Peruvian Register of Marine Species
PeRMS source details
Arenaria Brisson, 1760 (basis of record)
Calidris Merrem, 1804 (basis of record)
Catharacta Brünnich, 1764 accepted as Stercorarius Brisson, 1760 (additional source)
Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Chlidonias Rafinesque, 1822 (additional source)
Gelochelidon Brehm, 1830 (additional source)
Haematopus Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Larus Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Numenius Brisson, 1760 (basis of record)
Phalaropus Brisson, 1760 (additional source)
Stercorarius Brisson, 1760 (additional source)
Sterna Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
In separate family Haematopidae in Urban et al (1986) [details]
Size: smallish. Plumage: like Tringa, but with long rounded tail and prominent wing-bar. Other characters: flight ... [details]
Length: 19 cm. Plumage: above and on sides of neck and chest uniform dark brown; below white extending around bend ... [details]
Size: medium. Plumage: uniformly dark; tail rounded and heavy. Other characters: tarsus much shorter than middle ... [details]
Length: 36-45 cm. Plumage: most of body sooty brown; white forehead merges into blue- or lavender-grey cap ... [details]
Length: 30-34 cm. Plumage: uniformly dark brown except lighter brown tail; head with whitish forehead merging into ... [details]
Size: medium, thickset. Plumage: black and white patterned; wings long and pointed, tail rounded. Other characters: ... [details]
Length: 21-25 cm. Plumage: above mottled dull or dusky brown and black; below white; sides of face and breast ... [details]
Size: small to medium. Plumage: dull grey or brownish non-breeding plumage; striking breeding plumage; long pointed ... [details]
Length: 19-21 cm. Plumage: pale grey above, white below; grey patch on either side of breast; black shoulder; white ... [details]
Length: 23-25 cm. Plumage: above grey with paler edges to feathers, below white mottled grey on flanks, breast, ... [details]
Length: 18-20 cm. Plumage: grey above with paler edges to feathers; face and sides of chest mottled grey; below and ... [details]
Length: 13-15 cm. Plumage: above grey with paler grey edges to feathers; below white with speckling on breast which ... [details]
Length: 13-16 cm. Plumage: above grey; below white with partial grey band on chest; white superciliary line; ... [details]
Size: large, heavy bodied skuas. Plumage: brown; white patch at base of primaries; wings broad, pointed at tip; ... [details]
Wing length: 39-43 cm. Plumage: above mottled dark brown; below cinnamon brown; flight feathers blackish brown; ... [details]
Size: small to medium. Plumage: usually with some black and white on heads; most with two usually black (but can be ... [details]
Length: 15-17 cm. Plumage: above grey-brown; below white; forehead and band on hindneck white continuous with white ... [details]
Length: 18-22 cm. Plumage: above plain brown below white with brown mottling on breast; head and neck white mottled ... [details]
Length: 18-20 cm. Plumage: non-breeding plain brown above, on crown and patches at sides of chest narrowly joined ... [details]
Length: 18-20 cm. Plumage: above dark greyish brown; below white; forehead and superciliary stripe white, collar ... [details]
Length: 22-25 cm. Plumage: brown above including neck; white below; white forehead continuing into white ... [details]
Length: 16-18 cm. Plumage: above brown or rufous brown; below white tinged buffy or tawny; faint rufous patches on ... [details]
Length: 19-21 cm. Plumage: above grey-brown; no white on hind neck; below white; non-breeding adults with large ... [details]
Length: 12-15 cm. Plumage: grey above; white below; male with narrow chestnut breast band, continuous with chestnut ... [details]
Length: 18 cm. Plumage: dark grey-brown above; white below; forehead and stripe from forehead to hindneck and throat ... [details]
Size: small. Plumage: tail slightly forked, less than half length of wing, no streamers; strong seasonal variation. ... [details]
Length: 20-23 cm. Plumage: back and wings grey with some mottling on wings; tail white; forecrown white, hindcrown ... [details]
Length: 22-24 cm. Plumage: non-breeding bird has upperparts darkish grey; head with black hindcrown and nape ... [details]
Size: medium. Plumage: black and white. Other characters: heavy, black laterally compressed bill. <389> [details]
