May be extinct. Last sighting was in early 1900s.[21]
Buff-breasted buttonquail
Turnix olivii
1-250[22]
CR[22]
Unknown[22]
Best estimate is 1-49 mature individuals. May be extinct; last verifiable sighting was in the 1920s.[22]
Brown-chested lapwing
Vanellus superciliosus
1-25,000[23]
LC[23]
Unknown[23]
Tentatively equal to 10,000-19,999. Wide estimate comes from uncertainty of threats to species.[23]
Chinese crested tern
Thalasseus bernsteini
30-49[24]
CR[24]
[24]
Jerdon’s courser
Rhinoptilus bitorquatus
70-400[25]
CR[25]
[25]
Equal to 50-249 mature individuals.[25]
New Zealand plover
Charadrius obscurus
120[26]
CR[26]
[26]
Equal to 60-80 mature individuals.[26]
Shore dotterel
Thinornis novaeseelandiae
170[27]
EN[27]
[27]
Estimate for mature individuals only. Recent estimates found breeding populations to be 85 pairs.[27]
Chatham oystercatcher
Haematopus chathamensis
200-249[28]
EN[28]
[28]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[28]
Spoon-billed sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea
240-620[29]
CR[29]
[29]
Estimate for mature individuals only. Best estimate is 490 mature individuals.[29]
Plains-wanderer
Pedionomus torquatus
251-1,000; 5,000[30]
EN[30]
[30]
Minimum and maximum estimates are for mature individuals only. There is much uncertainty regarding the estimate.[30]
Australian painted-snipe
Rostratula australis
270-410[31]
EN[31]
[31]
Best estimate is of 340 mature individuals.[31]
Saint Helena plover
Charadrius sanctaehelenae
545[32]
CR[32]
[32]
Estimate is exact count from a recent survey for mature individuals only.[32]
Black-bellied tern
Sterna acuticauda
900-1,100[33]
EN[33]
[33]
Estimate for mature individuals only. Broader range of population estimated at 800-1,600. The estimate ot the left is the best available. Species needs further study due to severe declines in population in recent decades.[33]
Lava gull
Larus fuliginosus
900-1,200[34]
VU[34]
[34]
Equal to 600-800 mature individuals. May be an overestimate.[34]
Madagascar jacana
Actophilornis albinucha
975-2,064[35]
EN[35]
[35]
Equal to 780-1,643 mature individuals.[35]
Snares island snipe
Coenocorypha huegeli
1,000-1,500[36]
NT[36]
[36]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[36]
Nordmann’s greenshank
Tringa guttifer
1,000-2,000[37]
EN[37]
[37]
Equal to 600-1,300 mature individuals. [37]
Peruvian tern
Sternula lorata
1,000-2,499[38]
EN[38]
[38]
Equal to 667-1,666 mature individuals.[38]
Black-fronted tern
Chlidonias albostriatus
1,000-5,000[39]
EN[39]
[39]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[39]
Andean lapwing
Vanellus resplendens
1,000-10,000[40]
LC[40]
[40]
Equal to 670-6,700 mature individuals.[40]
Belcher’s gull
Larus belcheri
1,000-10,000[41]
LC[41]
[41]
Snowy-crowned tern
Sterna trudeaui
1,000-10,000[42]
LC[42]
[42]
Equal to 670-6,700 mature individuals.[42]
Tawny-throated dotterel
Oreopholus ruficollis
1,000-10,000[43]
LC[43]
[43]
Equal to 670-6,700 mature individuals.[43]
Long-billed plover
Charadrius placidus
1,000-25,000[44]
LC[44]
[44]
Equal to 670-17,000 mature individuals.[44]
Tuamotu sandpiper
Prosobonia parvirostris
1,300[45]
EN[45]
[45]
Minimum estimate. Equal to 900 mature individuals.[45]
Javan plover
Charadrius javanicus
2,000-6,000[46]
LC[46]
[46]
Equal to 1,333-4,000 mature individuals. Population size now considered to be larger.[46]
Damara tern
Sternula balaenarum
2,200-5,700[47]
LC[47]
[47]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[47]
Chilean skua
Catharacta chilensis
2,500-9,999[48]
LC[48]
[48]
Estimate for mature individuals only. Tentative estimate.[48]
Fairy tern
Sternula nereis
2,500-9,999[49]
VU[49]
[49]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[49]
Spot-breasted lapwing
Vanellus melanocephalus
2,500-9,999[50]
LC[50]
Unknown[50]
Estimate for mature individuals only. Tentative estimate.[50]
Diademed plover
Phegornis mitchellii
2,500-9,999[51]
NT[51]
[51]
Equal to 1,667-6,666 mature individuals.[51]
Fuegian snipe
Gallinago stricklandii
2,500-9,999[52]
NT[52]
[52]
Equal to 1,500-7,000 mature individuals.[52]
Magellanic plover
Pluvianellus socialis
2,500-9,999[53]
NT[53]
[53]
Equal to 1,667-6,666 mature individuals.[53]
