Group 1 Distinct Shorebirds

Ruddy Turnstone

Black-necked Stilt

Black-necked Stilt, Hornsby Bend, 3/13/25

American Avocet

American Avocet, Hornsby Bend, 11/8/24. Note that the female has a sharper curve to the bill, while the males bill is straighter.

American Oystercatcher

American Oystercatcher, Texas City Dike, 1/7/24.

Group 2 Big Plovers

Black-bellied Plover

Black-bellied Plover, Bolivar Flats, 4/29/22.

American Golden-Plover

American Golden Plover, 9/27/25, Near Potters Lake, Amarillo.

Mountain Plover

Group 3 Ringed Plovers

Killdeer

Killdeer, Granger Lake Area, 3/19/24

Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Plover (Juvenile), 5/4/24, Hornsby Bend

Piping Plover

Wilson’s Plover

Snowy Plover

Group 4 Calidris Peeps

Baird’s Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Group 5 Calidris Bigs

Red Knot

Stilt Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

Pectoral Sandpiper

Group 6 Tringa + Spotted

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet (Eastern & Western subspecies)

Greater Yellowlegs

Group 7 Godwits & Curlews

Whimbrel

Long-billed Curlew

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Group 8 Dowitchers

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Group 9 Grass-pipers

Upland Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Group 10 Other Shorebirds

American Woodcock

Wilson’s Snipe

Wilson’s Phalarope

Wilson’s Phalarope Spinning by Brian Sullivan, Cornell Lab, Macaulay Library, Image ML4482696

Red-necked Phalarope

Group 11 Texas Rarities

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Purple Sandpiper

Bar-tailed Godwit

Red Phalarope