![\"Bar-tailed](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bar-tailed-godwit-limosa-lapponica\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_8974.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tThis species has an extremely large range and consists of several subpopulations using different flyways. The lapponica subspecies which breeds and winters within Europe is thought to be experiencing an increase in the wintering population but the breeding trend is unknown. Of the taymyrensis subspecies which breeds in Siberia the population wintering in west and south-west Africa is estimated to be declining whilst the trend for the population wintering in south and south-west Asia and east Africa is not known. Two subspecies, menzbieri and baueri, use the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and are both undergoing extremely rapid declines, probably owing to severe habitat loss in the Yellow Sea. As a result of severe declines in populations using the East Asian-Australasian Flyway the species has been uplisted to Near Threatened.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
15<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas of California through much of the interior western United States and along the Gulf of Mexico as far east as Florida, then south through Central America and the Caribbean to NW Brazil SW Peru, E Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. The northernmost populations, particularly those from inland, are migratory, wintering from the extreme south of the USA to southern Mexico, rarely as far south as Costa Rica; on the Baja California peninsula it is only found regularly in winter. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 7<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa, is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird. It is a member of the Limosa genus, the godwits. Its breeding range stretches from Iceland through Europe and areas of central Asia. Black-tailed Godwits spend winter in areas as diverse as Australia, western Europe and west Africa. The species breeds in fens, lake edges, damp meadows, moorlands and bogs and uses estuaries, swamps and floods in winter. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 4<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus, is a widely distibuted very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family (Recurvirostridae). W Europe and Mediterranean region to Central Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, South and Southeast Asia; localized breeder in East Asia (e.g. Taiwan) but more widespread during winter; has become a regular migrant to the Marianas and Saipan and sometimes is seen on other islands in western Micronesia. NW populations migrate south to Africa in winter. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 19<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a cosmopolitan species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 10<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra, also known as Coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. The Coot breeds across much of the Old World on freshwater lakes and ponds. It occurs and breeds in Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. The species has recently expanded its range into New Zealand. It is resident in the milder parts of its range, but migrates further south and west from much of Asia in winter as the waters freeze. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 11<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Common Crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. It is a long distance migrant wintering in Africa (south to Morocco and Ethiopia), southern Europe, and southern Asia (south to northern Pakistan and eastern China). It is a rare visitor to western North America, where birds are occasionally seen with flocks of migrating Sandhill Cranes. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is the one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia. This is a migratory species over most of its range, wintering in Africa, southern Europe and south Asia. Occasionally, a vagrant individual reaches places far away from its normal range, such as Nova Scotia or the Marianas. It is present all year in the milder climate of Ireland, Great Britain and the adjacent European coasts. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 8<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t This species has been uplisted to Near Threatened owing to a global population decline which is thought to approach the threshold for Vulnerable under the population size reduction criterion (A4abc). The species has an extremely large range and the overall population trend is very difficult to determine due to varying trends in different populations along different flyways. The population using the East Asian-Australasian Flyway is thought to be experiencing severe declines due to habitat loss in the Yellow Sea. Should new information arise providing clarification on the overall population trend it may warrant uplisting or downlisting.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 16<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Demoiselle Crane, Anthropoides virgo, is a species of crane that breeds in central Asia, with a few found in Cyprus and eastern Turkey, even far as western and Northern Pakistan. The crane migrates to Africa and South Asia in winter. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other \"stints\" in Erolia. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa and southeast Asia. Birds that breed in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic migrate short distances to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America, although those nesting in Northern Alaska overwinter in Asia. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 19<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas.This species is migratory; most European birds winter in Africa, and in North America birds from north of the Carolinas winter farther south. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 6<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galapagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, with records from Spain, the Azores and England. An all-white population found only in the Caribbean and south Florida was once known as a separate species, the Great White Heron. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus is a member of the grebe family of water birds. The Great Crested Grebe breeds in vegetated areas of freshwater lakes. It is found across Europe and Asia. It is resident in the milder west of its range, but migrates from the colder regions. It winters on freshwater lakes and reservoirs or the coast. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 4<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as the Great White Egret or Common Egret is a large egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe and Asia it is rather localized. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 25<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the flamingo family. It is found in parts of Africa, southern Asia (coastal regions of Pakistan and India) and southern Europe (including Spain, Sardinia, Albania, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, and the Camargue region of France). Some populations are short distance migrants, and records north of the breeding range are relatively frequent. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Green Heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America. It was long considered conspecific with its sister species the Striated Heron (Butorides striata), and together they were called \"Green-backed Heron\". Birds of the nominate subspecies (no matter which taxonomic arrangement is preferred) are extremely rare vagrants to western Europe; individuals from the Pacific coast of North America may similarly stray as far as Hawaii. