Checklist of the birds of the Indian Subcontinent

Common English Name Scientific Name Status IUCN
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes V LC
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus w LC
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos sW LC
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres w LC
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus V LC
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus w NT
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris w VU
Red Knot Calidris canutus W LC
Sanderling Calidris alba w LC
Little Stint Calidris minuta W LC
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis w LC
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii W LC
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta w LC
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminate V LC
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos V LC
Dunlin Calidris alpina w LC
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea W LC
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus w VU
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis V LC
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus w LC
Ruff Philomachus pugnax W LC
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus w LC
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius V LC
Glareolidae (Coursers & Pratincoles)      
Jerdon’s Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus r CR
Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor rw LC
Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus r LC
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola rw LC
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum R LC
Small Pratincole Glareola lactea R LC
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Noddies & Skimmer)      
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans w LC
Heuglin’s Gull Larus heuglini w LC
Steppe Gull Larus h. barabensis W LC
Mew Gull Larus canus V LC
Pallas’s Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus w LC
Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii V LC
Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus sW LC
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus R LC
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei w LC
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus V LC
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla V LC
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica rW LC
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia W LC
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis r LC
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii r LC
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis w LC
River Tern Sterna aurantia R NT
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii r LC
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana r LC
Common Tern Sterna hirundo sW LC
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea V LC
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa p LC
Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda r EN
Little Tern Sternula albifrons r LC
Saunders’s Tern Sternula saundersi r LC
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus s LC
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus s LC
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida RW LC
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus w LC
Black Tern Chlidonias niger V LC
White Tern Gygis alba V LC

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