Biology:List of Charadriiformes by population

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Template:Birds by population sidebar This is a list of Charadriiformes species by global population. Charadriiformes (Charadrius being Latin for "plover") is the taxonomic order to which the waders, gulls, and auks belong. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields.

Not all Charadriiformes have had their numbers quantified, but species without population estimates are included in a secondary table below.

The Charadriiformes were sometimes grouped with the Ciconiiformes in older taxonomic systems (e.g., Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy).[1] However, the American Ornithological Society,[2] International Ornithologists' Union (IOC)[3] and BirdLife International,[4] which informs IUCN taxonomy, now agree on it being a separate order following more recent genetic analyses.[5][6]

A variety of methods are used for counting Charadriiformes. For example, the piping plover is subject to the quinquennial Piping Plover International Census, which is carried out in 9 Canadian provinces, 32 US states, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. In the 2006 survey, Saskatchewan alone had 159 volunteers scour 294 waterbodies.[7][8] The mountain plover has had its nests counted through the drive transect method. Once density has been calculated, the numbers are extrapolated over a bird's range.[9] For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology.

The IOC World Bird List (version 15.1) recognizes 392 species of Charadriiformes, eight of which are extinct.[10][11][12] There are several disagreements about the species status of taxa within Charadriiformes. As of January 2026, IOC lists ten species which are considered subspecies by IUCN/BirdLife International. Similarly, IUCN/BirdLife International list three species which still have subspecies status in IOC taxonomies. See 'Notes' column of included tables for more information on these taxonomic disputes.

This list follows IUCN classifications for species names and taxonomy. Where IUCN classifications differ from other ornithological authorities, alternative names and taxonomies are noted.

Some members of Charadriiformes are extinct:

  • Christmas sandpiper, or Kiritimati sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata) - likely extinct by 1860.[13]
  • Tahiti sandpiper (Prosobonia leucoptera) - last seen in 1777, when only specimen was collected.[14]
  • Moorea sandpiper (Prosobonia ellisi) - last seen in 1777, when only specimen was collected.[15]
  • Canarian oystercatcher, or Canary Islands oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi) - last specimen collected in 1913; last observations occurred in 1940s.[16]
  • Great auk (Pinguinus impennis) - extinct from being hunted; last observed in 1852.[17]
  • Slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) - last observed in 1995; declared extinct in 2025.[18]
  • North Island snipe (Coenocorypha barrierensis) - last recorded in 1870.[19]
  • South Island snipe (Coenocorypha iredalei) - last recorded in 1964.[20]

Species by global population

Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image
Javan lapwing Vanellus macropterus 0-49[21] Template:IUCN-CR[21] Decrease[21] May be extinct. Last confirmed sighting was in 1939.[21] 175px
Eskimo curlew Numenius borealis 0-49[22] Template:IUCN-CR[22] ?[22] May be extinct. Last confirmed sighting in 1963.[22] 175px
New Caledonian buttonquail Turnix novaecaledoniae 0-49[23] Template:IUCN-CR[23] ?[23] May be extinct. Last sighting was in 1911.[23]
Black stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae 1-49[24] Template:IUCN-CR[24] ?[24] Population consists primarily of captive-reared birds, which are not counted toward IUCN population estimates. Total population numbered 156 individuals as of 2023.[24] 175px
Jerdon's courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus 1-50[25] Template:IUCN-CR[25] ?[25] Probably still extant, but no confirmed observations since 2009.[25] 175px
Buff-breasted buttonquail Turnix olivii 1-249[26] Template:IUCN-CR[26] ?[26] May be extinct. Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 1-49.[26] 175px
Chinese crested tern Thalasseus bernsteini 30-49[27] Template:IUCN-CR[27] Decrease[27] 175px
Southern red-breasted plover

(Southern New Zealand dotterel; New Zealand plover)

Anarhynchus obscurus 60-80[28] Template:IUCN-CR[28] Decrease[28] Total population is estimated to be 120 individuals.[28]

Note that IUCN/BirdLife International split New Zealand dotterel into two species – this one and the northern red-breasted plover.[4]

IOC taxonomy maintains both of these species as New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus obscurus).[11]

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Shore plover Thinornis novaeseelandiae 170[29] Template:IUCN-EN[29] Increase[29] Estimate from 2021/22 counts of 85 breeding pairs.[29] 175px
Chatham Islands oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis 200-249[30] Template:IUCN-EN[30] Steady[30] 175px
Spoon-billed sandpiper Calidris pygmaea 240-620[31] Template:IUCN-CR[31] Decrease[31] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 490.[31] 175px
Magellanic plover Pluvianellus socialis 250-999[32] Template:IUCN-VU[32] Steady[32] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 330.[32] 175px
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus 251-5,000[33] Template:IUCN-EN[33] Decrease[33] Population varies substantially based on drought conditions. Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 251–1,000.[33] 175px
Australian painted-snipe Rostratula australis 270-410[34] Template:IUCN-EN[34] Decrease[34] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 340.[34] 175px
Saint Helena plover Anarhynchus sanctaehelenae 545[35] Template:IUCN-VU[35] Increase[35] IUCN/BirdLife International place this species in genus Charadrius. 175px
Lava gull Leucophaeus fuliginosus 600-800[36] Template:IUCN-VU[36] Steady[36] Total population has been estimated to be 900–1,200 individuals. May be an overestimate.[36]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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Peruvian tern Sternula lorata 600-1,700[37] Template:IUCN-EN[37] Decrease[37] Total population is estimated to be 1,000-2,499 individuals.[37] 175px
Snowy-crowned tern Sterna trudeaui 670-6,700[38] Template:IUCN-LC[38] Steady[38] Total population is estimated to be 1,000-10,000 individuals.[38] 175px
Tuamotu sandpiper Prosobonia parvirostris 700-1,100[39] Template:IUCN-EN[39] Decrease[39] Maximum estimate for total population is 1,600 individuals.[39] 175px
Madagascar jacana Actophilornis albinucha 780-1,643[40] Template:IUCN-EN[40] Decrease[40] Total population is estimated to be 975–2,064 individuals.[40] 175px
Black-bellied tern Sterna acuticauda 800-1,600[41] Template:IUCN-EN[41] Decrease[41] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 900–1,100.[41] 175px
Spotted greenshank

(Nordmann's greenshank)

Tringa guttifer 900-1,600[42] Template:IUCN-EN[42] Decrease[42] Total population is estimated to be 1,500-2,000 individuals.[42] 175px
Snares Island snipe

(Snares snipe)

Coenocorypha huegeli 1,000-1,500[43] Template:IUCN-NT[43] Steady[43] 175px
Black-fronted tern Chlidonias albostriatus 1,000-5,000[44] Template:IUCN-EN[44] Decrease[44] Total population is estimated to be 1,827-10,611 individuals.[44] 175px
Long-billed plover Charadrius placidus 1,000-10,000[45] Template:IUCN-LC[45] ?[45] Values given are for total population. Estimate is an uncertain one; range and habitat are largely unsurveyed.[45] 175px
Belcher's gull Larus belcheri 1,000-10,000[46] Template:IUCN-LC[46] Increase[46] Values given are for total population.[46] 175px
Javan plover Anarhynchus javanicus 1,300-4,000[47] Template:IUCN-LC[47] Steady[47] Total population is estimated to be 2,000-6,000 individuals, though it is likely to be larger.[47]

IUCN/BirdLife International place this species in genus Charadrius.

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Diademed plover

(Diademed sandpiper-plover)

Phegornis mitchellii 1,500-7,000[48] Template:IUCN-NT[48] Decrease[48] Total population is estimated to be 2,500-9,999 individuals.[48] 175px
Chatham Islands snipe Coenocorypha pusilla 1,800-2,200[49] Template:IUCN-VU[49] Steady[49] Total population is estimated to be 2,700-3,300 individuals.[49] 175px
Black-banded plover

(Madagascar plover)

Anarhynchus thoracicus 1,800-2,300[50] Template:IUCN-VU[50] Decrease[50] Total population is estimated to be 2,700-3,500 individuals.[50]

IUCN/BirdLife International place this species in genus Charadrius.