Length: 38-41 cm. Plumage: white; back, scapulars and outer webs of primaries black. Immature like adult but ... [details]
Size: relatively large. Plumage: tail short, shallowly forked. Other characters: bill stout, shorter than head, ... [details]
Length: 35-41 cm. Plumage: back, rump and wing pale grey, rest of upperparts white, with black speckling on nape ... [details]
Size: small. Plumage: long pointed wings; forked tail. Other characters: bill small with a wide gape; legs short, ... [details]
Length: 23-25 cm. Plumage: dark brown above to chest; crown darker; upper belly rufous, lower belly and crissum ... [details]
Length: 24-27 cm. Plumage: dark brown above to chest; upper belly ochre, lower belly and crissum white; conspicuous ... [details]
Size: relatively large. Plumage: black and white or all black; wings long and pointed; tail short. Other characters: ... [details]
Length: 41 cm. Plumage: all black. Immature browner than adult. Bare parts: iris red; eyering orange; bill red with an ... [details]
Length: 40-44 cm. Plumage: brownish black to black above to chest; tip of tail black; white below and on back, rump ... [details]
Size: medium. Plumage: pied; wings long and pointed; outer primary longest, tail short with middle and outer rectrices ... [details]
Length: 38 cm. Plumage: white with glossy black wings and back in male, less glossy in female; deep white V between ... [details]
Size: small to large. Other characters: upper mandible of bill extending slightly beyond lower and down-turned at ... [details]
Length: 56-66 cm. Plumage: back grey; head and below white; outer primaries black with white mirrors on outer two; ... [details]
Length: 41-43 cm. Plumage: back and wings grey; collar on hind neck and underparts white; head with grey hood in ... [details]
Length: 56-60 cm. Plumage: wings and back black; rest of plumage white; white training edge to wing. Immature ... [details]
Length: 51-61 cm. Plumage: wings and back black; rest of plumage white; trailing edge of wing and tips of primaries ... [details]
Length: 44-47 cm. Plumage: above, including hood, brownish grey with narrow white collar over hind neck and white ... [details]
Length: 57-61 cm. Plumage: above, wings and back pale grey with some white edges to wing coverts; head white, hind ... [details]
Length: 45 cm. Plumage: above, back and wings grey, head and V down fore neck to breast black, (white speckling on ... [details]
Length: 34-43 cm. Plumage: back and wings pale grey; rump and tail white; head white with black smudge behind ear; ... [details]
Length: 30-36 cm. Plumage: tail forked; back and wing coverts grey; hindneck, rump and tail white; below all white; ... [details]
Size: small. Plumage: like Calidris. Other character: bill long and flattened between nostril and tip; tip decurved; ... [details]
Length: 16.5-17 cm. Plumage: above uniformly grey with paler edges to feathers; below white with some grey ... [details]
Size: medium large. Plumage: non-breeding grey; breeding darker above, rich chestnut below. Other characters: ... [details]
Length: male 36-38 cm, female 41 cm. Plumage: above mottled brownish grey; below whitish with light streaking on ... [details]
Length: male 40-41 cm, female 50 cm. Plumage: above plain grey-brown; below whitish; head, neck and breast light ... [details]
Size: medium to large. Plumage: streaked, mottled and barred, dark brown and buff or whitish; breeding dress like ... [details]
Length: 53-59 cm. Plumage: above, head neck and breast streaked brown on buff; belly and rump white; flanks with brown ... [details]
Length: 40-43 cm. Plumage: above, neck chest and flanks buff streaked dark brown; belly and lower back white; bold ... [details]
Size: very small. Plumage: primaries rufous; wing-spots metallic violet; rump banded; tail long and attenuated. Other ... [details]
Length: 22-27 cm. Plumage: tail long and graduated; above mostly grey-brown, lower back with two dark bands ... [details]
Size: small and slim. Plumage: breeding female more colourful than male; wings narrow and pointed; feathers thicker ... [details]
Length: 16-19 cm. Plumage: grey above, sides of neck and below white; dark eye patch; white bar in spread wing; dark ... [details]
Size: medium. Plumage: extremely bright and variable breeding plumage in males, including ear tufts and ruff. Other ... [details]
Length: male 28-31 cm, female 23-25 cm. Plumage: above dark brown with buffy-white edges to feathers giving scaly ... [details]
