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This is list of bird species by global population, divided by bird classification. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology. Contributing organizations include the IUCN, BirdLife International, and Partners in Flight.

This list is incomplete, because experts have not estimated all bird numbers. For example, the spectacled flowerpecker was only discovered in 2010, and has yet to be classified with a Linnean name, but would add to the other 73 new bird species described by ornithologists from 2000 – 2009.[1][2][3] Global population estimates for many of these at this time would be absurd.

All numbers are estimates, because they are taken by observation, and a given number of 50 slender-billed curlews does not necessarily mean there are 10 more of this species than the black stilt, which has been estimated at 40: there is a possibility that the latter species has a larger population than the former.[4][5] This list should not be taken that literally. An estimate of 250 shore dotterels compared with 4,500 – 5,000 wrybills, on the other hand, means that the latter has well over one order of magnitude more individuals than the former.[6][7] The wrybill only has approximately one tenth the population of great skuas (48,000), which are outnumbered ~10:1 by the pigeon guillemot (470,000).[8][9] It is these large differences between species that this list tries to convey.

By taxonomy[]

List by taxonomic order Birds included # of quantified species / # of total species (%)1 Example of less common species Example of more common species
Anseriformes Waterfowl: ducks, geese, swans. 89 / 166 (54%) Laysan Duck (CR) File:Laysan teal male.jpg Mallard (LC) File:Mallard in flight.jpg
Pop: 521[10] Pop: > 17,000,000[11]
Apodiformes Swifts, hummingbirds. 86 / 441 (20%) Juan Fernandez Firecrown (CR) File:Sephanoides fernandensis.jpg Chimney Swift (NT) File:Chimney swift overhead.jpg
Pop: 2,500 – 3,000[12] Pop: 15,000,000[13]
Caprimulgiformes and allies Nightjars, nighthawks, potoos. 19 / 125 (15%) Puerto Rican Nightjar (EN) File:Puerto Rican nightjar sitting in leaves.jpg European Nightjar (LC) File:Paukstelis.jpg
Pop: 1,400 – 2,000[14] Pop: 2,000,000 – 6,000,000[15]
Charadriiformes Waders, gulls, auks. 181 / 352 (51%) Shore Dotterel (EN) File:NZ Shore plover male.JPG Thick-billed Murre (LC) File:Thick-billed Murres in Alaska refuge.jpg
Pop: 250[6] Pop: > 22,000,000[16]
Ciconiiformes Storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills. 52 / 115 (45%) Storm's Stork (EN) File:Storm's Stork SMTC.jpg White-faced Ibis (LC) File:White-faced Ibis by Dan Pancamo.jpg
Pop: 400 – 500[17] Pop: 1,200,000[18]
Columbiformes Doves, pigeons. 94 / 321 (29%) Socorro Dove (EW) File:SocorroGroundDove025.jpg Rock Dove (LC) Rock dove - natures pics
Pop: 100[19] Pop: 260,000,000[20]
Coraciiformes Kingfishers, hornbills, motmots, bee-eaters. 38 / 219 (17%) Narcondam Hornbill (EN) File:Narcondam hornbill.jpg Rainbow Bee-eater (LC) File:Merops ornatus -Australia-8.jpg
Pop: 320 – 340[21] Pop: > 1,000,000[22]
Cuculiformes Cuckoos. 22 / 165 (13%) Black-hooded Coucal (CR) Common Cuckoo (LC) File:Cuculus canorus vogelartinfo chris romeiks CHR0791 cropped.jpg
Pop: 70[23] Pop: 25,000,000 – 100,000,000[24]
Falconiformes, Accipitriformes, Cathartiformes Diurnal birds of prey. 164 / 310 (53%) Madagascar Fish-Eagle (CR) File:Madagascarfisheagle.jpg Common Kestrel (LC) File:Kestrel hunting over Cherry Wood - geograph.org.uk - 1711571.jpg