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Northern red-breasted plover

(Northern New Zealand dotterel; New Zealand plover)

Anarhynchus aquilonius 1,900[51] Template:IUCN-LC[51] Increase[51] Total population is estimated to be 2,600 individuals.[51]

Note that IUCN/BirdLife International split New Zealand dotterel into two species – this one and the southern red-breasted plover.[4]

IOC taxonomy maintains both of these species as New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus obscurus).[11]

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Imperial snipe Gallinago imperialis 2,100-5,400[52] Template:IUCN-NT[52] Decrease[52] Total population is estimated to be 3,000-6,000 individuals.[52] 175px
Damara tern Sternula balaenarum 2,200-5,700[53] Template:IUCN-LC[53] Decrease[53] 175px
Kerguelen tern Sterna virgata 2,300-4,300[54] Template:IUCN-NT[54] Steady[54] Total population is estimated to be 3,500-6,500 individuals.[54] 175px
Indian skimmer Rynchops albicollis 2,450-2,900[55] Template:IUCN-EN[55] Decrease[55] Total population is estimated to be 3,700-4,400 individuals.[55] 175px
Madagascar snipe Gallinago macrodactyla 2,500-9,999[56] Template:IUCN-VU[56] Decrease[56] 175px
Wood snipe Gallinago nemoricola 2,500-9,999[57] Template:IUCN-VU[57] Decrease[57] 175px
Fairy tern Sternula nereis 2,500-9,999[58] Template:IUCN-VU[58] Decrease[58] 175px
Fuegian snipe Gallinago stricklandii 2,500-9,999[59] Template:IUCN-NT[59] Decrease[59] 175px
Amami woodcock Scolopax mira 2,500-9,999[60] Template:IUCN-NT[60] ?[60] 175px
Javan woodcock Scolopax saturata 2,500-9,999[61] Template:IUCN-NT[61] Decrease[61] 175px
Chilean skua Catharacta chilensis 2,500-9,999[62] Template:IUCN-LC[62] Steady[62] Tentative estimate; may be an underestimate.[62] 175px
Andean avocet Recurvirostra andina 2,500-9,999[63] Template:IUCN-LC[63] Steady[63] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 5,000.[63] 175px
Spot-breasted lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus 2,500-9,999[64] Template:IUCN-LC[64] ?[64] Total population is tentatively estimated to be <10,000 individuals.[64] 175px
Noble snipe Gallinago nobilis 2,500-15,000[65] Template:IUCN-NT[65] Decrease[65] 175px
Peruvian thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris 2,700-3,600[66] Template:IUCN-VU[66] Decrease[66] Total population is estimated to be 4,550 individuals.[66] 175px
Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis 3,000-3,300[67] Template:IUCN-VU[67] Decrease[67] Total population is estimated to be 4,500-5,000 individuals.[67] 175px
Black-breasted buttonquail Turnix melanogaster 3,000-6,500[68] Template:IUCN-VU[68] Decrease[68] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 4,800.[68] 175px
Madagascar pratincole Glareola ocularis 3,300-6,700[69] Template:IUCN-NT[69] Decrease[69] Total population is estimated to be 5,000-10,000 individuals.[69] 175px
Andean snipe

(Jameson's snipe)

Gallinago jamesoni 3,900-5,200[70] Template:IUCN-LC[70] ?[70] Total population is estimated to be 6,500 individuals.[70] 175px
Puna plover Anarhynchus alticola 4,000-7,000[71] Template:IUCN-LC[71] ?[71] Total population is estimated to be 8,350 individuals.[71]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Charadrius.

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Beach thick-knee

(Beach stone-curlew)

Esacus magnirostris 4,100-8,000[72] Template:IUCN-NT[72] Decrease[72] 175px
African oystercatcher Haematopus moquini 4,450[73] Template:IUCN-LC[73] Increase[73] Total population is estimated to be 6,670 individuals.[73] 175px
Guadalupe murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus 5,000[74] Template:IUCN-EN[74] Decrease[74] Total population is estimated to be 7,500 individuals.[74] 175px
Malay plover

(Malaysian plover)

Anarhynchus peronii 5,000-15,000[75] Template:IUCN-NT[75] Decrease[75] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 10,000-15,000.[75]

IUCN/BirdLife International place this species in genus Charadrius.

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White-bellied seedsnipe Attagis malouinus 5,000-20,000[76] Template:IUCN-LC[76] Steady[76] Total population is estimated to be 8,000-25,000 individuals.[76] 175px
Puna snipe Gallinago andina 5,000-20,000[77] Template:IUCN-LC[77] Steady[77] Total population is estimated to be 0,000-25,000 individuals.[77] 175px
Variable oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor 5,000-20,000[78] Template:IUCN-LC[78] Increase[78] 175px
Japanese murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume 5,200-9,400[79] Template:IUCN-VU[79] Decrease[79] 175px
Hooded plover Thinornis cucullatus 5,350-5,500[80] Template:IUCN-NT[80] Decrease[80] 175px
Pied oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris 6,000-8,000[81] Template:IUCN-LC[81] Increase[81] Total population is estimated to be 11,000 individuals.[81] 175px
South polar skua Stercorarius maccormicki 6,000-15,000[82] Template:IUCN-LC[82] Steady[82] Total population is estimated to be 10,000-19,999 individuals.[82]

IUCN/BirdLife International place this species in genus Catharacta.

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White-fronted tern Sterna striata 6,120-25,120[83] Template:IUCN-NT[83] Decrease[83] 175px
Dolphin gull Leucophaeus scoresbii 6,700-19,000[84] Template:IUCN-LC[84] Steady[84] Total population is estimated to be 10,000-28,000 individuals.[84]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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Forbes's plover Charadrius forbesi 6,700-33,300[85] Template:IUCN-LC[85] ?[85] Total population is estimated to be 10,000-50,000 individuals.[85] 175px
Piping plover Charadrius melodus 7,600-8,400[86] Template:IUCN-NT[86] Increase[86] Total population is estimated to be 11,500-12,500 individuals.[86] 175px
Sooty oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus 7,700[87] Template:IUCN-LC[87] Increase[87] Total population is estimated to be 11,500 individuals.[87] 175px
Black-fronted dotterel Charadrius melanops 7,800-17,800[88] Template:IUCN-LC[88] ?[88] Total population is estimated to be 11,700-26,700 individuals.[88]

IUCN/BirdLife International place this species in genus Elseyornis.

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Craveri's murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri 8,000[89] Template:IUCN-VU[89] Decrease[89] Total population is estimated to be 12,000 individuals.[89] 175px
Double-banded plover Anarhynchus bicinctus 8,000-14,000[90] Template:IUCN-NT[90] Decrease[90] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 13,000. Total population is estimated to be 13,000 - 20,000 individuals.[90]

IUCN/BirdLife International places this species in genus Charadrius.

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South American painted-snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris 8,000-100,000[91] Template:IUCN-NT[91] Decrease[91] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 10,000-50,000.[91] 175px
Giant snipe Gallinago undulata 8,500[92] Template:IUCN-LC[92] Decrease[92] Total population is estimated to be 12,700 individuals.[92] 175px
Black-faced sheathbill Chionis minor 8,700-13,000[93] Template:IUCN-LC[93] Decrease[93] Total population is estimated to be 13,000-20,000 individuals.[93] 175px
Inland dotterel Peltohyas australis 9,300[94] Template:IUCN-LC[94] Steady[94] Total population is estimated to be 14,000 individuals.[94] 175px
Black-winged lapwing Vanellus melanopterus 9,300-42,000[95] Template:IUCN-LC[95] ?[95] Total population is estimated to be 14,000-63,000 individuals.[95] 175px
Moluccan woodcock Scolopax rochussenii 9,530-19,059[96] Template:IUCN-VU[96] Decrease[96] 175px
Olrog's gull Larus atlanticus 9,800-15,600[97] Template:IUCN-NT[97] Steady[97] 175px
Bristle-thighed curlew Numenius tahitiensis 10,000[98] Template:IUCN-NT[98] Decrease[98] 175px
Bush thick-knee

(Bush stone-curlew)