Madagascar snipe
Gallinago macrodactyla
2,500-9,999[54]
VU[54]
[54]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[54]
Chatham snipe
Coenocorypha pusilla
2,700-3,300[55]
VU[55]
[55]
Equal to 1,800-2,200 mature individuals.[55]
Madagascar plover
Charadrius thoracicus
2,700-3,500[56]
VU[56]
[56]
Equal to 1,800-2,300 mature individuals.[56]
Black-breasted buttonquail
Turnix melanogaster
3,000-6,500[57]
VU[57]
[57]
Best estimate is 4,800 mature individuals.[57]
Kerguelen tern
Sterna virgata
3,500-6,500[58]
NT[58]
[58]
Equal to 2,300-4,300 mature individuals.[58]
Sumba buttonquail
Turnix everetti
3,500-15,000[59]
VU[59]
[59]
Equal to 2,500-9,999 mature individuals.[59]
Amami woodcock
Scolopax mira
3,500-15,000[60]
VU[60]
[60]
Equal to 2,500-9,999 mature individuals.[60]
Wood snipe
Gallinago nemoricola
3,500-15,000[61]
VU[61]
[61]
Equal to 2,500-9,999 mature individuals.[61]
Indian skimmer
Rynchops albicollis
3,700-4,400[62]
EN[62]
[62]
Equal to 2,450-2,900 mature individuals.[62]
Variable oystercatcher
Haematopus unicolor
4,000-4,300[63]
LC[63]
[63]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[63]
Wrybill
Anarhynchus frontalis
4,500-5,000[64]
VU[64]
[64]
Equal to 3,000-3,300 mature individuals.[64]
Madagascar pratincole
Glareola ocularis
5,000-10,000[65]
NT[65]
[65]
Equal to 3,300-6,700 mature individuals.[65]
Yellow-wattled lapwing
Vanellus malabaricus
5,000-10,000[66]
LC[66]
[66]
Equal to 3,300-6,700 mature individuals.[66]
Japanese murrelet
Synthliboramphus wumizusume
5,200-9,400[67]
VU[67]
[67]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[67]
Beach thick-knee
Esacus magnirostris
6,000[68]
NT[68]
[68]
Mature individuals are estimated at 4,000. Subpopulations include 5,000 in Australia, 1,000 in Melanesia islands, and 10-20 in New Caledonia.[68]
White-fronted tern
Sterna striata
6,120-25,120[69]
NT[69]
[69]
Estimate is for mature individuals only. This estimate includes subspecies S. s. striata and S. s. aucklandorum.[69]
African oystercatcher
Haematopus moquini
6,670[70]
LC[70]
[70]
Equal to 4,450 mature individuals.[70]
Forbes’s plover
Charadrius forbesi
6,700-67,000[71]
LC[71]
Unknown[71]
Hooded plover
Thinornis cucullatus
7,000[72]
VU[72]
[72]
Estimate for mature individuals only. Split up into two subspecies: 3,000 cucullatus and 4,000 tregellasi.[72]
Guadalupe murrelet
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
7,500[73]
EN[73]
[73]
Equal to 5,000 mature individuals.[73]
Black-winged lapwing
Vanellus melanopterus
8,700-42,000[74]
LC[74]
[74]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[74]
Moluccan woodcock
Scolopax rochussenii
9,530-19,059[75]
VU[75]
[75]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[75]
Olrog’s gull
Larus atlanticus
9,800-15,600[76]
NT[76]
[76]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[76]
Bristle-thighed curlew
Numenius tahitiensis
10,000[77]
NT[77]
[77]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[77]
Imperial snipe
Gallinago imperialis
10,000[78]
NT[78]
[78]
Preliminary minimum estimate. Equal to 6,700 mature individuals.[78]
Bush thick-knee
Burhinus grallarius
10,000-15,000[79]
LC[79]
[79]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[79]
South polar skua
Catharacta maccormicki
10,000-19,999[80]
LC[80]
[80]
Equal to 6,000-15,000 mature individuals.[80]
Grey-breasted seedsnipe
Thinocorus orbignyianus
10,000-25,000[81]
LC[81]
[81]
Equal to 6,700-17,000 mature individuals.[81]
Malaysian plover
Charadrius peronii
10,000-25,000[82]
NT[82]
[82]
Equal to 6,700-17,000 mature individuals.[82]
Wandering tattler
Tringa incanus
10,000-25,000[83]
LC[83]
[83]
Equal to 6,700-17,000 mature individuals.[83]
Dolphin gull
Larus scoresbii
10,000-28,000[84]
LC[84]
[84]
Equal to 6,700-19,000 mature individuals.[84]
Pacific gull
Larus pacificus
11,000[85]
LC[85]
[85]
Grey pratincole
Glareola cinerea
11,000-35,000[86]
LC[86]
Unknown[86]
Equal to 7,300-23,000 mature individuals.[86]
Solitary snipe
Gallinago solitaria
11,000-110,000[87]
LC[87]
[87]
Equal to 7,300-73,000 mature individuals.[87]
Piping plover
Charadrius melodus
11,500-12,500[88]
NT[88]
[88]
Equal to 7,600-8,400 mature individuals. Based on recent census data.[88]
