In this list you can not find all species of the orders named above.
This is just a summerized galery to show the diversity of the world's waders and stilts.

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Herons, storks and related birds	Ciconiiformes
Egrets and herons	Ardeidae
Goliath heron	Ardea goliath
Purple heron	Ardea purperea
Grey heron	Ardea cinerea
White-faced heron	Ardea novaehollandiae
Indian Pond-heron	Ardeola grayii
Javan Pond-heron	Ardeola speciosa
Madagascar Squacco heron	Ardeola idae
Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis
Little egret	Egretta garzetta
White egret	Egretta alba
Tricolored heron	Egretta tricolor
Whistling heron	Syrigma sibilatrix
Black-crowned Night heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
Striated Heron	Butorides striatus
Great Bittern	Botaurus stellaris
Boat-billed heron	Cochlearidae
Boat-billed heron	Cochlearius cochlearius
Shoe-bill stork	Balaenicipitidae
African Shoe-bill	Balaeniceps rex
Hamerkop	Scopidae
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta
Storks	Ciconiidae
Yellow-billed stork	Mycteria ibis
Painted stork	Mycteria leucocephala
Indian Open-billed stork	Anastomus oscitans
African Open-billed stork	Anastomus lamelligerus
White stork	Ciconia ciconia
Black stork	Ciconia nigra
Woolly-necked stork	Ciconia episcopus
Abdim's stork	Ciconia abdimii
Maguari stork	Euxenura maguari
Saddle-billed stork	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
African marabou stork	Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Ibisses and Spoonbills	Threskiornithidae
Sacred ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus
Madagascar Sacred ibis / Blue-eyed ibis	Threskiornis (aethiopicus) bernieri
Indian white ibis / Oriental ibis	Threskiornis melanocephalus
Australian white ibis / Moluccan ibis	Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked ibis	Threskiornis spinicollis
Northern Bald ibis	Geronticus eremita
Southern Bald ibis	Geronticus calvus
Hadada ibis / Hagedash ibis	Bostrychia hagedash
Buff-necked ibis	Theristicus caudatus
Black-faced ibis	Theristicus melanopis
American White ibis	Eudocimus albus
Scarlet ibis	Eudocimus ruber
Glossy ibis	Plegadis falcinellus
White-faced ibis	Plegadis chihi
Puna ibis	Plegadis ridgwayi
Madagascar Crested ibis	Lophotibis cristata
Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia
African Spoonbill	Platalea alba
Roseate Spoonbill	Platalea ajaja
Flamingos	Phoenicopteridae
Greater flamingo	Phoenicopterus (ruber) roseus
Carribean flamingo	Phoenicopterus (ruber) ruber
Chilean flamingo	Phoenicopterus chilensis
Andean flamingo	Phoenicoparrus andinus
James' flamingo	Phoenicoparrus jamesi
Lesser flamingo	Phoeniconaias minor
Cranes, rails and related birds	Gruiformes
Cranes	Gruidae
Eurasian Crane	Grus grus
Black-necked Crane	Grus nigricollis
Hooded Crane	Grus monacha
Sandhill Crane	Grus canadensis
Red-Crowned Crane	Grus japonensis
Whooping Crane	Grus americana
White-naped Crane	Grus vipio
Sarus Crane	Grus antigone
Brolga Crane	Grus rubicundus
Siberian White Crane	Grus leucogeranus
Wattled Crane	Bugeranus carunculatus
Demoiselle Crane	Anthropoides virgo
Paradise crane / Blue crane	Anthropoides paradisea
Grey Crowned Crane	Balearica regulorum
Black Crowned Crane	Balearica pavonina
Trumpeters	Psophiidae
Grey-winged trumpeter	Psophia crepitans
Rails	Rallidae
Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
Spotted crake	Porzana porzana
Corncrake	Crex crex
Common Coot	Fulica atra
Giant Wood rail	Aramides ypecaha
Purple swamphen / Purple gallinule	Porphyrio porphyrio
Buff-banded rail	Gallirallus philippensis
Kagu	Rhynochetidae
Kagu	Rhynochetos jubatus
Sunbittern	Eurypygidae
Sunbittern	Eurypyga helias
Seriemas	Cariamidae
Red-legged seriema	Cariama cristata
Bustards	Otididae
Kori bustard	Ardeotis kori
White-bellied bustard	Eupodotis senegalensis
Seabirds, shorebirds and others	Charadriiformes
Jacanas	Jacanidae
Wattled jacana	Jacana jacana
Oystercatchers	Hamaetopodidae
Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus
Sooty Oystercatcher	Haematopus fuliginosus
Plovers	Charadriidae
Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus
Southern Lapwing	Vanellus chilensis
Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles
Blacksmith Plover	Vanellus coronatus
Spur-winged plover	Vanellus spinosus
Crowned Plover	Vanellus armatus
White-headed plover	Vanellus albiceps
Long-Toed plover	Vanellus crassirostris
Golden plover	Pluvialis apricaria
Snowy plover	Charadrius alexandrinus
Killdeer plover	Charadrius vociferus
Ringed plover	Charadrius hiaticula
Stilts and avocets	Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
Black-necked Stilt	Himantopus mexicanus
Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
American Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
Curlews and Thick-knees	Burhinidae
Stone Curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus
Cape Curlew	Burhinus capensis
Peruvian Thick-Knee	Burhinus superciliaris
Bush Thick-Knee	Burhinus grallarius
Waders	Scolopacidae
Black-tailed godwit	Limosa limosa
Redshank	Tringa totanus
Spotted redshank	Tringa erythropus
Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax
Dunlin	Calidris alpina
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Eurasian Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola
Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquatus
Coursers and Pratincoles	Glareolidae
Egyptian plover	Pluvianus aegyptius
Common pratincole	Glareola pratincola
Gulls and terns	Laridae
Ring-billed gull	Larus delawarensis
Yellow-legged gull	Larus michahellis
Herring gull	Larus argentatus
Black-headed gull	Larus ridibundus
Grey-headed gull	Larus cirrocephalus
Black-tailed gull	Larus crassirostris
Mediterranean gull	Larus melanocephalus
Black-legged kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla
Common tern	Sterna hirundo
Caspian tern	Sterna caspia
Black tern	Chlidonias niger
Inca tern	Larosterna inca
Auks, guillemots and puffins	Alcidae
Little auk	Alle alle
Common murre	Uria aalge