Burhinus grallarius 10,000-15,000[99] Template:IUCN-LC[99] Decrease[99] 175px
African skimmer Rynchops flavirostris 10,000-17,000[100] Template:IUCN-LC[100] Decrease[100] Total population is estimated to be 15,000-25,000 individuals.[100] 175px
Relict gull Ichthyaetus relictus 10,000-19,999[101] Template:IUCN-VU[101] Decrease[101] Total population is estimated to be 15,000-30,000 individuals.[101]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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Scripps's murrelet Synthliboramphus scrippsi 10,000-19,999[102] Template:IUCN-VU[102] Decrease[102] Total population is estimated to be 15,000-30,000 individuals.[102] 175px
Brown-chested lapwing Vanellus superciliosus 10,000-19,999[103] Template:IUCN-LC[103] ?[103] Total population is estimated to be 1-25,000 individuals. Wide estimate comes from uncertainty of threats to species.[103] 175px
Three-banded courser Rhinoptilus cinctus 10,000-23,300[104] Template:IUCN-LC[104] ?[104] Total population is estimated to be 15,000-35,000 individuals.[104] 175px
River lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii 10,000-25,000[105] Template:IUCN-NT[105] Decrease[105] 175px
Grey pratincole Glareola cinerea 10,000-25,000[106] Template:IUCN-LC[106] Decrease[106] Total population is estimated to be <35,000 individuals.[106] 175px
Burchell's courser Cursorius rufus 10,000-25,000[107] Template:IUCN-LC[107] Steady[107] Total population is estimated to be <35,000 individuals.[107] 175px
Grey-breasted seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus 10,000-25,000[108] Template:IUCN-LC[108] Steady[108] Values given are for total population. May be an underestimate.[108] 175px
Andean lapwing Vanellus resplendens 10,000-25,000[109] Template:IUCN-LC[109] Steady[109] Values given are for total population. May be an underestimate.[109] 175px
Pacific gull Larus pacificus 11,000[110] Template:IUCN-LC[110] Steady[110] Value given is for total population. 175px
Sociable lapwing Vanellus gregarius 11,200[111] Template:IUCN-CR[111] Decrease[111] Total population is estimated to be 16,000-17,000 individuals.[111] 175px
Chestnut-banded plover Anarhynchus pallidus 11,500-14,900[112] Template:IUCN-LC[112] Steady[112] Total population is estimated to be 17,500-22,500 individuals.[112]

IUCN/BirdLife International place this species in genus Charadrius.

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Egyptian plover Pluvianus aegyptius 14,000-50,000[113] Template:IUCN-LC[113] Increase[113] Total population is estimated to be 21,001-75,000 individuals.[113] 175px
Saunders's gull Saundersilarus saundersi 14,400[114] Template:IUCN-VU[114] Decrease[114] Total population is estimated to be 21,000-22,000 individuals.[114] 175px
Ross's gull Rhodostethia rosea 15,000-70,000[115] Template:IUCN-LC[115] ?[115] Total population is estimated to be 25,000-100,000 individuals.[115] 175px
Banded lapwing Vanellus tricolor 16,600-67,000[116] Template:IUCN-LC[116] Steady[116] Total population is estimated to be 25,000-100,000 individuals.[116] 175px
Long-toed stint Calidris subminuta 16,700[117] Template:IUCN-LC[117] Decrease[117] Total population is estimated to be 25,000 individuals.[117] 175px
Senegal lapwing Vanellus lugubris 16,700-46,700[118] Template:IUCN-LC[118] ?[118] Total population is estimated to be 25,000-70,000 individuals.[118] 175px
Red-kneed dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus 16,700-66,700[119] Template:IUCN-LC[119] Steady[119] Total population is estimated to be 25,000-100,000 individuals.[119] 175px
Pied plover Hoploxypterus cayanus 16,700-66,700[120] Template:IUCN-LC[120] Steady[120] Total population is estimated to be 25,000-100,000 individuals.[120] 175px
Lesser jacana Microparra capensis 16,700-66,700[121] Template:IUCN-LC[121] ?[121] Total population is estimated to be 25,000-100,000 individuals.[121] 175px
Yellow-billed tern Sternula superciliaris 16,700-66,700[122] Template:IUCN-LC[122] Steady[122] Total population is estimated to be 25,000-100,000 individuals.[122] 175px
Australian pratincole Stiltia isabella 16,700-66,700[123] Template:IUCN-LC[123] ?[123] Total population is estimated to be 25,000-100,000 individuals.[123] 175px
Grey-headed lapwing Vanellus cinereus 16,700-66,700[124] Template:IUCN-LC[124] Steady[124] Total population is estimated to be 25,000-100,000 individuals.[124] 175px
Water thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus 16,700-83,300[125] Template:IUCN-LC[125] ?[125] Total population is estimated to be 25,001-125,000 individuals.[125] 175px
Black-headed lapwing Vanellus tectus 16,700-683,000[126] Template:IUCN-LC[126] ?[126] Total population is estimated to be 25,001-1,025,000 individuals.[126] 175px
Wandering tattler Tringa incanus 18,000[127] Template:IUCN-LC[127] ?[127] 175px
Siberian sandplover Anarhynchus mongolus 18,000-50,000[128] Template:IUCN-EN[128] Decrease[128] Estimate is highly uncertain, given uncertainty around taxonomic splits.[128]

IUCN/BirdLife International places this species in genus Charadrius.

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Mountain plover Anarhynchus montanus 20,000[129] Template:IUCN-NT[129] Decrease[129] IUCN/BirdLife International place this species in genus Charadrius. 175px
Asian dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus 20,000-30,000[130] Template:IUCN-NT[130] ?[130] 175px
Pheasant-tailed jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus 20,000-33,300[131] Template:IUCN-LC[131] ?[131] Total population is estimated to be 30,000-50,000 individuals.[131] 175px
Far Eastern curlew Numenius madagascariensis 20,000-35,000[132] Template:IUCN-EN[132] Decrease[132] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 21,000-28,000.[132] 175px
Latham's snipe Gallinago hardwickii 20,000-39,000[133] Template:IUCN-NT[133] Decrease[133] 175px
Auckland snipe

(Subantarctic snipe)

Coenocorypha aucklandica 20,000-49,999[134] Template:IUCN-NT[134] Steady[134] 175px
Atlantic white tern

(White tern)

Gygis alba 20,000-49,999[135] Template:IUCN-LC[135] Steady[135] IUCN/BirdLife International split white tern into three species, Atlantic, Common (G. candida), and Little (G. microrhyncha) white terns.[4]

IOC taxonomy maintains all three species within G. alba.[12]

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River tern Sterna aurantia 20,000-70,000[136] Template:IUCN-VU[136] Decrease[136] Total population is estimated to be 30,000-100,000 individuals.[136] 175px
White-tailed lapwing Vanellus leucurus 20,000-130,000[137] Template:IUCN-LC[137] ?[137] Values given are for total population. European subpopulation estimated at 1,100-10,200 mature individuals.[137] 175px
African snipe Gallinago nigripennis 20,000-150,000[138] Template:IUCN-LC[138] ?[138] Total population is estimated to be 30,000-225,000 individuals.[138] 175px
Blackish oystercatcher Haematopus ater 21,300-89,300[139] Template:IUCN-LC[139] ?[139] Total population is estimated to be 32,000-134,000 individuals.[139]

Note that IOC taxonomy splits an additional species, the black oystercatcher (H. bachmani) from this species.[11]

IUCN/BirdLife International maintain both species within H. ater.[4]

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Fynbos buttonquail Turnix hottentottus 22,248-88,553[140] Template:IUCN-LC[140] Decrease[140] Total population is estimated to be 33,206-132,169 individuals.[140] 175px
Large-billed tern Phaetusa simplex 23,300-83,300[141] Template:IUCN-LC[141] Steady[141] Total population is estimated to be 35,000-125,000 individuals.[141] 175px
Bronze-winged courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus 23,300-687,000[142] Template:IUCN-LC[142] Decrease[142] Total population is estimated to be 35,000-1,030,000 individuals.[142] 175px
Snowy plover Anarhynchus nivosus 24,000-31,000[143] Template:IUCN-NT[143] Decrease[143] IUCN/BirdLife International place this species in genus Charadrius. 175px
Grey gull Leucophaeus modestus 25,000[144] Template:IUCN-LC[144] Decrease[144] Value given is for total population.[144]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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Australian gull-billed tern