Pop: 360[25] Pop: > 5,000,000[26]
Galliformes Gamebirds. 121 / 288 (42%) Bornean Peacock-Pheasant (EN) Willow Ptarmigan (LC) File:Lagopus in Abisko.jpg
Pop: 1,000 – 2,499[27] Pop: > 40,000,000[28]
Gaviiformes Loons. 4 / 5 (80%) Yellow-billed Loon (NT) File:Gavia adamsii.jpg Pacific Loon (LC) File:PacificLoon24.jpg
Pop: 16,000 – 32,000[29] Pop: 930,000 – 1,600,000[30]
Gruiformes Cranes, crakes, rails. 92 / 206 (45%) Lord Howe Woodhen (EN) File:Lord Howe Woodhen.jpg American Coot (LC) File:Fulica americana3.jpg
Pop: 220 – 230[31] Pop: 6,000,000[32]
Pelecaniformes Pelicans, frigatebirds, gannets, boobies, cormorants. 36 / 65 (55%) Flightless Cormorant (VU) File:Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) -swimming2.jpg Red-footed Booby (LC) File:Sula sula by Gregg Yan 02.jpg
Pop: 1,679[33] Pop: > 1,000,000[34]
Phoenicopteriformes Flamingos. 5 / 6 (83%) Andean Flamingo (VU) File:Two andeanflamingo june2003 arp.jpg Lesser Flamingo (NT) File:Phoeniconaias minor3.jpg
Pop: 38,000[35] Pop: 2,220,000 – 3,240,000[36]
Piciformes Woodpeckers, toucans, barbets. 43 / 410 (10%) Ivory-billed Woodpecker (CR) Ivory-billed Woodpecker by Jerry A. Payne Great Spotted Woodpecker (LC) Great Spotted Woodpecker
Pop: 0 – 50[37] Pop: 73,500,000 – 216,000,000[38]2
Podicipediformes Grebes. 11 / 19 (58%) New Zealand Grebe (VU) File:NZDabchickZoom X2.JPG Black-necked Grebe (LC) File:Podiceps nigricollis (Marek Szczepanek).jpg
Pop: 1,900 – 2,000[39] Pop: 3,900,000 – 4,200,000[40]
Procellariiformes Albatrosses and petrels. 116 / 129 (90%) New Zealand Storm-Petrel (CR) File:Oceanites maorianus.jpg Short-tailed Shearwater (LC) File:Puffinus tenuirostris - SE Tasmania.jpg
Pop: < 50[41] Pop: > 23,000,000[42]
Psittaciformes Parrots. 134 / 356 (38%) Kakapo (CR) File:Strigops habroptilus 1.jpg Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (LC) File:Red tailed Black Cockatoo in flight.jpg
Pop: 126[43] Pop: > 100,000[44]
Sphenisciformes Penguins. 16 / 18 (89%) Galapagos Penguin (EN) File:Galápagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) -standing on rock.jpg Macaroni Penguin (VU) File:Eudyptes chrysolophus -Antarctic-54.jpg
Pop: 1,800[45] Pop: 18,000,000[46]3
Strigiformes Owls. 72 / 197 (37%) Forest Owlet (CR) File:Forest Owlet.png Short-eared Owl (LC) File:Asio flammeus Delta BC 3.jpg
Pop: 70 – 400[47] Pop: > 2,000,000[48]
Struthioniformes Ratites. 6 / 11 (55%) Little Spotted Kiwi (NT) File:Little spotted kiwi, Apteryx owenii, Auckland War Memorial Museum.jpg Southern Brown Kiwi (VU) File:Tokoeka.jpg
Pop: > 1,200[49] Pop: 29,800[50]
Tinamiformes Tinamous. 9 / 47 (19%) Slaty-breasted Tinamou (LC) File:CrypturusBoucardiSmit.jpg Little Tinamou (LC) File:Crypturellus soui.jpg
Pop: 20,000 – 49 999[51] Pop: 500,000 – 4,999,999[52]
Trogoniformes Trogons, quetzals. 9 / 44 (20%) Javan Trogon (EN) File:Javan Trogon (Harpactes reinwardtii reinwardtii).jpg Collared Trogon (LC) File:Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris) (4090278016).jpg
Pop: 350 – 1,500[53] Pop: 5,000,000 – 50,000,000[54]

See also[]

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Notes[]

1.^ Amount of quantified species contained in the list as of Template:Currentdate. The amount of species in each order is according to the IUCN and BirdLife International; bird taxonomy is currently in flux and these figures may soon change.
2.^ Preliminary estimate.
3.^ Mature only.

References[]

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