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 13<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Greenshank Tringa nebularia is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. This is a subarctic bird, breeding from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. It is a migratory species, wintering in Africa, south Asia, and Australasia, usually on fresh water. It breeds on dry ground near marshy areas, laying about four eggs in a ground scrape. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 17<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although it nests in somewhat wetter habitats. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in the milder south and west, but many birds retreat in winter from the ice in colder regions. It has become common in summer even inside the Arctic circle along the Norwegian coast. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 7<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, is a small wader in the plover bird family. It breeds in most subtropical and tropical parts of the world, from southern Europe to Japan and in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern USA and the Caribbean. The breeding birds in warmer countries are largely sedentary, but northern and inland populations are migratory, wintering south to the tropics. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 2<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a medium-sized plover. Their breeding habitat is open fields or lawns, often quite far from water, across most of Canada, the United States, and Mexico, with isolated populations in Costa Rica and in the Pacific coast of South America. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 5<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus), an aquatic bird, is the smallest member of the grebe family. It occurs in the New World from the southwestern United States and Mexico to Chile and Argentina, and also on Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized shorebird similar in appearance to the larger Greater Yellowlegs. Their breeding habitat is clearings near ponds in the boreal forest region from Alaska to Quebec. They migrate to the Gulf coast of the United States and south to South America. This species is a regular vagrant to western Europe, and the odd bird has wintered in Great Britain. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 5<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, native to the Old World, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Australasia. Birds from temperate regions in Europe and western Asia are migratory, wintering in Africa and further south in Asia, while those nesting in the tropics are sedentary. It is rare north of its breeding range. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 3<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea, is a small heron. It breeds from the Gulf states of the USA through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders migrate to the southeastern USA or beyond in winter. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the border between the US and Canada. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 8<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t The Little Egret, Egretta garzetta is a small white heron. It is the Old World counterpart to the very similar New World Snowy Egret. Its original breeding distribution was large inland wetlands and coastal wetlands in warm temperate parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 13<\/strong> Photos<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t![\"Black-necked](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-necked-stilt-himantopus-mexicanus\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-necked-stilt-himantopus-mexicanus-7.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Black-tailed](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa-1.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Black-winged](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-winged-stilt-himantopus-himantopus\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-winged-stilt-himantopus-himantopus-11.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Cattle](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cattle-egret-bubulcus-ibis\/thumbs\/thumbs_cattle-egret-bubulcus-ibis-9.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Coot](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/coot-fulica-atra\/thumbs\/thumbs_coot-fulica-atra-8.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Curlew](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-numenius-arquata\/thumbs\/thumbs_curlew_4_wm.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Curlew](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/curlew-sandpiper-calidris-ferruginea\/thumbs\/thumbs_curlew-sandpiper-calidris-ferruginea-17.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Demoiselle](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/demoiselle-crane-anthropoides-virgo\/thumbs\/thumbs_demoiselle-crane-anthropoides-virgo-3.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Dunlin](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunlin-calidris-alpina\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunlin-calidris-alpina-19.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Glossy](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus\/thumbs\/thumbs_glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus-6.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Great](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/great-blue-heron-ardea-herodias\/thumbs\/thumbs_great-blue-heron-ardea-herodias-1.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Great](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/great-crested-grebe-podiceps-cristatus\/thumbs\/thumbs_copy_0_great_crested_grebe_0_wm.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Great](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/great-white-egret-casmerodius-albus\/thumbs\/thumbs_great-white-egret-casmerodius-albus-24.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Greater](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/greater-flamingo-phoenicopterus-roseus\/thumbs\/thumbs_greater-flamingo-phoenicopterus-roseus-1.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Green](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/green-heron-butorides-virescens\/thumbs\/thumbs_green-heron-butorides-virescens-13.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Greenshank](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/greenshank-tringa-nebularia\/thumbs\/thumbs_greenshank-tringa-nebularia-11.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Grey](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/grey-crowned-crane-balearica-regulorum\/thumbs\/thumbs_grey-crowned-crane_wm_0.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Grey](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/grey-heron-ardea-cinerea\/thumbs\/thumbs_copy_0_grey_heron_0.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Kentish](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kentish-plover-charadrius-alexandrinus\/thumbs\/thumbs_kentish-plover-charadrius-alexandrinus.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Killdeer](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/thumbs\/thumbs_killdeer-charadrius-vociferus-3.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Least](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/least-grebe-tachybaptus-dominicus\/thumbs\/thumbs_least-grebe-tachybaptus-dominicus-3.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"Lesser](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/lesser-yellowlegs-tringa-flavipes\/thumbs\/thumbs_lesser-yellowlegs-tringa-flavipes-5.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t