80. Platalea, spoonbill. Beak flattish, the tip dilated, rounded, and flat: 3 species.
81. Palamedea, screamer. Beak conical; the upper mandible hooked: 2 species.
82. Mycteria, jabiru. Beak acute; lower mandible trigonal, ascending; upper three cornered, straight: 1 species.
83. Cancroma, boatbill. Beak bulging; the upper mandible resembling a boat with the keel uppermost: 2 species.
84. Ardea, cranes and herons. Beak straight, acute, long, a little compressed, with a furrow from the nostrils to the tip: 26 species.
85. Tantalus, ibis. Beak long, slender, arcuate; face bare: 7 species.
86. Scolopax, snipes, curlews. Beak long, slender, obtuse; face feathered: 18 species.
87. Tringa, sandpiper. Beak roundish, as long as the head; nostrils linear; feet with four toes: 23 species.
88. Charadrius, plover. Beak roundish, obtuse; feet with three toes: 12 species.
89. Recurvirostra, avoset. Beak slender, recurved, pointed, the tip flexible: 1 species.