(Australian tern)

Gelochelidon macrotarsa 25,000-100,000[145] Template:IUCN-LC[145] ?[145] Values given are for total population.[145] 175px
White-faced plover Anarhynchus dealbatus 25,000-250,000[146] Template:IUCN-LC[146] ?[146] IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Charadrius. 175px
Slaty-backed gull Larus schistisagus 25,000-1,000,000[147] Template:IUCN-LC[147] ?[147] Values given are for total population.[147] 175px
Brown skua Catharacta antarctica 26,000-28,000[148] Template:IUCN-LC[148] Decrease[148] Total population is estimated to be 39,000-42,000 individuals.[148] 175px
Wilson's plover Anarhynchus wilsonia 26,550-31,650[149] Template:IUCN-LC[149] Decrease[149] IUCN/BirdLife International places this species in genus Charadrius. 175px
Great skua Stercorarius skua 30,000-34,999[150] Template:IUCN-LC[150] Steady[150] 175px
Two-banded plover Anarhynchus falklandicus 30,700-92,700[151] Template:IUCN-LC[151] Steady[151] Total population is estimated to be 46,000-139,000 individuals.[151]

IUCN/BirdLife International place this species in genus Charadrius.

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Magellanic oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus 30,700-92,700[152] Template:IUCN-LC[152] ?[152] Total population is estimated to be 46,000-139,000 individuals.[152] 175px
Aleutian tern Onychoprion aleuticus 31,000[153] Template:IUCN-VU[153] Decrease[153] 175px
Kittlitz's murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris 32,000-55,000[154] Template:IUCN-NT[154] Decrease[154] Total population is estimated to be 48,000-82,000 individuals.[154] 175px
Audouin's gull Ichthyaetus audouinii 33,000-46,000[155] Template:IUCN-VU[155] Decrease[155] IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus. 175px
Little pratincole

(Small pratincole)

Glareola lactea 33,300-66,700[156] Template:IUCN-LC[156] ?[156] Total population is estimated to be 50,000-100,000 individuals.[156] 175px
Bronze-winged jacana Metopidius indicus 33,300-66,700[157] Template:IUCN-LC[157] ?[157] Total population is estimated to be 50,000-100,000 individuals.[157] 175px
Long-toed lapwing Vanellus crassirostris 33,300-110,000[158] Template:IUCN-LC[158] ?[158] Total population is estimated to be 50,002-165,000 individuals.[158] 175px
Senegal thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis 33,300-133,000[159] Template:IUCN-LC[159] ?[159] Total population is estimated to be 50,000-200,000 individuals.[159] 175px
Somali courser Cursorius somalensis 33,300-133,000[160] Template:IUCN-LC[160] ?[160] Total population is estimated to be 50,000-200,000 individuals.[160] 175px
Greater painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 33,300-153,000[161] Template:IUCN-LC[161] ?[161] Total population is estimated to be 50,003-230,000 individuals.[161] 175px
Rufous-bellied seedsnipe Attagis gayi 33,300-1,330,000[162] Template:IUCN-LC[162] ?[162] Total population is estimated to be 50,001-2,000,600 individuals.[162] 175px
Pin-tailed snipe Gallinago stenura 33,300-1,330,000[163] Template:IUCN-LC[163] ?[163] Total population is estimated to be 50,000-2,000,000 individuals.[163] 175px
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola 34,800-46,300[164] Template:IUCN-LC[164] Steady[164] Total population is estimated to be 52,200-69,500 individuals.[164] 175px
Swallow-tailed gull Creagrus furcatus 35,000[165] Template:IUCN-LC[165] ?[165] Value given is a 1984 estimate for total population.[165] 175px
White-eyed gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus 35,800-37,800[166] Template:IUCN-LC[166] Steady[166] Total population is estimated to be 53,700-56,700 individuals.[166]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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White-crowned lapwing Vanellus albiceps 37,300-85,300[167] Template:IUCN-LC[167] Decrease[167] Total population is estimated to be 56,000-128,000 individuals.[167] 175px
Ivory gull Pagophila eburnea 38,000-52,000[168] Template:IUCN-NT[168] Decrease[168] Total population is estimated to be 58,000-78,000 individuals.[168] 175px
Yellow-footed gull Larus livens 40,000[169] Template:IUCN-LC[169] ?[169] Total population is estimated to be 60,000 individuals.[169] 175px
Caspian plover Anarhynchus asiaticus 40,000-55,000[170] Template:IUCN-LC[170] Decrease[170] Values given are for total population.[170]

IUCN/BirdLife International places this species in genus Charadrius.

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Double-banded courser Smutsornis africanus 40,000-150,000[171] Template:IUCN-LC[171] Steady[171] Total population is estimated to be 60,000-225,000 individuals.[171] 175px
Temminck's courser Cursorius temminckii 40,000-190,000[172] Template:IUCN-LC[172] ?[172] Total population is estimated to be 60,001-285,000 individuals.[172] 175px
Hudsonian godwit Limosa haemastica 41,000-70,000[173] Template:IUCN-VU[173] Decrease[173] 175px
Grey-tailed tattler Tringa brevipes 42,000-49,000[174] Template:IUCN-LC[174] Steady[174] Total population is estimated to be 70,000 individuals.[174] 175px
Spotted thick-knee Burhinus capensis 43,300-143,000[175] Template:IUCN-LC[175] Decrease[175] Total population is estimated to be 65,000-215,000 individuals.[175] 175px
Armenian gull Larus armenicus 45,000-73,000[176] Template:IUCN-LC[176] Increase[176] Total population is estimated to be 68,000-110,000 individuals.[176] 175px
African three-banded plover

(Three-banded plover)

Charadrius tricollaris 46,700-93,300[177] Template:IUCN-LC[177] Increase[177] Total population is estimated to be 70,001-140,000 individuals.[177] 175px
Chestnut-backed buttonquail Turnix castanotus 50,000[178] Template:IUCN-LC[178] Steady[178] Total population is estimated to be 100,000 individuals, but no data exist to support this guess.[178] 175px
Common white tern

(White tern)

Gygis candida 50,000-99,999[179] Template:IUCN-LC[179] Increase[179] IUCN/BirdLife International split white tern into three species, Common, Atlantic (G. alba), and Little (G. microrhyncha) white terns.[4]

IOC taxonomy maintains all three species within G. alba.[12]

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South Island oystercatcher Haematopus finschi 50,000-99,999[180] Template:IUCN-LC[180] Decrease[180] Total population is estimated to be 113,000 individuals.[180] 175px
American oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus 50,000-99,999[181] Template:IUCN-LC[181] ?[181] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 61,000.[181] 175px
Collared plover Anarhynchus collaris 50,000-499,999[182] Template:IUCN-LC[182] Decrease[182] IUCN/BirdLife International places this species in genus Charadrius. 175px
Magellanic snipe Gallinago magellanica 50,000-1,027,000[183] Template:IUCN-LC[183] Decrease[183] True population size is likely near upper end of estimate.[183] 175px
Elegant tern Thalasseus elegans 51,000-90,000[184] Template:IUCN-NT[184] Steady[184] Values given are for total population.[184] 175px
Eurasian dotterel Eudromias morinellus 51,300-103,000[185] Template:IUCN-LC[185] ?[185] Total population is estimated to be 77,000-155,000 individuals.[185] 175px
Royal tern Thalasseus maximus 55,000[186] Template:IUCN-LC[187] Steady[187] IUCN/BirdLife International do not provide a population estimate.[187]

Value reported comes from Partners in Flight Database.[186]

Note that IOC taxonomy splits an additional species, the West African crested tern (T. albididoralis), from this species, noting its closer relation to the lesser crested tern.[12]

IUCN/BirdLife International maintain T. albididoralis as a subspecies within T. maximus.[4]

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White-fronted plover Anarhynchus marginatus 57,300-83,300[188] Template:IUCN-LC[188] ?[188] Total population is estimated to be 86,000-125,000 individuals.[188]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Charadrius.

