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Local animals in this group:
plovers and relatives
American oystercatcher
gulls
sandpipers, snipe, and relatives
thick-billed murre
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shorebirds and relatives
Charadriiformes
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spotted sandpiper
Actitis macularius
spotted sandpiper
Actitis macularius
killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
common snipe
Gallinago gallinago
common snipe
Gallinago gallinago
ring-billed gull
Larus delawarensis