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Charadriiformes (Auks, Gulls, Terns, Waders)

 

Suborder: Charadrii

Family: Charadriidae (Plovers, Dotterels)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Belonopterus downsi Campbell, 2002 - Late Pleistocene California, USA Extinct Access
             
Belonopterus edmondi (Campbell, 1979) - Late Pleistocene South America Extinct Access
             
Charadrius dealbatus Swinhoe, 1870 White-faced plover (rediscovered) Asia Rediscovered Access
             
Dorypaltus prosphatus Brodkorb, 1959 - Late Pleistocene Florida, USA Extinct Access
             
Oreopholus orcesi Campbell, 1976 - Late Pleistocene South America Extinct Access
             
Thinornis novaeseelandiae rossii Gray, 1845 Auckland Island(s) shore plover, Ross’s plover 1840 Auckland Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Vanellus macropterus Wagler, 1827 Javanese wattled lapwing, Javanese lapwing, Javan lapwing, Sunda plover 1939-1940 Java, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Vanellus madagascariensis Goodman, 1997 Madagascan lapwing, Malagasy lapwing Holocene Madagascar Extinct Access
             
Viator picis Campbell, 1979 - Late Pleistocene South America Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Haematopus ostralegus meadewaldoi (Bannerman, 1913) Canarian black oystercatcher, Canary Islands oystercatcher, Meade-Waldo’s black oystercatcher 1913 (1940's?) Fuerteventura and Lanzarote (and their offshore islets), Canary Islands Extinct or invalid Access

 

 

Family: [Ibidorhynchidae (Ibisbill)]

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: [Pluvialidae (Golden-Plovers)]

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: [Pluvianidae (Egyptian Plover)]

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: [Recurvirostridae (Stilts, Avocets)]

—No subordinate taxa

 

Suborder: Chionidi

Family: Burhinidae (Thick-knees)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Burhinus nanus Brodkorb, 1959 New Providence double-striped thick-knee Holocene New Providence Island, Bahamas Extinct Access
             
Burhinus sp. nov. - Extinct thick-knee Late Pleistocene New Mexico, USA (& Mexico?) Extinct Access

 

 

Family: [Chionidae (Sheathbills)]

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: [Pluvianellidae (Magellanic Plover)]

—No subordinate taxa

 

 

Suborder: Lari

Family: Alcidae (Auks)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Fratercula dowi Guthrie, Thomas & Kennedy, 2000 Dow's puffin Late Pleistocene Channel Islands (San Miguel & San Nicolas Islands), California, USA Extinct Access
             
?Mancalla sp. nov. 'Channel Islands' -   Late Pleistocene? Channel Islands, California, USA Extinct Access
             
?Mancalla sp. nov. 'Japan' -   Late Pleistocene Japan Extinct Access
             
Pinguinus impennis Linnaeus, 1758 Great auk 1830 or 1844 Atlantic Ocean Extinct Access
             
Uria onoi Watanabe et al., 2016   Late Pleistocene Japan Extinct Access

 

 

Family: [Dromadidae (Crab Plover)]

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Glareolidae (Coursers, Pratincoles)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Rhinoptilus bitorquatus Blyth, 1848 Jerdon's courser, Double-banded courser, Double-banded plover - India Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Larus oregonus
Shufeldt, 1892 Oregon gull Late Pleistocene Oregon, USA Extinct Access
             
Larus relictus Lönnberg, 1931 Relict gull - Eurasia Rediscovered Access
             
Larus utunui Steadman, 2002 Huahine gull, Society Islands gull Holocene? Huahine, Society Islands Extinct Access
             
Larus sp. nov. ‘Kauai’ - Kauai gull Holocene? Kauai, Hawaiian islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Larus sp. nov. ‘St. Helena’ - St. Helena gull Late Pleistocene or Holocene St. Helena Extinct Access
             
Thalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel, 1863) Chinese crested tern - China (eastern) Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: [Stercorariidae (Skuas, Jaegers)]

—No subordinate taxa

 

 

Suborder: Limicoli

Family: [Jacanidae (Jacanas)]

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: [Pedionomidae (Plains-Wanderer)]

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: [Rostratulidae (Painted-Snipes)]

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Calidris cooperi (Baird, 1858) Cooper's sandpiper 1833 Long Island, New York, USA Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Coenocorypha aucklandica medwayi Medway, 1971 Medway's snipe Holocene North Isand, New Zealand Invalid (nomen nudum) Access
             
Coenocorypha aucklandica perseverance Miskelly & Baker, 2010 Campbell Island snipe - Campbell Island, New Zealand Rediscovered Access
             
