercatcher 34
Haematopus palliatus
American Avocet 35
Recurvirostra americana

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