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Table 1 List of migratory and resident birds encountered on Coroa do Avião Island, northeastern Brazil

From: Do artisanal fishers perceive declining migratory shorebird populations?

Scientific name

Popular name

Status

Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867

  

Charadrii Huxley, 1867

  

CharadriidaeLeach, 1820

  

Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Black-bellied Plover

Migratory

Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825

Semipalmated Plover

Migratory

Charadrius wilsonia Ord, 1814

Wilson’s Plover

Resident

Charadrius collaris Vieillot, 1818

Collared Plover

Resident

Haematopodidae Bonaparte, 1838

  

Haematopus palliatus Temminck, 1820

American Oystercatcher

Resident

Scolopaci Steijneger, 1885

  

Scolopacidae Rafinesque, 1815

  

Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin, 1789)

Short-billed Dowitcher

Migratory

Numenius hudsonicusLatham, 1790

Hudsonian Whimbrel

Migratory

Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766)

Spotted Sandpiper

Migratory

Tringa solitaria Wilson, 1813

Solitary Sandpiper

Migratory

Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, 1789)

Greater Yellowlegs

Migratory

Tringa semipalmata (Gmelin, 1789)

Willet

Migratory

Tringa flavipes (Gmelin, 1789)

Lesser Yellowlegs

Migratory

Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ruddy Turnstone

Migratory

Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red Knot

Migratory

Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)

Sanderling

Migratory

Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766)

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Migratory

Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)

Least Sandpiper

Migratory

Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819)

White-rumped Sandpiper

Migratory

Laridae Rafinesque, 1815

  

Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1818)

Grey-hooded Gull

Resident

SternidaeVigors, 1825

  

Sternula antillarumLesson, 1847

Least Tern

Migratory

Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789)

Gull-billed Tern

Resident

Sterna hirundoLinnaeus, 1758

Common Tern

Migratory