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Sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata 60,000-120,000[189] Template:IUCN-VU[189] Decrease[189] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 73,000.[189] 175px
Wattled lapwing

(African wattled lapwing)

Vanellus senegallus 60,000-210,000[190] Template:IUCN-LC[190] Decrease[190] Total population is estimated to be 90,000-315,000 individuals.[190] 175px
Red-capped plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus 63,300[191] Template:IUCN-LC[191] ?[191] Total population is estimated to be 95,000 individuals.[191]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Charadrius.

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Long-billed curlew Numenius americanus 66,000-133,000[192] Template:IUCN-LC[192] Steady[192] Total population is estimated to be 98,000-198,000 individuals.[192] 175px
Masked lapwing Vanellus miles 66,700-667,000[193] Template:IUCN-LC[193] Increase[193] Total population is estimated to be 100,000-1,000,000 individuals.[193] 175px
Least seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus 66,700-683,000[194] Template:IUCN-LC[194] ?[194] Total population is estimated to be 99,999-1,024,998 individuals.[194] 175px
Whiskered auklet Aethia pygmaea >67,000[195] Template:IUCN-LC[195] Decrease[195] Total population is estimated to be more than 100,000 individuals.[195] 175px
Blacksmith lapwing Vanellus armatus 67,000-667,000[196] Template:IUCN-LC[196] Increase[196] Total population is estimated to be 100,000-1,000,000 individuals.[196] 175px
Surfbird Calidris virgata 70,000[197] Template:IUCN-LC[197] Decrease[197] 175px
Red-necked avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae 71,000[198] Template:IUCN-LC[198] Steady[198] Total population is estimated to be 107,000 individuals.[198] 175px
Little curlew Numenius minutus 73,300[199] Template:IUCN-LC[199] Decrease[199] Total population is estimated to be 110,000 individuals.[199] 175px
Spur-winged lapwing Vanellus spinosus 83,000-534,000[200] Template:IUCN-LC[200] Increase[200] Total population is estimated to be 125,000-800,000 individuals.[200] 175px
Rock pratincole Glareola nuchalis 83,300-267,000[201] Template:IUCN-LC[201] ?[201] Total population is estimated to be 125,000-400,000 individuals.[201] 175px
Buff-breasted sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 84,000-364,000[202] Template:IUCN-VU[202] Decrease[202] 175px
Rufous-chested plover

(Rufous-chested dotterel)

Zonibyx modestus 88,700-709,000[203] Template:IUCN-LC[203] ?[203] Total population is estimated to be 133,000-1,063,000 individuals.[203]

IUCN/BirdLife International places this species in genus Charadrius.

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Black-billed gull Chroicocephalus bulleri 90,000-121,000[204] Template:IUCN-NT[204] ?[204] IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus. 175px
Pacific golden plover Pluvialis fulva 90,000-140,000[205] Template:IUCN-LC[205] Decrease[205] Total population is estimated to be 150,000-200,000 individuals.[205] 175px
Black turnstone Arenaria melanocephala 95,000[206] Template:IUCN-LC[206] Steady[206] 175px
Broad-billed sandpiper Calidris falcinellus 96,000-136,000[207] Template:IUCN-VU[207] Decrease[207] 175px
Little gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 97,000-270,000[208] Template:IUCN-LC[208] Increase[208] Values given are for total population.[208] 175px
Andean gull Chroicocephalus serranus 100,000[209] Template:IUCN-LC[209] ?[209] Total population is estimated to be 150,000 individuals.[209]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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Brown-headed gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus 100,000-200,000[210] Template:IUCN-LC[210] Steady[210] Values given are for total population.[210]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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Greater sandplover Anarhynchus leschenaultii 100,000-225,000[211] Template:IUCN-LC[211] Decrease[211] Total population is estimated to be 150,000-340,000 individuals.[211]

IUCN/BirdLife International places this species in genus Charadrius.

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Red-legged kittiwake Rissa brevirostris 100,000-499,999[212] Template:IUCN-VU[212] Decrease[212] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 279,600.[212] 175px
South American snipe

(Pantanal snipe)

Gallinago paraguaiae 100,000-499,999[213] Template:IUCN-LC[213] Steady[213] This estimate for mature individuals is tentative, given the expectation that former estimate of 25,000-100,000 individuals was large underestimate.[213] 175px
Iceland gull Larus glaucoides 100,000-499,999[214] Template:IUCN-LC[214] Steady[214] Values given are for total population.[214] 175px
Grey-backed tern

(Spectacled tern)

Onychoprion lunatus 100,000-1,000,000[215] Template:IUCN-LC[215] Decrease[215] Values given are for total population.[215] 175px
Kittlitz's plover Anarhychus pecuarius 101,000-217,000[216] Template:IUCN-LC[216] Decrease[216] Total population is estimated to be 151,000-325,000 individuals.[216]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Charadrius.

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Temminck's stint Calidris temminckii 110,000-850,000[217] Template:IUCN-LC[217] ?[217] Total population is estimated to be 165,000-1,255,000 individuals.[217] 175px
Western gull Larus occidentalis 115,500-118,500[218] Template:IUCN-LC[218] Increase[218] Values given are for total population[218] 175px
Forster's tern Sterna forsteri 120,000[219] Template:IUCN-LC[219] Increase[219] Value given is for total population.[219] 175px
Least tern Sternula antillarum 120,000[186] Template:IUCN-LC[220] Decrease[220] IUCN/BirdLife International do not provide a population estimate.[220]

Value reported comes from Partners in Flight Database.[186]

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Spotted redshank Tringa erythropus 121,000-233,000[221] Template:IUCN-LC[221] Decrease[221] Total population is estimated to be 182,000-350,000 individuals.[221] 175px
Pallas's gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus 125,000-1,100,000[222] Template:IUCN-LC[222] Increase[222] Values given are for total population.[222]

IUCN/BirdLife International place this species in genus Larus.

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Purple sandpiper Calidris maritima 136,000-191,000[223] Template:IUCN-LC[223] Decrease[223] Total population is estimated to be 204,000-287,000 individuals.[223] 175px
Greater yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 137,000-6,860,000[224] Template:IUCN-NT[224] Decrease[224] 175px
Rock sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis 140,000-145,000[225] Template:IUCN-LC[225] Decrease[225] 175px
Spectacled guillemot Cepphus carbo 140,000-148,000[226] Template:IUCN-LC[226] Decrease[226] Values given are for total population.[226] 175px
Collared pratincole Glareola pratincola 145,000-389,000[227] Template:IUCN-LC[227] ?[227] Total population is estimated to be 218,001-584,000 individuals.[227] 175px
Inca tern Larosterna inca >150,000[228] Template:IUCN-NT[228] Decrease[228] Value given is for total populations.[228] 175px
Black-winged pratincole Glareola nordmanni 150,000-190,000[229] Template:IUCN-NT[229] Decrease[229] 175px
Sooty gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii 150,000-300,000[230] Template:IUCN-LC[230] Decrease[230] Values given are for total population.[230]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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Short-billed dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 150,000-320,000[231] Template:IUCN-VU[231] Decrease[231] Best estimate of number of mature individuals is 245,000.[231] 175px
Greater crested tern Thalasseus bergii 150,000-1,100,000[232] Template:IUCN-LC[232] Steady[232] Values given are for total population.[232] 175px
Oriental plover Anarhynchus veredus 153,000[233] Template:IUCN-LC[233] Steady[233] Total population is estimated to be 230,000 individuals.[233]

IUCN/BirdLife International places this species in genus Charadrius.

