| Scientific name | Common name | Use in New York Bight |
| CHARADRIIFORMES (Shorebirds, Gulls and Alcids): | ||
| Charadriidae (Plovers): | ||
| Charadrius melodus | piping plover | N/S/B |
| Charadrius semipalmatus | semipalmated plover | N/S |
| Charadrius vociferus | killdeer | N/S/W/B |
| Pluvialis dominica | lesser golden-plover | S |
| Pluvialis squatarola | black-bellied plover | N/S/W |
| Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers): | ||
| Haematopus palliatus | American oystercatcher | N/S/B |
| Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets) | ||
| Recurvirostra americana | American avocet | S |
| Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies): | ||
| Actitus macularia | spotted sandpiper | N/S/B |
| Arenaria interpres | ruddy turnstone | N/S |
| Bartramia longicauda | upland sandpiper | B |
| Calidris alba | sanderling | N/S/W |
| Calidris alpina | dunlin | N/S/W |
| Calidris bairdii | Baird's sandpiper | S |
| Calidris canutus | red knot | N/S |
| Calidris himantopus | stilt sandpiper | S |
| Calidris fuscicollis | white-rumped sandpiper | N/S |
| Calidris maritima | purple sandpiper | W |
| Calidris mauri | western sandpiper | S |
| Calidris melanotos | pectoral sandpiper | N/S |
| Calidris minutilla | least sandpiper | N/S |
| Calidris pusilla | semipalmated sandpiper | N/S |
| Catoptrophorus semipalmatus | willet | N/S/B |
| Gallinago gallinago | common snipe | B/W |
| Limnodromus griseus | short-billed dowitcher | N/S |
| Limosa fedoa | marbled godwit | S |
| Limosa haemastica | Hudsonian godwit | S |
| Numenius phaeopus | whimbrel | S |
| Scolopax minor | American woodcock | B/W |
| Tringa flavipes | lesser yellowlegs | N/S/W |
| Tringa melanoleuca | greater yellowlegs | N/S/W |
| N = northward (spring) migration; S = southward (fall) migration; | ||
| W = wintering and B = breeding | ||
| Adapted from Helmers 1992 and other sources. |
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