Birds of Pakistan

Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 30 species which have been recorded in Pakistan. Eurasian woodcock,  Scolopax rusticola Greater Painted-Snipe, Rostratula benghalensis Greater Painted-Snipe - Kallar Kahar Jack snipe,  Lymnocryptes minimus Solitary snipe,  Gallinago solitaria Wood snipe,  Gallinago nemoricola Pintail snipe,  Gallinago stenura Common snipe,  Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe --- Mangla, AJK (Nov) Black-tailed godwit,  Limosa limosa Bar-tailed godwit,  Limosa lapponica Whimbrel,  Numenius phaeopus Eurasian curlew,  Numenius arquata Spotted redshank,

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. There are 9 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Pakistan. Black-winged stilt,  Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt - Uchali Lake & Rawal Lake Pied avocet,  Recurvirostra avosetta