Craveri’s murrelet
Synthliboramphus craveri
12,000[89]
VU[89]
[89]
Equal to 8,000 mature individuals.[89]
Black-faced sheathbill
Chionis minor
13,000-20,000[90]
LC[90]
[90]
Equal to 8,700-13,000 mature individuals.[90]
Senegal thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensis
13,000-33,000[91]
LC[91]
Unknown[91]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[91]
African skimmer
Rynchops flavirostris
15,000-25,000[92]
LC[92]
[92]
Equal to 10,000-17,000 mature individuals.[92]
River lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
15,000-29,999[93]
NT[93]
[93]
Difficult to estimate. Equal to 10,000-19,999 mature individuals.[93]
Relict gull
Larus relictus
15,000-29,999[94]
VU[94]
[94]
Equal to 10,000-19,999 mature individuals.[94]
Scripps’s murrelet
Synthliboramphus scrippsi
15,000-30,000[95]
VU[95]
[95]
Equal to 10,000-19,999 mature individuals.[95]
Egyptian plover
Pluvianus aegyptius
15,000-57,000[96]
LC[96]
[96]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[96]
Sociable lapwing
Vanellus gregarius
16,000-17,000[97]
CR[97]
[97]
Population from extrapoplating estimation in Kazakhstan. Equal to 11,200 mature individuals.[97]
Chestnut-banded plover
Charadrius pallidus
17,500-22,500[98]
LC[98]
[98]
Equal to 11,500-14,900 mature individuals. South African subpopulation estimated at 11,000-16,000 individuals.[98]
Double-banded plover
Charadrius bicinctus
19,000[99]
NT[99]
[99]
Equal to 13,000 mature individuals.[99]
Mountain plover
Charadrius montanus
20,000[100]
NT[100]
[100]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[100]
Latham’s snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
20,000-39,000[101]
NT[101]
[101]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[101]
Eastern curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
20,000-49,999[102]
EN[102]
[102]
Auckland snipe
Coenocorypha aucklandica
20,000-49,999[103]
NT[103]
[103]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[103]
White-tailed lapwing
Vanellus leucurus
20,000-130,000[104]
LC[104]
Unknown[104]
European subpopulation estimated at 1,100-10,200 mature individuals.[104]
Saunders’s gull
Saundersilarus saundersi
21,000-22,000[105]
VU[105]
[105]
Equal to 14,400 mature individuals.[105]
Asian dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus
23,000[106]
NT[106]
[106]
Buff-breasted sandpiper
Calidris subruficollis
23,000-84,000[107]
NT[107]
[107]
Equal to 15,300-56,000 mature individuals.[107]
Snowy plover
Charadrius nivosus
24,000-31,000[108]
NT[108]
[108]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[108]
Grey gull
Larus modestus
25,000[109]
LC[109]
[109]
Long-toed stint
Calidris subminuta
25,000[110]
LC[110]
Unknown[110]
Minimum estimate.[110]
White tern
Gygis alba
25,000-49,999[111]
LC[111]
[111]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[111]
Grey-headed lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
25,000-100,000[112]
LC[112]
[112]
Pectoral sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
25,000-100,000[113]
LC[113]
[113]
Ross’s gull
Rhodostethia rosea
25,000-100,000[114]
LC[114]
Unknown[114]
Equal to 15,000-70,000 mature individuals.[114]
Swinhoe’s snipe
Gallinago megala
25,000-100,000[115]
LC[115]
Unknown[115]
Australian gull-billed tern
Gelochelidon marcotarsa
25,000-100,000[116]
LC[116]
Unknown[116]
Slaty-backed gull
Larus schistisagus
25,000-1,000,000[117]
LC[117]
Unknown[117]
Blue noddy
Anous ceruleus
27,000-120,000[118]
LC[118]
[118]
Population combined with Anous albivitta.[118]
Great skua
Stercorarius skua
30,000-39,999[119]
LC[119]
[119]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[119]
River tern
Sterna aurantia
30,000-100,000[120]
VU[120]
[120]
Equal to 20,000-70,000 mature individuals.[120]
Blackish oystercatcher
Haematopus ater
30,900-131,000[121]
LC[121]
Unknown[121]
Equal to 20,900-87,300 mature individuals. Subspecies populations include H. a. ater at 22,000-120,000 individuals and H. a. bachmani at 8,900-87,300 individuals.[121]
Aleutian tern
Onychoprion aleuticus
31,000[122]
VU[122]
[122]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[122]
Greater painted-snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