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Terek sandpiper Xenus cinereus 173,000-313,000[234] Template:IUCN-LC[234] Decrease[234] Total population is estimated to be 260,000-470,000 individuals.[234] 175px
Slender-billed gull Chroicocephalus genei 180,000-230,000[235] Template:IUCN-LC[235] ?[235] Total population is estimated to be 280,000-345,000 individuals.[235]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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Common gull-billed tern

(Gull-billed tern)

Gelochelidon nilotica 190,000[186] Template:IUCN-LC[236] Decrease[236] IUCN/BirdLife International do not provide a population estimate, citing recent split with G. macrotarsa.[236]

Value reported comes from Partners in Flight Database.[186]

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Solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria 190,000[237] Template:IUCN-LC[237] ?[237] 175px
Little tern Sternula albifrons 190,000-410,000[238] Template:IUCN-LC[238] Decrease[238] Values given are for total population.[238] 175px
Roseate tern Sterna dougallii 200,000-220,000[239] Template:IUCN-LC[239] ?[239] Values given are for total population.[239] 175px
Banded stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus 200,000-300,000[240] Template:IUCN-LC[240] Steady[240] Total population is estimated to be 300,000-450,000 individuals.[240] 175px
Great snipe Gallinago media 200,000-380,000[241] Template:IUCN-NT[241] Decrease[241] Total population is estimated to be 310,000-570,000 individuals.[241] 175px
Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida 200,000-900,000[242] Template:IUCN-LC[242] ?[242] Total population is estimated to be 300,000-1,400,000 individuals.[242] 175px
Kentish plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 216,000-314,000[243] Template:IUCN-LC[243] Decrease[243] Total population is estimated to be 324,000-468,000 individuals.[243]

IUCN/BirdLife International place this species in genus Charadrius.

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Pigeon guillemot Cepphus columba 235,000[244] Template:IUCN-LC[244] Steady[244] Value given is for total population.[244] 175px
Mediterranean gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 236,000-650,000[245] Template:IUCN-LC[245] Decrease[245] IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus. 175px
Marbled murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus 240,000-280,000[246] Template:IUCN-EN[246] Decrease[246] Total population is estimated to be 350,000-420,000 individuals.[246] 175px
Willet Tringa semipalmata 250,000[247] Template:IUCN-LC[247] Decrease[247] 175px
Caspian tern Hydroprogne caspia 250,000-470,000[248] Template:IUCN-LC[248] Increase[248] Values given are for total population.[248] 175px
Long-tailed jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus 250,000-749,999[249] Template:IUCN-LC[249] Steady[249] Preliminary estimate for mature individuals.[249] 175px
South American tern Sterna hirundinacea 250,000-1,000,000[250] Template:IUCN-LC[250] Decrease[250] Values given are for total population.[250] 175px
Great knot Calidris tenuirostris 255,000-340,000[251] Template:IUCN-EN[251] Decrease[251] Total population is estimated to be 425,000 individuals.[251] 175px
Bonaparte's gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 255,000-525,000[252] Template:IUCN-LC[252] Increase[252] Values given are for total population.[252]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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Marbled godwit Limosa fedoa 270,000[253] Template:IUCN-VU[253] Decrease[253] 175px
Pied avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 280,000-470,000[254] Template:IUCN-LC[254] ?[254] Values given are for total population.[254] 175px
Crowned lapwing Vanellus coronatus 293,000-717,000[255] Template:IUCN-LC[255] Decrease[255] Total population is estimated to be 440,001-1,075,000 individuals.[255] 175px
Red-necked stint Calidris ruficollis 310,000-360,000[256] Template:IUCN-NT[256] Decrease[256] Total population is estimated to be 475,000 individuals.[256] 175px
Common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula 320,000-400,000[257] Template:IUCN-LC[257] Steady[257] Total population is estimated to be 80,000-600,000 individuals.[257] 175px
Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 325,000-430,000[258] Template:IUCN-LC[258] Steady[258] Total population is estimated to be 490,000-640,000 individuals.[258]

Note that IOC taxonomy splits an additional species, Cabot's tern (T. acuflavidus) from this species, noting its closer relation to the elegant tern.[12]

IUCN/BirdLife International maintain Cabot's tern as a subspecies within T. sandvicensis.[4]

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Marsh sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 331,000-502,000[259] Template:IUCN-LC[259] Decrease[259] Total population is estimated to be 497,000-753,000 individuals.[259] 175px
Sabine's gull Xema sabini >340,000[260] Template:IUCN-LC[260] Steady[260] Value given is for total population.[260] 175px
Heermann's gull Larus heermanni 350,000[261] Template:IUCN-NT[261] ?[261] 175px
Eurasian thick-knee

(Eurasian stone-curlew)

Burhinus oedicnemus 360,000-590,000[262] Template:IUCN-LC[262] Decrease[262] Preliminary estimate for mature individuals.[262] 175px
Pomarine jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus 400,000[263] Template:IUCN-LC[263] Steady[263] Preliminary estimate for mature individuals.[263] 175px
White-cheeked tern Sterna repressa 400,000[264] Template:IUCN-LC[264] Decrease[264] Total population is estimated to be 600,000.[264] 175px
Tibetan sandplover Anarhynchus atrifrons 400,000-480,000[265] Template:IUCN-LC[265] Decrease[265] IUCN/BirdLife International places this species in genus Charadrius. 175px
Arctic jaeger

(Parasitic jaeger)

Stercorarius parasiticus 400,000-599,999[266] Template:IUCN-LC[266] Steady[266] Preliminary estimate for mature individuals.[266] 175px
Bridled tern Onychoprion anaethetus 400,000-1,000,000[267] Template:IUCN-LC[267] ?[267] Total population is estimated to be 610,000-1,500,000 individuals.[267] 175px
Black guillemot Cepphus grylle 400,000-1,499,999[268] Template:IUCN-LC[268] ?[268] Preliminary estimate for number of mature individuals.[268] 175px
Glaucous gull Larus hyperboreus 400,000-1,500,000[269] Template:IUCN-LC[269] Steady[269] Values given are for total population.[269] 175px
Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 420,000-960,000[270] Template:IUCN-VU[270] Decrease[270] Total population is estimated to be 700,000-1,200,000 individuals.[270] 175px
Arctic herring gull

(American herring gull)

Larus smithsonianus 430,000-520,000[271] Template:IUCN-LC[271] Decrease[271] Value given is for total population.[271]

Note that IOC taxonomy splits two additional species, the Vega gull (L.vegae) and Mongolian gull (L. mongolicus) from this species.[12]

IUCN/BirdLife International maintain all three species within L. smithsonianus.[4]

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Black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa 450,000-585,000[272] Template:IUCN-NT[272] Decrease[272] Total population is estimated to be 672,000-873,000 individuals.[272] 175px
American avocet Recurvirostra americana 460,000[273] Template:IUCN-LC[273] ?[273] 175px
Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus 486,000-2,690,000[274] Template:IUCN-LC[274] Steady[274] Total population is estimated to be 729,100-4,039,100 individuals.[274]

Note that IOC taxonomy splits three additional species, the pied stilt (H. leucocephalus), black-necked stilt (H. mexicanus), and white-backed stilt (H. melanurus) from this species.[11]

IUCN/BirdLife International maintain all four species within H. himantopus.[4]

