Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

-Waders

CHARADRIIFORMES

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Burhinus oedicnemus
Open steppes, sandy or stony areas in heath and scrub, open areas with sparse vegetation.
Lowlands to 1000 m from se England, Germany, Poland and w,s Russia e to Kirghiz steppes and Turkestan, s to the Canary Is., n Africa incl. oases in Sahara s to Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, s Tunisia and c Egypt, e to Turkey, Near and Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India n to Himalayan foothills from Kashmir e to Assam; Sri Lanka, Burma, c Thailand, Cambodia and c Vietnam in Annam.
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Burhinus senegalensis
Lakes, rivers, esp. sandy banks with cover.
In extreme sw Mauritania, s Mali, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, s Niger, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, C. Afr. Rep., to Lake Chad, the Nile Valley,
c Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, s to cn,ne Zaire, n Uganda and nw Kenya.
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Burhinus oedicnemus

Stone-Curlew

common

has bred: Netherlands,

Germany

Burhinus senegalensis

Senegal Tick-Knees

common, local

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Pluvianus aegyptius
Sandy river banks.
S Mauritania, s Mali, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, s Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, C. Afr. Rep., s Chad, Sudan, e to the Nile R. Basin of Egypt (at least formerly), w Ethiopia and Eritrea, s to nw Angola, sw,sc,ne Zaire and nw Uganda.
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Cursorius cursor
Desert, open country.
N Africa (exc. from n Morocco to n Tunisia) incl. Canary and Cape Verde is. and Sinai Pen. of Egypt, s to subSaharan region in Mauritania, Senegambia, c Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra I., possibly Kenya, Yemen and e through Near East, Arabia, Iraq, c,e Iran and Turkmenia to (probably) Afghanistan.
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Glareola pratincola
Open barren areas; sparse grassland.
From the Iberian Peninsula, s France, Italy, Hungary and Romania s to Sicily, Cyprus and n Africa from n Morocco to n,c Tunisia and n Egypt, e through n Black Sea area, nw Caspian Sea area, Transcaucasus and from Transcaspia e to Turkestan, w Arabia, Iraq and Iran to Afghanistan and Pakistan in Sind. Locally in sw Mauritania, s Mali, Senegambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia and s (exc. forested w) to Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, n,e Zimbabwe, Angola, ne Namibia (Caprivi), n Botswana and e S. Africa in e Transvaal and n Natal.
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Glareola maldivarum
Mudflats, burned-over grassland, river banks.
From Sc Siberia in se Transbaicalia, Mongolia and c,e China, Inner Mongolia to s Heilungkiang s to Hainan and Fukien, s locally through se Asia (exc. ne,sw Thailand and c,s Laos), India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Sind, to Andaman Is. and Luzon I. in the n Philippines. Occurs in the Seychelles but no firm breeding record.
Sometimes included in G. pratincola.
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Glareola nordmanni
Open steppe, dry flats, edges of salt lakes, river valleys.
From Hungary and Romania e through n Iraq and Ukraine, n Caspian Sea area and n Caucasus to Kirghiz steppes and sw Siberia in the Altai. Sometimes included in G. pratincola.
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