31,000-1,000,000[123]
LC[123]
[123]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[123]
Audouin’s gull
Larus audouinii
33,000-46,000[124]
VU[124]
[124]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[124]
Fynbos buttonquail
Turnix hottentottus
33,206-132,169[125]
LC[125]
[125]
Equal to 22,248-88,553 mature individuals. Estimate calculated from population density and range of habitat.[125]
Swallow-tailed gull
Creagrus furcatus
35,000[126]
LC[126]
Unknown[126]
Last estimate was made in 1984.[126]
Brown skua
Catharacta antarctica
39,000-42,000[127]
LC[127]
[127]
Equal to 26,000-28,000 mature individuals.[127]
Caspian plover
Charadrius asiaticus
40,000-55,000[128]
LC[128]
[128]
Grey-tailed tattler
Tringa brevipes
44,000[129]
NT[129]
[129]
Equal to 29,500 mature individuals.[129]
Kittlitz’s murrelet
Brachyramphus brevirostris
48,000-82,000[130]
NT[130]
[130]
Equal to 32,000-55,000 mature individuals.[130]
Red-wattled lapwing
Vanellus indicus
50,000-60,000[131]
LC[131]
Unknown[131]
European subpopulation estimated at 100-200 mature individuals.[131]
Long-billed curlew
Numenius americanus
50,000-123,000[132]
LC[132]
[132]
Eurasian dotterel
Eudromias morinellus
50,000-220,000[133]
LC[133]
[133]
Collared plover
Charadrius collaris
50,000-499,999[134]
LC[134]
[134]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[134]
Magellanic snipe
Gallinago magellanica
50,000-1,027,000[135]
LC[135]
[135]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[135]
Pintail snipe
Gallinago stenura
50,000-2,000,000[136]
LC[136]
Unknown[136]
European subpopulation is 4,000-10,000 mature individuals.[136]
Elegant tern
Thalasseus elegans
51,000-90,000[137]
NT[137]
[137]
White-eyed gull
Larus leucophthalmus
53,700-56,700[138]
LC[138]
[138]
Equal to 35,800-37,800 mature individuals.[138]
Ivory gull
Pagophila eburnea
58,000-78,000[139]
NT[139]
[139]
Equal to 38,000-52,000 mature individuals.[139]
Yellow-footed gull
Larus livens
60,000[140]
LC[140]
Unknown[140]
Equal to 40,000 mature individuals.[140]
Sharp-tailed sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
60,000-120,000[141]
VU[141]
[141]
Best estimate is 73,000 mature individuals.[141]
Armenian gull
Larus armenicus
68,000-110,000[142]
LC[142]
[142]
Equal to 45,000-73,000 mature individuals. European subpopulation estimated at 44,400-71,800 mature individuals.[142]
African three-branded plover
Charadrius tricollaris
70,000-140,000[143]
LC[143]
Unknown[143]
Broad-billed sandpiper
Limicola falcinellus
71 000 – 160 000[144]
LC[144]
[144]
Hudsonian godwit
Limosa haemastica
77,000[145]
LC[145]
[145]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[145]
Broad-billed sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
86,000-89,000[146]
LC[146]
[146]
European subpopulation estimated at 59,400-88,200 mature individuals.[146]
Black-billed gull
Larus bulleri
90,000-121,000[147]
NT[147]
Unknown[147]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[147]
Little gull
Larus minutus
97,000-270,000[148]
LC[148]
[148]
European subpopulation estimated at 47,400-90,500 mature individuals.[148]
Whiskered auklet
Aethia pygmaea
100,000[149]
LC[149]
[149]
Minimum estimate. Equal to 67,000 mature individuals.[149]
Pheasant-tailed jacana
Hydrophasianus chirurgus
100,000[150]
LC[150]
[150]
Minimum estimate.[150]
Chestnut-backed buttonquail
Turnix castanotus
100,000[151]
LC[151]
[151]
Equal to 50,000 mature individuals. This is a possible estimate- no real data to support these number.[151]
Brown-headed gull
Larus brunnicephalus
100,000-200,000[152]
LC[152]
[152]
Kentish plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
100,000-499,999[153]
LC[153]
[153]
Preliminary estimate for mature individuals only.[153]
Iceland gull
Larus glaucoides
100,000-499,999[154]
LC[154]
[154]
European subpopulation estimated at 150,000-300,000 individuals.[154]
South american snipe
Gallinago paraguaiae
100,000-499,999[155]
LC[155]
[155]
Tentative estimate for mature individuals only.[155]
Red-legged kittiwake
Rissa brevirostris
100,000-499,999[156]
VU[156]
[156]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[156]
Grey-backed tern
Onychoprion lunatus
100,000-1,000,000[157]
LC[157]
