Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

-Waders

CHARADRIIFORMES

Rostratula benghalensis
Marshes with thick cover, swampy areas, rice paddies.
Locally in Senegambia e through s Mali, s Niger, s Chad, nw,ne Egypt and s Sudan to Ethiopia and Kenya, s to s S. Africa.
Recorded in all mainland subSaharan African countries except Djibouti and Congo. Madagascar exc. s.
Lowlands to 1500 m from Pakistan and India n to Kashmir e through e,s China to Japan n to Honshu, s through se Asia to Greater Sumba Islands, Sumbawa, Philippines and Taiwan.
In Australia widespread and rare in the east, rare and local in west.
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Haematopus ostralegus
Sandy and muddy beaches,, rocky seashores.
From Iceland, Faroes, British Isles and coasts of Europe e to n Russia and s to the Iberian Peninsula; along coasts of nw Mediterranean, Adriatic, Aegean and n Black seas; inland in c,s Russia n of the Caucasus, Turkey, nw Iran, s Russia (absent from Transcaspia and higher e parts of Turkestan and Kazakhstan) and w Siberia e to Ob River; locally in Kamchatka, n coasts of Sea of Okhotsk, e China and Korea. Birds from n Europe winter from the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Arabian seas, Persian Gulf s to s Africa, Sri Lanka, Burma and s China.
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Haematopus meadewaldoi
Probably extinct.
Formerly on the e Canary islands of Graciosa, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura; last reliable report in 1913.
Often included in H. moquini .
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Rostratulidae

Rostratula benghalensis

Greater Painted-Snipe

Uncommon, restricted area

Haematopodidae

Haematopus ostralegus

Eurasian Oystercatchers

Common

has bred: Portugal, Spain

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Haematopus meadewaldoi

Canary Islands Oystercatchers

[extinct ?]

Canary islands of Graciosa,

Lanzarote, Fuerteventura

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Himantopus himantopus
Marshes, swamps, weedy lakes, flooded fields, stream banks.
H. h. himantopus.
Canary and Cape Verde islands; from c,se Europe n to France and Hungary e across s Russia, s Ukraine, Transcaucasus, Volga-Ural steppes and e to L. Balkash, Iraq, Oman, Yemen, and Iranian region to w,c China, India s to Maharashtra and W. Bengal, Bangladesh, Burma and Indochina (exc. Malay Pen.).
Africa in Senegambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, C. Afr. Rep., Zaire, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and S. Africa. Madagascar.
Formerly nw Egypt.
H. h. ceylonensis. Sri Lanka.
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Recurvirostra avosetta
Mudflats, lagoons, sandy beaches, lakes, estuaries.
From s England and s Scandinavia e across s Russia, s Ukraine,
Caucasus, Transcausus and from s Transcaspia and the Volga-Ural steppes to s Siberia in Transbaicalia, Mongolia and w,n China, s to Mediterranean region, Turkey, nw,cs Iran, cn Afghanistan, Pakistan and sw India in Gujarat; locally from Tunisia to Morocco; Spanish Sahara, n Egypt (formerly), Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, n Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and S. Africa.
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Dromas ardeola
Rocky and sandy seacoasts, estuaries, coral reefs.
Africa and s Asia along coasts of the Red Sea and e Africa in Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra I., Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and S. Africa. Madagascar, Seychelles, Aldabra and Comores and e through the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea region to Pakistan; off Sri Lanka on Adam's Bridge; Andaman and Nicobar islands.
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