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Birds of the WAP complex

The species list is based on (1) research grade records from the "Biota of the WAP complex" project, (2) BirdLife checklists from Singou-Arly-W, Pendjari, W-Niger and W-Benin, (3) the bird list from Plan d’Aménagement Participatif et de Gestion de la Réserve de Biosphère de la Pendjari, ...more ↓

Common Buttonquail 1
Turnix sylvaticus
Quail-plover 2
Ortyxelos meiffrenii
Egyptian Plover 3
Pluvianus aegyptius
Curlew Sandpiper 4
Calidris ferruginea
Little Stint 4
Calidris minuta
Ruff 5
Calidris pugnax
Spotted Redshank 6
Tringa erythropus
Wood Sandpiper 7
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank 8
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper 9
Tringa ochropus
Marsh Sandpiper 10
Tringa stagnatilis
Common Redshank 11
Tringa totanus
Eurasian Curlew 12
Numenius arquata
Whimbrel 13
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 14
Gallinago gallinago
Black-tailed Godwit 15
Limosa limosa
Common Sandpiper 16
Actitis hypoleucos
Greater Painted-snipe 17
Rostratula benghalensis
Little Tern 18
Sternula albifrons
Gull-billed Tern 12
Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern 19
Hydroprogne caspia
Royal Tern 20
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern 21
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Common Tern 22
Sterna hirundo
Whiskered Tern 15
Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged Tern 23
Chlidonias leucopterus
Black Tern 24
Chlidonias niger
Grey-hooded Gull 10
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
African Skimmer 25
Rynchops flavirostris
African Jacana 26
Actophilornis africanus
Lesser Jacana 27
Microparra capensis
Temminck's Courser 28
Cursorius temminckii
Gray Pratincole 29
Glareola cinerea
Rock Pratincole 30
Glareola nuchalis
Collared Pratincole 7
Glareola pratincola
Bronze-winged Courser 31
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Common Ringed Plover 32
Charadrius hiaticula
White-headed Lapwing 26
Vanellus albiceps
African Wattled Lapwing 26
Vanellus senegallus
Spur-winged Lapwing 33
Vanellus spinosus
Black-headed Lapwing 34
Vanellus tectus
Spotted Thick-knee 7
Burhinus capensis
Senegal Thick-knee 15
Burhinus senegalensis
Water Thick-knee 35
Burhinus vermiculatus
Eurasian Oystercatcher 15
Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt 36
Himantopus himantopus

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