[157]
Spotted redshank
Tringa erythropus
110,000-270,000[158]
LC[158]
[158]
European subpopulation estimated at 41,000-108,000 mature individuals.[158]
South island oystercatcher
Haematopus finschi
113,000[159]
LC[159]
[159]
Equal to 50,000-99,999 mature individuals.[159]
Western gull
Larus occidentalis
115,500-118,500[160]
LC[160]
[160]
Forster’s tern
Sterna forsteri
120,000[161]
LC[161]
[161]
Pallas’s gull
Larus ichtyaetus
125,000-1,100,000[162]
LC[162]
[162]
Spur-winged lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
130,000-800,000
LC[163]
[163]
European subpopulation estimated at 2,100-3,200 mature individuals.[163]
Spectacled guillemot
Cepphus carbo
140,000-148,000[164]
LC[164]
[164]
Solitary sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
150,000[165]
LC[165]
[165]
Inca tern
Larosterna inca
150,000[166]
NT[166]
[166]
Minimum estimate.[166]
Semipalmated plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
150,000[167]
LC[167]
[167]
Minimum estimate.[167]
Black-winged pratincole
Glareola nordmanni
150,000-190,000[168]
NT[168]
[168]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[168]
Sooty gull
Larus hemprichii
150,000-300,000[169]
LC[169]
[169]
Greater sand plover
Charadrius leschenaultii
150,000-340,000[170]
LC[170]
[170]
Equal to 100,000-225,000 mature individuals. European subpopulation estimated at 1,200-2,000 mature individuals.[170]
Greater crested tern
Thalasseus bergii
150,000-1,100,000[171]
LC[171]
[171]
Oriental plover
Charadrius veredus
160,000[172]
LC[172]
Unknown[172]
Rock sandpiper
Calidris ptilocnemis
160,000-170,000[173]
LC[173]
[173]
Collared pratincole
Glareola pratincola
160,000-600,000[174]
LC[174]
[174]
European subpopulation estimated at 15,700-29,900 mature individuals.[174]
Terek sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
160,000-1,200,000[175]
LC[175]
[175]
European subpopulation estimated at 30,900-101,000 mature individuals.[175]
Temminck’s stint
Calidris temminckii
165,000-1,255,000[176]
LC[176]
Unknown[176]
Equal to 110,000-850,000 mature individuals. European subpopulation is 116,000-333,000 mature individuals.[176]
Little curlew
Numenius minutus
180,000[177]
LC[177]
[177]
Minimum estimate.[177]
Pacific golden plover
Pluvialis fulva
190,000-250,000[178]
LC[178]
[178]
Little tern
Sternula albifrons
190,000-410,000[179]
LC[179]
[179]
European subpopulation estimated at 71,900-106,000 mature individuals.[179]
Roseate tern
Sterna dougallii
200,000-220,000[180]
LC[180]
Unknown[180]
European subpopulation estimated at 4,500-5,800 mature individuals.[180]
Purple sandpiper
Calidris maritima
200,000-299,999[181]
LC[181]
[181]
European subpopulation estimated at 113,000-166,000 mature individuals.[181]
American golden plover
Pluvialis dominica
200,000[182]
LC[182]
[182]
Minimum estimate.[182]
Pigeon guillemot
Cepphus columba
235,000[183]
LC[183]
[183]
Mediterranean gull
Larus melanocephalus
236,000-650,000[184]
LC[184]
[184]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[184]
Caspian tern
Sterna caspia
250,000-470,000[185]
LC[185]
[185]
European subpopulation estimated at 23,600-29,600 mature individuals.[185]
Long-tailed jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
250,000-749,999[186]
LC[186]
[186]
Preliminary estimate for mature individuals. European subpopulation estimated at 39,700-106,000 mature individuals.[186]
South american tern
Sterna hirundinacea
250,000-1,000,000[187]
LC[187]
[187]
Bonaparte’s gull
Larus philadelphia
255,000-525,000[188]
LC[188]
[188]
Marsh sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
260,000-1,200,000[189]
LC[189]
[189]
European subpopulation estimated at 24,100-60,600 mature individuals.[189]
Slender-billed gull
Larus genei
280,000-345,000[190]
LC[190]
Unknown[190]
Equal to 180,000-230,000 mature individuals. Revised estimate after taking European population into account. European subpopulation estimated at 107,550-172,500 individuals, or 71,700-115,000 mature individuals.[190]
Pied avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
280,000-470,000[191]
LC[191]
Unknown[191]
European subpopulation estimated at 117,000-149,000 mature individuals.[191]
Little ringed plover