Coenocorypha barrierensis Oliver, 1955 Little Barrier (Island) snipe, North Island snipe, Tutukiwi c.1870 Little Barrier Island (historically) and North Island (prehistorically), New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Coenocorypha chathamica Forbes, 1893 Forbes' snipe Holocene Chatham Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Coenocorypha iredalei Rothschild, 1921 South Island snipe, Stewart Island snipe, Iredale's snipe, Tutukiwi 1 September 1964 Jacky Lee Island, Big South Cape Island, South Island & Stewart Island (all New Zealand) Extinct Access
             
Coenocorypha miratropica Worthy, 2003 Viti Levu snipe ? Viti Levu, Fiji Extinct Access
             
Coenocorypha neocaledonica Worthy, Anderson & Sand, 2013 New Caledonia[n] snipe ? New Caledonia Extinct Access
             
Coenocorypha sp. nov. ‘Norfolk Island’ - Norfolk Island snipe Holocene Norfolk Island, Australia Extinct Access
             
Gallinago kakuki Steadman & Takano, 2016 West Indian snipe, Becasina Isleña Holocene Bahamas, Cayman Islands & Cuba Extinct Access
             
Micropalama chapmani Campbell, 1979 - Late Pleistocene South America Extinct Access
             
Numenius borealis J. R. Forster, 1772 Eskimo curlew 4 September 1963 Americas (migratory) Extinct Access
             
Numenius phaeopus alboaxillaris (Lowe, 1921) Steppe whimbrel - Mozambique Rediscovered Access
             
Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot, 1817 Slender-billed curlew 15 April 2001 Arabian Peninsula, Europe & North Africa Extinct Access
             
Numenius victima (Miller, 1942)   Late Pleistocene Mexico Extinct Access
             
Nuntius solitarius Campbell, 1979   Late Pleistocene South America Extinct Access
             
Prosobonia cancellata
Gmelin, 1789 Christmas sandpiper, Kiritimati sandpiper January 1778; c.1850? Kiritimati (= Christmas Island), Kiribati Extinct Access
             
Prosobonia ellisi Sharpe, 1906 White-winged sandpiper, Ellis's sandpiper, Moorean sandpiper, Eimean sandpiper 1777 Moorea, French Polynesia Extinct Access
             
Prosobonia leucoptera Gmelin, 1789 White-winged sandpiper, Tahitian sandpiper 11 October 1777 Tahiti, French Polynesia Extinct Access
             
Prosobonia sauli De Pietri et al., 2020 Henderson Island sandpiper, Henderson sandpiper Holocene? Henderson Island Extinct Access
             
Prosobonia sp. nov. 'Austral Islands' - Tubuai sandpiper ? Tubuai, Austral Islands Extinct Access
             
Prosobonia sp. nov. ‘Cook Islands’ - Mangaian/Cook Islands sandpiper Holocene? Cook Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Prosobonia sp. nov. ‘Marquesas’ - Ua Huka sandpiper ? Marquesas Islands Extinct Access
             
Scolopax anthonyi (Wetmore, 1920) Puerto Rican woodcock ? Puerto Rico Extinct Access
             
Scolopax brachycarpa Takano & Steadman, 2015 Hispaniolan woodcock late Holocene Hispaniola Extinct Access
             
Scolopax celebensis Riley, 1921 Sulawesi woodcock - Sulawesi, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Scolopax ghardalamensis Fischer & Stephan, 1974 - Late Pleistocene Malta Extinct or invalid Access
             
Scolopax mira ohyamai Hiroshige & Yoshikazu, 2018 Ooyamashigi Late Pleistocene Okinawa Island, Central Ryukyu Islands, Japan Extinct Access
             
Scolopax rochussenii Schlegel, 1866 Moluccan woodcock, Obi woodcock - Obi and Bacan [islands], North Maluku, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Scolopax sp. nov. 'Bahamas' -   Late Pleistocene Bahamas Extinct Access
             
Steganopus graui Campbell, 1979   Late Pleistocene South America Extinct Access
             
Tringa ameghini Campbell, 1979   Late Pleistocene South America Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Thinocoridae (Seedsnipes)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Thinocorus koepckeae Campbell, 1979 - Late Pleistocene South America Extinct Access

 

 

Suborder: Turnici

Family: Turnicidae (Buttonquail)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Turnix novaecaledoniae Ogilvie-Grant, 1889   1911-1912 New Caledonia Missing Access
             

Turnix olivii

(Robinson, 1900) Buff-breasted buttonquail 5 February 1922 Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Missing Access
             
Turnix sylvaticus suluensis Mearns, 1905 Tawi-tawi small buttonquail 1950's Tawi-tawi, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines Missing Access
             
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus Desfontaines, 1789 Andalusian torillo, 
Andalusian hemipode
- Europe & Morocco Rediscovered Access
             
Turnix worcesteri McGregor, 1904 Luzon buttonquail, Worcester's buttonquail - Luzon, Philippines Rediscovered Access
             
Turnix sp. nov. 'Timor' - Timor buttonquail Late Pleistocene Timor Extinct Access

 

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