Size: medium, chunky plovers. Plumage: extensive spotting on upperparts; wings long and pointed; tail short, square ... [details]
Length: 23-26 cm. Plumage: non-breeding adult greyish brown spotted golden above; conspicuous superciliary stripes ... [details]
Length: 28-31 cm. Plumage: brownish grey mottled white or buff above, rump white; below white mottled grey or buff; ... [details]
Size: large. Plumage: throat black or grey in male, white in female; tail long, stiff and graduated with 16-18 ... [details]
Length: male 51-65 cm; female 45-56 cm. Plumage: male with crown and neck greyish black to black with a green to ... [details]
Size: medium. Plumage: pied; wings long and pointed; outer primary longest. Other characters: neck longish; long, ... [details]
Length: 43-46 cm. Plumage: white with black crown, wing coverts, scapulars and wing-tips; black may become brownish ... [details]
Size: large. Distinguishing characters: lower mandible much longer than upper, striated and less than 1 mm wide ... [details]
Length: 36-40 cm. Plumage: whole of back and wings black; forehead and trailing edge of secondaries in spread wing ... [details]
Size: small, slim. Plumage; mainly brown; wings long and pointed with inconspicuous white bar at base of primaries; ... [details]
Length: 46-67 cm. Plumage: two morphs; light morph above brown with darkish cap, below white with brownish wash on ... [details]
Length: 65-78 cm (including tail streamers). Plumage: pale morph above dark brown; cap blackish; below yellowish ... [details]
Size: small to large. Plumage: white and various shades of grey or black; most with deeply forked tails. Other ... [details]
Length: 20-28 cm. Plumage: back and wings grey; whole crown black with white forehead (white extends over whole of ... [details]
Length: 30-32 cm <393>, 36-42 cm <391>. Plumage: tail, rump, back and wings dark greyish brown; mantle pale greyish brown; ...391>393> [details]
Length: 35-41 cm. Plumage: above pale grey with white collar on hind neck and black crown and crest (non-breeding ... [details]
Length: 46-50 cm. Plumage: above, dark grey tail, rump, wings and back with white leading and trailing edges to ... [details]
Length: 47-56 cm. Plumage: above tail, rump, back and wings grey; white collar on hind neck; head crest and cap ... [details]
Length: 33-40 cm. Plumage: above tail very pale grey rump white, back and wings very pale grey, hindneck collar ... [details]
Length: 40-47 cm. Plumage: above entirely black; large white on forehead does not extend behind eye; below entirely ... [details]
Length: 31-38 cm. Plumage: tail, rump, back and wings pale grey; collar on hindneck and below white; black cap on head; ... [details]
Length: 33-41 cm. Plumage: tail, rump, back and wings pale grey, wingtips darker grey; hind neck white; forehean ... [details]
Length: 30-37 cm. Plumage: darkish grey back and wings, crown black in breeding bird; in non-breeding bird forehead ... [details]
Length: 36-46 cm. Plumage: rump white, other wise very pale grey above, with black crown and crest in breeding ... [details]
Length: 22-24 cm. Plumage: above pale grey; in breeding bird cap black, triangular white forehead patch not ... [details]
Length: 34-37 cm. Plumage: above very pale grey; below white; tail grey with white outer tail feathers; head white ... [details]
Size: medium. Plumage: grey or light brown with black half-collar; tail longish and somewhat graduated with white ... [details]
Length: 30-36 cm. Plumage: above brown with dark brown wings; crown grey; face and below vinous pink with grey ... [details]
Size: medium small to medium large waders; relatively slender. Plumage: above grey or dull brown; below whitish; ... [details]
Length: 30-36 cm. Plumage: above mottled grey; below white with some streaking on sides of neck and chest; tail ... [details]
Length: 23-24 cm. Plumage: above dark greenish brown with buff speckling; below white; white superciliary line; ... [details]
Length: 23-25 cm. Plumage: above brownish grey; below white with some streaking on sides of neck and chest; ... [details]
Length: 25-28 cm. Plumage: above mottled dull greyish brown; below white with light greyish brown streaking on neck ... [details]
Size: small. Plumage: brown or pale grey; wings and tail short; wings with rufous; iridescent spots present in ... [details]
Length: 18-22 cm. Plumage: above brown with two dark bands surrounding lighter band on rump and blue iridescent ... [details]