Charadrius dubius
280,000-530,000[192]
LC[192]
[192]
European subpopulation estimated at 269,000-524,000 mature individuals.[192]
Great knot
Calidris tenuirostris
292,000-295,000[193]
EN[193]
[193]
Baird’s sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
300,000[194]
LC[194]
[194]
Minimum estimate. European subpopulation estimated at 1,000-2,000 mature individuals.[194]
Whiskered tern
Chlidonias hybrida
300,000-1,500,000[195]
LC[195]
[195]
European subpopulation estimated at 133,000-215,000 mature individuals.[195]
Lesser sand plover
Charadrius mongolus
310,000-390,000[196]
LC[196]
Unknown[196]
Great snipe
Gallinago media
310,000-570,000[197]
NT[197]
[197]
Equal to 204,000-379,000 mature individuals.[197]
Red-necked stint
Calidris ruficollis
315,000[198]
NT[198]
Unknown[198]
Sabine’s gull
Xema sabini
340,000[199]
LC[199]
[199]
Minimum estimate is for mature individuals only. European subpoluation estimated at 2,100-4,100 mature individuals.[199]
Heermann’s gull
Larus heermanni
350,000[200]
NT[200]
Unknown[200]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[200]
Marbled murrelet
Brachyramphus marmoratus
350,000-420,000[201]
EN[201]
[201]
Equal to 240,000-280,000 mature individuals. Estimate comes from individual estimates in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California.[201]
Eurasian stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemus
360,000-589,999[202]
LC[202]
[202]
Preliminary estimate for mature individuals only. Europe subpopulation is estimated at 107,000-176,000 mature individuals.[202]
Lesser yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
400,000[203]
LC[203]
[203]
Equal to 270,000 mature individuals.[203]
Long-billed dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
400,000[204]
LC[204]
Unknown[204]
Minimum estimate.[204]
Pomarine jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
400,000[205]
LC[205]
[205]
Preliminary estimate for mature individuals only. European subpopulation estimated at 40,000 mature individuals.[205]
Arctic jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
400,000-560,000[206]
LC[206]
[206]
Preliminary estimate for mature individuals only. European subpopulation estimated at 79,800-112,000 mature individuals.[206]
Glaucous gull
Larus hyperboreus
400,000-1,500,000[207]
LC[207]
[207]
European subpopulation estimated at 93,000-270,000 mature individuals.[207]
Common ringed plover
Charadrius hiaticula
415,000-1,400,000[208]
LC[208]
[208]
European subpopulation estimated at 280,000-426,000 mature individuals.[208]
Common greenshank
Tringa nebularia
440,000-1,500,000[209]
LC[209]
[209]
European subpopulation estimated at 197,000-405,000 mature individuals.[209]
Black guillemot
Cepphus grylle
400,000-1,499,999[210]
LC[210]
Unknown[210]
For mature individuals only. Very preliminary estimate based off of European subpopulation of 304,000-742,000 mature individuals.[210]
American herring gull
Larus smithsonianus
430,000-520,000[211]
LC[211]
[211]
Black-winged stilt
Himantopus himantopus
450,000-780,000[212]
LC[212]
[212]
European subpopulation estimated at 108,000-151,000 mature individuals.[212]
American avocet
Recurvirostra americana
460,000[213]
LC[213]
[213]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[213]
Ruddy turnstone
Arenaria interpres
460,000-730,000[214]
LC[214]
[214]
Equal to 300,000-500,000 mature individuals. European subpopulation estimated at 71,800-154,000 mature individuals.[214]
Sandwich tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
490,000-640,000[215]
LC[215]
[215]
Equal to 325,000-430,000 mature individuals. European subpopulation estimated at 160,000-295,000 mature individuals.[215]
Great black-backed gull
Larus marinus
500,000-999,999[216]
LC[216]
Unknown[216]
European subpopulation estimated at 360,000-400,000 individuals.[216]
Double-striped thick-knee
Burhinus bistriatus
500,000-4,999,999[217]
LC[217]
[217]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[217]
Eurasian oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
500,000-999,999[218]
NT[218]
[218]
Northern jacana
Jacana spinosa
500,000-4,999,999[219]
LC[219]
Unknown[219]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[219]
