Color Key to North American Birds - Part 88
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Part 88

Family ARAMID?. Courlans.

A.O.U.

No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

207 Limpkin Aramus vociferus 96

Family RALLID?. Rails, Gallinules, and Coots.

A.O.U.

No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

208 King Rail Rallus elegans 97 209 Belding's Rail " beldingi 97 210 California Clapper Rail " obsoletus 97 210.1 Light-footed Rail " levipes 294 211 Clapper Rail " crepitans crepitans 98 211_a_ Louisiana Clapper Rail " " saturatus 98 211_b_ Florida Clapper Rail " " scotti 98 211_c_ Wayne's Clapper Rail " " waynei 98 211.2 Caribbean Clapper Rail " longirostris caribaeus 98 212 Virginia Rail " virginia.n.u.s 97 [213] Spotted Crake Porzana porzana A.V.

214 Sora " carolina 98 215 Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis 97 216 Black Rail Creciscus jamaicensis 98 216.1 Farallon Rail " coturniculus 294 [217] Corn Crake Crex crex A.V.

218 Purple Gallinule Ionornis martinicus 99 219 Florida Gallinule Gallinula galeata 99 [220] European Coot Fulica atra A.V.

221 Coot " americana 99

Order LIMICOL?. Sh.o.r.e Birds.

Family PHALAROPODID?. Phalaropes.

A.O.U.

No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

222 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 102 223 Northern Phalarope Lobipes lobatus 102 224 Wilson's Phalarope Steganopus tricolor 102

Family RECURVIROSTRID?. Avocets and Stilts.

A.O.U.

No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

225 Avocet Recurvirostra americana 103 226 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexica.n.u.s 105

Family SCOLOPACID?. Snipes, Sandpipers, etc.

A.O.U.

No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

[227] European Woodc.o.c.k Scolopax rusticola A.V.

228 Woodc.o.c.k Philohela minor 105 [229] European Snipe Gallinago gallinago A.V.

230 Wilson's Snipe " delicata 105 [230.1] Great Snipe " media A.V.

231 Dowitcher Macrorhamphus griseus griseus 106 232 Long-billed Dowitcher " " scolopaceus 106 233 Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus 106 234 Knot Tringa canutus 106 235 Purple Sandpiper Arquatella maritima maritima 107 235_a_ Aleutian Sandpiper " " couesi 107 235_b_ Pribilof Sandpiper " " ptilocnemis 108 238 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Pisobia aurita 109 239 Pectoral Sandpiper " maculata 109 240 White-rumped Sandpiper " fuscicollis 109 241 Baird's Sandpiper " bairdi 109 242 Least Sandpiper " minutilla 109 [242.1] Long-toed Stint " damacensis A.V.

[243] Dunlin Pelidna alpina alpina A.V.

243_a_ Red-backed Sandpiper " " sakhalina 108 244 Curlew Sandpiper Erolia ferruginea 106 [245] Spoonbill Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus A.V.

246 Semipalmated Sandpiper Ereunetes pusillus 108 247 Western Sandpiper " mauri 108 248 Sanderling Calidris leucophaea 108 249 Marbled G.o.dwit Limosa fedoa 110 250 Pacific G.o.dwit " lapponica baueri 110 251 Hudsonian G.o.dwit " haemastica 110 [252] Black-tailed G.o.dwit " limosa A.V.

[253] Green-shank Glottis nebularia A.V.

[253.1] Red-shank Tota.n.u.s tota.n.u.s A.V.

254 Greater Yellow-legs " melanoleucus 111 255 Yellow-legs " flavipes 111 256 Solitary Sandpiper Helodromas solitarius solitarius 107 256_a_ Western Solitary Sandpiper " " cinnamomeus 107 [257] Green Sandpiper " ocrophus A.V.

258 Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus 111 258_a_ Western Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus 111 259 Wandering Tatler Heteract.i.tis inca.n.u.s 111 [260] Ruff Machetes pugnax A.V.

261 Upland Plover Bartramia longicauda 105 262 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis 105 263 Spotted Sandpiper Act.i.tis macularia 107 264 Long-billed Curlew Numenius america.n.u.s 103 265 Hudsonian Curlew Numenius hudsonicus 103 266 Eskimo Curlew " borealis 103 [267] Whimbrel " phaeopus A.V.

268 Bristle-thighed Curlew " tahitiensis 295

Family CHARADRIID?. Plovers.

A.O.U.

No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

[269] Lapwing Vanellus vanellus A.V.

[269.1] Dotterel Eudromias morinellus A.V.

270 Black-bellied Plover Squatarola squatarola 110 [271] European Golden Plover Charadrius apricarius A.V.

272 Golden Plover " dominicus dominicus 110 272_a_ Pacific Golden Plover " " fulvus 110 273 Killdeer Oxyechus vociferus 112 274 Semipalmated Plover ?gialitis semipalmata 112 275 Ringed Plover " hiaticula 112 [276] Little Ringed Plover " dubia A.V.

277 Piping Plover " meloda 112 278 Snowy Plover " nivosa 112 [279] Mongolian Plover " mongola A.V.

280 Wilson's Plover Ochthodromus wilsonius 112 281 Mountain Plover Podasocys monta.n.u.s 105

Family APHRIZID?. Surf Birds and Turnstones.

A.O.U.

No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

282 Surf-bird Aphriza virgata 111 283 Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpres 102 283_a_ Ruddy Turnstone " " morinella 102 284 Black Turnstone " melanocephala 107

Family H?MATOPODID?. Oyster-Catchers.

A.O.U.

No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

[285] European Oyster-catcher Haematopus ostralegus A.V.

286 Oyster-catcher " palliatus 104 286.1 Frazar's Oyster-catcher " frazari 104 287 Black Oyster-catcher " bachmani 104

Family JACANID?. Jacanas.

A.O.U.

No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page

[288] Mexican Jacana Jacana spinosa 102