Oddly, unlike the butterflies or the songbirds, only a few seem to be based on human given names or surnames.
(all are genera, unless specified as common name)
- Aethia
- Agamia
- Alca
- Alle
- Aphriza
- Ardea
- Ardenna
- Ardeola
- Arenaria
- Avocet (common name)
- Calidris
- Cormorant (common name)
- Curlew (common name)
- Diomedea
- Dunlin (common name)
- Egretta
- Esacus
- Fregata
- Fulmar (common name)
- Gannet (common name)
- Guillemot (common name)
- Heron (common name)
- Ibis (common name)
- Jacana (common name)
- Larus
- Limosa
- Lugensa
- Morus
- Murrelet (common name)
- Petrel (common name)
- Phaethon
- Rissa
- Skua (common name)
- Sula
- Thalassoica
- Umbrette (common name)
- Vanellus
- Xema
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