Glaucous-winged gull
Larus glaucescens
570,000[220]
LC[220]
[220]
Minimum estimate.[220]
White-cheeked tern
Sterna repressa
600,000[221]
LC[221]
[221]
Equal to 400,000 mature individuals.[221]
Bridled tern
Sterna anaethetus
610,000-1,500,000[222]
LC[222]
Unknown[222]
Equal to 400,000-1,000,000 mature individuals.[222]
Black-tailed godwit
Limosa limosa
614,000-809,999[223]
NT[223]
[223]
Sanderling
Calidris alba
620,000-700,000[224]
LC[224]
Unknown[224]
European subpopulation is 50,100-100,000 mature individuals.[224]
California gull
Larus californicus
621,000[225]
LC[225]
[225]
Grey plover
Pluvialis squatarola
738,000-935,000[226]
LC[226]
[226]
Equal to 490,000-630,000 mature individuals. European subpopulation is 10,000-20,000 mature individuals.[226]
Upland sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
750,000[227]
LC[227]
[227]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[227]
Black tern
Childonias niger
800,000-1,750,000[228]
LC[228]
[228]
European subpopulation estimated at 149,000-308,000 mature individuals.[228]
Eurasian curlew
Numenius arquata
835,000-1,310,000[229]
NT[229]
[229]
Red knot
Calidris canutus
891,000-979,000[230]
NT[230]
[230]
Minimum estimate.[230]
Lesser black-backed gull
Larus fuscus
940,000-2,070,000[231]
LC[231]
[231]
European subpopulation estimated at 1,200,000-1,400,000 individuals.[231]
Razorbill
Alca torda
979,000-1,020,000[232]
NT[232]
[232]
African jacana
Actophilornis africanus
1,000,000[233]
LC[233]
[233]
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
1,000,000[234]
LC[234]
[234]
Jack snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
1 000 000[235]
LC[235]
[235]
Minimum estimate.[235]
Franklin’s gull
Larus pipixcan
1,000,000-1,490,000[236]
LC[236]
[236]
Ancient murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus
1,000,000-2,000,000[237]
LC[237]
[237]
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
1,000,000-2,300,000[238]
LC[238]
[238]
European subpopulation estimated at 687,000-805,000 mature individuals.[238]
Common redshank
Tringa totanus
1,000,000-3,499,999[239]
LC[239]
Unknown[239]
European subpopulation estimated at 680,000-968,000 mature individuals.[239]
Curlew sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
1,085,000-1,285,000 [240]
NT[240]
[240]
Bar-tailed godwit
Limosa lapponica
1,099,000-1,149,000[241]
NT[241]
[241]
Black-tailed gull
Larus crassirostris
1,100,000[242]
LC[242]
[242]
Minimum estimate.[242]
Horned puffin
Fratercula corniculata
1,200,000[243]
LC[243]
[243]
Minimum estimate. Equal to 800,000 mature individuals.[243]
Lesser noddy
Anous tenuirostris
1,200,000[244]
LC[244]
[244]
Minimum estimate.[244]
Brown noddy
Anous stolidus
1,200,000-2,100,000[245]
LC[245]
[245]
Equal to 800,000-1,400,000 mature individuals.[245]
Green sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
1,200,000-3,600,000[246]
LC[246]
[246]
European subpopulation estimated at 1,230,000-2,100,000 mature individuals.[246]
Black noddy
Anous minutus
1,300,000[247]
LC[247]
[247]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[247]
Rhinoceros auklet
Cerorhinca monocerata
1,300,000[248]
LC[248]
[248]
Minimum estimate.[248]
European golden-plover
Pluvialis apricaria
1,300,000-1,750,000[249]
LC[249]
[249]
European subpopulation estimated at 1,890,000-2,600,000 individuals.[249]
Red phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
1,300,000-2,999,999[250]
LC[250]
Unknown[250]
European subpopulation estimated at 1,100-3,400 mature individuals.[250]
Parakeet auklet
Aethia psittacula
1,400,000[251]
LC[251]
[251]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[251]
Little stint
Calidris minuta
1,500,000-1,600,000[252]
LC[252]
[252]
Equal to 1,000,000-1,100,000 mature individuals. European subpopulation is 96,400-152,000 mature individuals.[252]
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
1,500,000-9,999,999[253]
LC[253]
[253]
Preliminary estimate based on European population.[253]
European herring gull
Larus argentatus
1,590,000-1,830,000[254]
LC[254]
[254]
Equal to 1,060,000-1,220,000 mature individuals.[254]
Common tern
Sterna hirundo
1,600,000-3,600,000[255]
LC[255]
Unknown[255]
Arctic tern
