The world's most endangered gulls, button-quails, plovers and allies
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species evaluates the conservation status of plant and animal species. The list is based on scientific assessment of an organism's status by experts.
Conservation status of the world's gulls, button-quails, plovers and allies
Species comprising the chart above include:
| Family | Scientific name | Common name(s) | Red List status | Population trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAEMATOPODIDAE | Haematopus meadewaldoi | Canarian Black Oystercatcher, Canary Islands Oystercatcher | EX | |
| ALCIDAE | Pinguinus impennis | Great Auk | EX | |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Prosobonia ellisi | White-winged Sandpiper | EX | |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Prosobonia leucoptera | Tahitian Sandpiper, Tahiti Sandpiper | EX | |
| ALCIDAE | Brachyramphus brevirostris | Kittlitz's Murrelet | CR | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Charadrius sanctaehelenae | Saint Helena Plover, St Helena Plover, St. Helena Plover, Wirebird | CR | increasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Eurynorhynchus pygmeus | Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Spoonbill Sandpiper | CR | decreasing |
| RECURVIROSTRIDAE | Himantopus novaezelandiae | Black Stilt | CR | increasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Numenius borealis | Eskimo Curlew | CR | unknown |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Numenius tenuirostris | Slender-billed Curlew | CR | decreasing |
| GLAREOLIDAE | Rhinoptilus bitorquatus | Jerdon's Courser | CR | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Sterna bernsteini | Chinese Crested Tern, Chinese Crested-Tern | CR | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Vanellus gregarius | Sociable Lapwing, Sociable Plover | CR | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Vanellus macropterus | Javanese Lapwing, Javan Lapwing, Sunda Plover | CR | unknown |
| ALCIDAE | Brachyramphus marmoratus | Marbled Murrelet | EN | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Charadrius obscurus | New Zealand Dotterel, New Zealand Plover, Red-breasted Plover | EN | increasing |
| HAEMATOPODIDAE | Haematopus chathamensis | Chatham Island Pied Oystercatcher, Chatham Islands Oystercatcher, Chatham Oystercatcher | EN | increasing |
| LARIDAE | Larus bulleri | Black-billed Gull | EN | decreasing |
| PEDIONOMIDAE | Pedionomus torquatus | Plains-wanderer | EN | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Prosobonia cancellata | Sharp-billed Sandpiper, Tuamotu Sandpiper | EN | decreasing |
| ROSTRATULIDAE | Rostratula australis | Australian Painted-snipe, Australian Painted Snipe | EN | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Scolopax rochussenii | Moluccan Woodcock, Obi Woodcock | EN | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Sterna acuticauda | Black-bellied Tern | EN | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Sterna albostriata | Black-fronted Tern | EN | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Sterna lorata | Peruvian Tern | EN | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Thinornis novaeseelandiae | Shore Dotterel, Shore Plover | EN | increasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Tringa guttifer | Nordmann's Greenshank, Nordmanns Greenshank, Spotted Greenshank | EN | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Anarhynchus frontalis | Wrybill | VU | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Calidris tenuirostris | Great Knot | VU | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Charadrius thoracicus | Black-banded Plover, Madagascar Plover | VU | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Coenocorypha pusilla | Chatham Island Snipe, Chatham Islands Snipe, Chatham Snipe | VU | stable |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Gallinago macrodactyla | Madagascar Snipe | VU | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Gallinago nemoricola | Wood Snipe | VU | decreasing |
| GLAREOLIDAE | Glareola ocularis | Madagascar Pratincole | VU | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Larus atlanticus | Olrog's Gull | VU | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Larus fuliginosus | Lava Gull | VU | increasing |
| LARIDAE | Larus relictus | Relict Gull | VU | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Larus saundersi | Chinese Black-headed Gull, Saunders's Gull | VU | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Numenius madagascariensis | Eastern Curlew, Far Eastern Curlew | VU | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Numenius tahitiensis | Bristle-thighed Curlew | VU | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Rissa brevirostris | Red-legged Kittiwake | VU | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Rynchops albicollis | Indian Skimmer | VU | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Scolopax mira | Amami Woodcock, Ryukyu Woodcock | VU | stable |
| LARIDAE | Sterna nereis | Fairy Tern | VU | decreasing |
| ALCIDAE | Synthliboramphus craveri | Craveri's Murrelet | VU | decreasing |
| ALCIDAE | Synthliboramphus hypoleucus | Xantus's Murrelet | VU | decreasing |
| ALCIDAE | Synthliboramphus wumizusume | Crested Murrelet, Japanese Murrelet | VU | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Thinornis rubricollis | Hooded Dotterel, Hooded Plover | VU | decreasing |
| JACANIDAE | Actophilornis albinucha | Madagascar Jacana | NT | decreasing |
| ALCIDAE | Brachyramphus perdix | Long-billed Murrelet | NT | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Calidris pusilla | Semipalmated Sandpiper | NT | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Charadrius javanicus | Javan Plover | NT | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover | NT | increasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Charadrius montanus | Mountain Plover | NT | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Charadrius pallidus | Chestnut-banded Plover | NT | stable |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Charadrius peronii | Malaysian Plover | NT | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Coenocorypha aucklandica | New Zealand Snipe, Subantarctic Snipe | NT | stable |
| BURHINIDAE | Esacus giganteus | Beach Stone-curlew, Beach Thick-knee | NT | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Gallinago imperialis | Imperial Snipe | NT | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Gallinago media | Great Snipe | NT | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Gallinago nobilis | Noble Snipe | NT | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Gallinago stricklandii | Fuegian Snipe | NT | decreasing |
| GLAREOLIDAE | Glareola nordmanni | Black-winged Pratincole | NT | decreasing |
| HAEMATOPODIDAE | Haematopus moquini | African Black Oystercatcher, African Oystercatcher | NT | increasing |
| LARIDAE | Larosterna inca | Inca Tern | NT | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Larus audouinii | Audouin's Gull | NT | stable |
| LARIDAE | Larus heermanni | Heermann's Gull | NT | increasing |
| LARIDAE | Larus leucophthalmus | White-eyed Gull | NT | stable |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Asian Dowitcher, Asiatic Dowitcher | NT | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Limosa limosa | Black-tailed Godwit | NT | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Numenius arquata | Curlew, Eurasian Curlew | NT | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Pagophila eburnea | Ivory Gull | NT | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Phegornis mitchellii | Diademed Plover, Diademed Sandpiper-plover, Diademed Sandpiper-Plover | NT | decreasing |
| CHIONIDAE | Pluvianellus socialis | Magellanic Plover | NT | stable |
| LARIDAE | Rynchops flavirostris | African Skimmer | NT | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Scolopax celebensis | Sulawesi Woodcock | NT | decreasing |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Scolopax saturata | Javan Woodcock | NT | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Sterna aurantia | River Tern | NT | decreasing |
| LARIDAE | Sterna balaenarum | Damara Tern | NT | stable |
| LARIDAE | Sterna elegans | Elegant Tern | NT | stable |
| LARIDAE | Sterna virgata | Kerguelen Tern | NT | stable |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Tryngites subruficollis | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | NT | decreasing |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Vanellus duvaucelii | River Lapwing | NT | unknown |
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Least concern species are excluded from this list
birds-gulls chart is available at here. This table and chart was last updated on August 8, 2012, based on data downloaded from the IUCN Red List site. For a species profile, click on its scientific name.
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