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Black skimmer Rynchops niger 500,000-999,999[275] Template:IUCN-LC[275] ?[275] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 800,000.[275] 175px
Long-billed dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 500,000-1,000,000[276] Template:IUCN-NT[276] Decrease[276] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 800,000.[276] 175px
Semipalmated plover Charadrius semipalmatus 500,000-1,000,000[277] Template:IUCN-LC[277] Decrease[277] 175px
Double-striped thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus 500,000-4,999,999[278] Template:IUCN-LC[278] Steady[278] 175px
Northern jacana Jacana spinosa 500,000-4,999,999[279] Template:IUCN-LC[279] ?[279] 175px
Little ringed plover Charadrius dubius 503,000-863,000[280] Template:IUCN-LC[280] Decrease[280] Total population is estimated to be 755,001-1,295,000 individuals.[280] 175px
Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 527,000-7,600,000[281] Template:IUCN-VU[281] Decrease[281] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 650,000.[281] 175px
Glaucous-winged gull Larus glaucescens >570,000[282] Template:IUCN-LC[282] Increase[282] Value is for total population.[282] 175px
Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 616,667-686,667[283] Template:IUCN-NT[283] Decrease[283] Total population is estimated to be 925,000-1,030,000 individuals.[283] 175px
California gull Larus californicus 621,000[284] Template:IUCN-LC[284] Decrease[284] Value given is for total population.[284] 175px
Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularius 660,000[285] Template:IUCN-LC[285] Steady[285] 175px
African jacana Actophilornis africanus 667,000[286] Template:IUCN-LC[286] Steady[286] Total population is estimated to be 1.0 million individuals.[286] 175px
Great black-backed gull Larus marinus 690,000-940,000[287] Template:IUCN-LC[287] ?[287] Values given are for total population.[287] 175px
Jack snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 707,000-1,490,000[288] Template:IUCN-LC[288] Steady[288] Total population is estimated to be 1,060,002-2,235,001 individuals.[288] 175px
Common redshank Tringa totanus 740,000-1,200,000[289] Template:IUCN-LC[289] Decrease[289] Total population is estimated to be 1,100,000-1,800,000 individuals.[289] 175px
Upland sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 750,000[290] Template:IUCN-LC[290] Increase[290] 175px
Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres 750,000-1,750,000[291] Template:IUCN-NT[291] Decrease[291] 175px
Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica 770,000-880,000[292] Template:IUCN-NT[292] Decrease[292] Total population is estimated to be 1.1 million individuals.[292] 175px
Horned puffin Fratercula corniculata >800,000[293] Template:IUCN-LC[293] Decrease[293] Total population is estimated to be more than 1.2 million individuals.[293] 175px
Brown noddy Anous stolidus 800,000-1,400,000[294] Template:IUCN-LC[294] Steady[294] Total population is estimated to be 1.2-2.1 million individuals.[294] 175px
Black tern Chlidonias niger 800,000-1,750,000[295] Template:IUCN-LC[295] Decrease[295] Values given are for total population.[295] 175px
Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata 835,000-1,310,000[296] Template:IUCN-NT[296] Decrease[296] Values given are for total population.[296] 175px
Razorbill Alca torda 838,000-1,660,000[297] Template:IUCN-LC[297] Increase[297] Total population is estimated to be 1,257,000–2,490,000 individuals.[297] 175px
Common greenshank Tringa nebularia 860,000-1,710,000[298] Template:IUCN-LC[298] Steady[298] Total population is estimated to be 1.29-2.57 million individuals.[298] 175px
Sanderling Calidris alba 900,000-1,200,000[299] Template:IUCN-LC[299] Decrease[299] 175px
Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus 940,000-2,070,000[300] Template:IUCN-LC[300] Increase[300] Values given are for total population.[300] 175px
Little stint Calidris minuta 1,000,000-1,100,000[301] Template:IUCN-LC[301] Increase[301] Total population is estimated to be 1.5-1.6 million individuals.[301] 175px
Ancient murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus 1,000,000-2,000,000[302] Template:IUCN-LC[302] Decrease[302] Values given are for total population.[302] 175px
Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola 1,000,000-2,500,000[303] Template:IUCN-VU[303] Decrease[303] 175px
Franklin's gull Leucophaeus pipixcan 1,000,000-1,490,000[304] Template:IUCN-LC[304] Increase[304] Values given are for total population.[304]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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American golden plover Pluvialis dominica 1,000,000-6,000,000[305] Template:IUCN-LC[305] Decrease[305] Total population is estimated to be 6.0 million individuals.[305] 175px
European herring gull Larus argentatus 1,060,000-1,220,000[306] Template:IUCN-LC[306] Decrease[306] Total population is estimated to be 1.59-1.83 million individuals individuals.[306] 175px
Black-tailed gull Larus crassirostris >1,100,000[307] Template:IUCN-LC[307] Steady[307] Value given is for total population.[307] 175px
Lesser noddy Anous tenuirostris 1,200,000[308] Template:IUCN-LC[308] Steady[308] Value given is the minimum estimate for total population.[308] 175px
Stilt sandpiper Calidris himantopus 1,200,000[309] Template:IUCN-NT[309] Decrease[309] 175px
Baird's sandpiper Calidris bairdii 1,200,000-1,500,000[310] Template:IUCN-LC[310] Steady[310] 175px
Black noddy Anous minutus 1,300,000[311] Template:IUCN-LC[311] Decrease[311] 175px
Rhinoceros auklet Cerorhinca monocerata >1,300,000[312] Template:IUCN-LC[312] Decrease[312] Value given is for total population.[312] 175px
Parakeet auklet Aethia psittacula 1,400,000[313] Template:IUCN-LC[313] Decrease[313] 175px
Wilson's phalarope Steganopus tricolor 1,500,000[314] Template:IUCN-LC[314] Steady[314] 175px
Laughing gull Leucophaeus atricilla 1,600,000[186] Template:IUCN-LC[315] Increase[315] IUCN/BirdLife International do not provide a population estimate.[315]

Value reported comes from Partners in Flight Database.[186]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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Common tern Sterna hirundo 1,600,000-3,600,000[316] Template:IUCN-LC[316] ?[316] Values given are for total population.[316] 175px
White-winged tern Chlidonias leucopterus 1,700,000-3,000,000[317] Template:IUCN-LC[317] Decrease[317] Total population is estimated to be 2.6-4.5 million individuals.[317] 175px
Whimbrel

(Eurasian whimbrel)

Numenius phaeopus 1,800,000-2,650,000[318] Template:IUCN-LC[318] Decrease[318] Note that IOC taxonomy splits an additional species, the Hudsonian whimbrel (N. hudsonicus), from this species.[10]

IUCN/BirdLife International maintain both species within N. phaeopus.[4]

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Green sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1,830,000-3,200,000[319] Template:IUCN-LC[319] Steady[319] Total population is estimated to be 2.75-4.80 million individuals.[319] 175px
Oriental pratincole Glareola maldivarum 1,930,000-1,990,000[320] Template:IUCN-LC[320] Steady[320] Total population is estimated to be 2.89-2.98 million individuals.[320] 175px
European golden plover Pluvialis apricaria 1,970,000-2,910,000[321] Template:IUCN-LC[321] Steady[321] Total population is estimated to be 2.96-4.37 million individuals.[321] 175px
Wilson's snipe Gallinago delicata 2,000,000[322] Template:IUCN-LC[322] Increase[322] 175px
Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea >2,000,000[323] Template:IUCN-LC[323] Decrease[323] Value given is for total population.[323] 175px
Red knot Calidris canutus 2,000,000-3,000,000[324] Template:IUCN-NT[324] Decrease[324] 175px
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 2,300,000[325] Template:IUCN-NT[325] Decrease[325] 175px
Tufted puffin Fratercula cirrhata >2,300,000[326] Template:IUCN-LC[326] Steady[326] Total population is estimated to be more than 3.5 million individuals.[326] 175px
Mew gull

(Common gull)

Larus canus 2,500,000-3,700,000[327] Template:IUCN-LC[327] ?[327] Values given are for toral population.[327]

Note that IOC taxonomy splits an additional species, the short-billed gull (L. brachyrhynchus), from this species.[12]

IUCN/BirdLife International maintain both species within L. canus.[4]

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Ring-billed gull Larus delawarensis 2,550,000[328] Template:IUCN-LC[328] Increase[328] Value given is for total population.[328] 175px
Ruff Calidris pugnax 2,600,000-5,600,000[329] Template:IUCN-LC[329] Decrease[329] Total population is estimated to be 3.9-8.3 million individuals.[329] 175px
Dunlin Calidris alpina 3,000,000-7,000,000[330] Template:IUCN-NT[330] Decrease[330] Total population is estimated to be 5.96-7.61 million individuals.[330] 175px
Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola 3,020,000-4,620,000[331] Template:IUCN-LC[331] ?[331] Total population is estimated to be 4.53-6.93 million individuals.[331] 175px
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 3,230,000-5,190,000[332] Template:IUCN-LC[332] Steady[332] Total population is estimated to be 4.84-7.79 million individuals.[332] 175px
White-rumped sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 3,270,000-9,070,000[333] Template:IUCN-VU[333] Decrease[333] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 6.2 million.[333] 175px
Kelp gull Larus dominicanus 3,300,000-4,300,000[334] Template:IUCN-LC[334] Increase[334] Values given are for total population.[334] 175px
Western sandpiper Calidris mauri 3,500,000[335] Template:IUCN-LC[335] Decrease[335] 175px
American woodcock Scolopax minor 3,500,000[336] Template:IUCN-LC[336] Decrease[336] 175px
Cassin's auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus 3,600,000[337] Template:IUCN-NT[337] Decrease[337] Total population is estimated to be 5.4 million individuals.[337] 175px
Red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 3,600,000-4,500,000[338] Template:IUCN-LC[338] Decrease[338] Values given are for total population.[338] 175px
Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos 4,000,000-15,000,000[339] Template:IUCN-LC[339] ?[339] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 8 - 15 million.[339] 175px
Northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus 4,300,000-7,000,000[340] Template:IUCN-NT[340] Decrease[340] Total population is estimated to be 6.4-10.5 million individuals.[340] 175px
Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 4,800,000-8,900,000[341] Template:IUCN-LC[341] ?[341] Values given are for total population.[341]

IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus.