Sterna paradisaea
2,000,000[256]
LC[256]
[256]
Minimum estimate. European subpopulation estimated at 1,130,000-1,810,000 mature individuals.[256]
Wilson’s snipe
Gallinago delicata
2,000,000[257]
LC[257]
[257]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[257]
Semipalmated sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
2,200,000[258]
NT[258]
[258]
Common gull
Larus canus
2,500,000-3,700,000[259]
LC[259]
Unknown[259]
European subpopulation estimated at 1,280,000-2,160,000 mature individuals.[259]
Ring-billed gull
Larus delawarensis
2,550,000[260]
LC[260]
[260]
Common sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
2,600,000-3,200,000[261]
LC[261]
[261]
European subpopulation estimated at 1,590,000-2,920,000 mature individuals.[261]
Oriental pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
2,900,000-3,000,000[262]
LC[262]
[262]
Wood sandpiper
Tringa glareola
3,100,000-3,500,000[263]
LC[263]
[263]
European subpopulation estimated at 1,530,000-3,040,000 mature individuals.[263]
White-winged tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
3,100,000-4,000,000[264]
LC[264]
[264]
European subpopulation estimated at 133,000-347,000 mature individuals.[264]
Kelp gull
Larus dominicanus
3,300,000-4,300,000[265]
LC[265]
[265]
Tufted puffin
Fratercula cirrhata
3,500,000[266]
LC[266]
[266]
Minimum estimate. Equal to 2,300,000 mature individuals.[266]
American woodcock
Scolopax minor
3,500,000[267]
LC[267]
[267]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[267]
Red-necked phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
3,600,000-4,500,000[268]
LC[268]
[268]
European subpopulation estimated at 590,000-1,280,000 mature individuals.[268]
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
4,300,000-6,799,999[269]
LC[269]
[269]
European subpopulation is 853,000-1,120,000 mature individuals.[269]
Black-headed gull
Larus ridibundus
4,800,000-8,900,000[270]
LC[270]
Unknown[270]
European subpopulation estimated at 4,000,000-5,970,000 individuals, or 2,670,000-3,980,000 mature individuals.[270]
Wattled jacana
Jacana jacana
5,000,000-50,000,000[271]
LC[271]
[271]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[271]
Southern lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
5,000,000-50,000,000[272]
LC[272]
[272]
Estimate is for mature individuals only.[272]
Cassin’s auklet
Ptychoramphus aleuticus
5,400,000[273]
NT[273]
[273]
Equal to 3,600,000 mature individuals.[273]
Northern lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
5,600,000-10,500,000[274]
NT[274]
[274]
European subpopulation estimate is 3,190,000-5,170,000 mature individuals.[274]
Crested auklet
Aethia cristatella
8,200,000[275]
LC[275]
[275]
Minimum estimate. Equal to 5,500,000 mature individuals.[275]
Eurasian woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
10,000,000-26,000,000[276]
LC[276]
[276]
European subpopulation equals 13,800,000-17,400,000 mature individuals.[276]
Atlantic puffin
Fratercula arctica
12,000,000-14,000,000[277]
VU[277]
[277]
For mature individuals only. European subpopulation estimated at 9,550,000-11,600,000 mature individuals.[277]
Black-legged kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
14,600,000-15,700,000[278]
VU[278]
[278]
European subpopulation estimated at 3,460,000-4,410,000 mature individuals.[278]
Common snipe
Gallinago gallinago
15,000,000-29,000,000[279]
LC[279]
[279]
Preliminary estimate for mature individuals only.[279]
Little auk
Alle alle
16,000,000-36,000,000[280]
LC[280]
[280]
European subpopulation estimated at 9,200,000-82,000,000 mature individuals, therefore the global population is likely larger.[280]
Common murre
Uria aalge
18,000,000[281]
LC[281]
[281]
Minimum estimate. European subpopulation estimated at 2,350,000-3,060,000 mature individuals.[281]
Least auklet
Aethia pusilla
20,000,000[282]
LC[282]
[282]
Estimate for mature individuals only.[282]
Thick-billed murre
Uria lomvia
22,000,000[283]
LC[283]
[283]
Minimum estimate. European subpopulation estimated at 1,920,000-2,840,000 mature individuals. Russian subpopulation estimated at 10,000-1,000,000 breeding pairs.[283]
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