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Least sandpiper Calidris minutilla 5,000,000-15,000,000[342] Template:IUCN-NT[342] Decrease[342] 175px
Wattled jacana Jacana jacana 5,000,000-49,999,999[343] Template:IUCN-LC[343] Steady[343] 175px
Southern lapwing Vanellus chilensis 5,000,000-49,999,999[344] Template:IUCN-LC[344] Increase[344] 175px
Crested auklet Aethia cristatella >5,500,000[345] Template:IUCN-LC[345] Decrease[345] Total population is estimated to be more than 8.2 million individuals.[345] 175px
Common snipe Gallinago gallinago 7,000,000-11,000,000[346] Template:IUCN-LC[346] Decrease[346] Total population is estimated to be 10.5-16.9 million individuals.[346] 175px
Semipalmated sandpiper Calidris pusilla 9,000,000-11,000,000[347] Template:IUCN-NT[347] Decrease[347] 175px
Red phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 9,000,000-12,000,000[348] Template:IUCN-LC[348] ?[348] 175px
Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola 11,000,000-16,000,000[349] Template:IUCN-LC[349] ?[349] Total population is estimated to be 16.5-24.0 million individuals.[349] 175px
Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica 12,000,000-14,000,000[350] Template:IUCN-VU[350] Decrease[350] 175px
Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14,600,000-15,700,000[351] Template:IUCN-VU[351] Decrease[351] Values given are for total population.[351] 175px
Little auk Alle alle 16,000,000-36,000,000[352] Template:IUCN-LC[352] Decrease[352] Values given are for total population.[352] 175px
Common murre Uria aalge >18,000,000[353] Template:IUCN-LC[353] Increase[353] Value given is for total population.[353] 175px
Least auklet Aethia pusilla 20,000,000[354] Template:IUCN-LC[354] Decrease[354] 175px
Thick-billed murre Uria lomvia >22,000,000[355] Template:IUCN-LC[355] Increase[355] Value given is for total population.[355] 175px
Sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus 23,000,000[356] Template:IUCN-LC[356] ?[356] Total population is estimated to be 35.0 million individuals.[356] 175px

Species without population estimates

Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image
Luzon buttonquail Turnix worcesteri unknown[357] Template:IUCN-DD[357] ?[357] No records of this species since 2009. Habitat has not been extensively searched; not even qualitative estimates are able to be made.[357]
Long-billed murrelet Brachyramphus perdix unknown[358] Template:IUCN-NT[358] Decrease[358] Population was estimated in 1995 to be "in the tens of thousands," and <100,000 breeding pairs are estimated to be in Russia. With no recent quantifications, total population is considered unknown.[358] 175px
Indian courser Cursorius coromandelicus unknown[359] Template:IUCN-NT[359] Decrease[359] 175px
Great thick-knee

(Great stone-curlew)

Esacus recurvirostris unknown[360] Template:IUCN-NT[360] Decrease[360] 175px
Blue noddy Anous ceruleus unknown[361] Template:IUCN-LC[361] Steady[361] Combined total population of this species and grey noddy (A. albivitta) are 27,000-120,000 individuals.[361] 175px
Grey noddy Anous albivitta unknown[362] Template:IUCN-LC[362] Steady[362] Combined total population of this species and blue noddy (A. ceruleus) are 27,000-120,000 individuals.[362] 175px
Indian thick-knee

(Indian stone-curlew)

Burhinus indicus unknown[363] Template:IUCN-LC[363] ?[363] 175px
Snowy sheathbill Chionis albus unknown[364] Template:IUCN-LC[364] Steady[364] 175px
Grey-headed gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus unknown[365] Template:IUCN-LC[365] Steady[365] IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus. 175px
Hartlaub's gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii unknown[366] Template:IUCN-LC[366] Increase[366] IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus. 175px
Brown-hooded gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis unknown[367] Template:IUCN-LC[367] Increase[367] IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus. 175px
Silver gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae unknown[368] Template:IUCN-LC[368] Increase[368] IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Larus. 175px
Cream-coloured courser Cursorius cursor unknown[369] Template:IUCN-LC[369] ?[369] There are an estimated 80,000 mature individuals in Arabia, 1,300-1,600 in Europe. However, populations in large portions of species range in North Africa and Asia have not been adequately quantified.[369] 175px
Swinhoe's snipe Gallinago megala unknown[370] Template:IUCN-LC[370] ?[370] 175px
Solitary snipe Gallinago solitaria unknown[371] Template:IUCN-LC[371] ?[371] 175px
Little white tern

(White tern)

Gygis microrhyncha unknown[372] Template:IUCN-LC[372] Steady[372] IUCN/BirdLife International split white tern into three species, Little, Atlantic, (G. alba), and Common (G. candida) white terns.[4]

IOC taxonomy maintains all three species within G. alba.[12]

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Caspian gull Larus cachinnans unknown[373] Template:IUCN-LC[373] Increase[373] 175px
Yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis unknown[374] Template:IUCN-LC[374] Increase[374] 175px
Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii unknown[375] Template:IUCN-LC[375] ?[375] 175px
Comb-crested jacana Irediparra gallinacea unknown[376] Template:IUCN-LC[376] ?[376] 175px
Tawny-throated dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis unknown[377] Template:IUCN-LC[377] ?[377] Best guess for total population size of subspecies O. r. ruficollis is ~10,000 individuals, but this may be an underestimate. No population estimates given for subspecies O. r. pallidus.[377] 175px
Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii unknown[378] Template:IUCN-LC[378] ?[378] 175px
Bukidnon woodcock Scolopax bukidnonensis unknown[379] Template:IUCN-LC[379] ?[379] 175px
Sulawesi woodcock Scolopax celebensis unknown[380] Template:IUCN-LC[380] Decrease[380]
New Guinea woodcock Scolopax rosenbergii unknown[381] Template:IUCN-LC[381] Steady[381]
Black-naped tern Sterna sumatrana unknown[382] Template:IUCN-LC[382] ?[382] 175px
Antarctic tern Sterna vittata unknown[383] Template:IUCN-LC[383] ?[383] 175px
Saunders's tern Sternula saundersi unknown[384] Template:IUCN-LC[384] Decrease[384] 175px
Lesser crested tern Thalasseus bengalensis unknown[385] Template:IUCN-LC[385] Steady[385] 175px
Sumba buttonquail Turnix everetti unknown[386] Template:IUCN-LC[386] Steady[386] 175px
Red-backed buttonquail Turnix maculosus unknown[387] Template:IUCN-LC[387] Decrease[387] 175px
Black-rumped buttonquail Turnix nanus unknown[388] Template:IUCN-LC[388] Decrease[388] 175px
Madagascar buttonquail Turnix nigricollis unknown[389] Template:IUCN-LC[389] Steady[389] 175px
Spotted buttonquail Turnix ocellatus unknown[390] Template:IUCN-LC[390] ?[390] 175px
Red-chested buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax unknown[391] Template:IUCN-LC[391] Decrease[391] 175px
Barred buttonquail Turnix suscitator unknown[392] Template:IUCN-LC[392] Increase[392] 175px
Common buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus unknown[393] Template:IUCN-LC[393] ?[393] 175px
Yellow-legged buttonquail Turnix tankii unknown[394] Template:IUCN-LC[394] Steady[394] 175px
Painted buttonquail Turnix varius unknown[395] Template:IUCN-LC[395] Decrease[395] 175px
Little buttonquail Turnix velox unknown[396] Template:IUCN-LC[396] Decrease[396] 175px
Red-wattled lapwing Vanellus indicus unknown[397] Template:IUCN-LC[397] ?[397] 175px
Yellow-wattled lapwing Vanellus malabaricus unknown[398] Template:IUCN-LC[398] ?[398] 175px

See also

References

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