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Charadrius alexandrinus



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Christidis, L.; Boles, W. E. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Cramp, S.; Perrins, C. M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
- - -

Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2016 Not Recognised
2014 Not Recognised
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern
Species attributes

Migratory status unset Forest dependency unset
Land-mass type Average mass -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend - - -

Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Afghanistan extant native yes
Albania extant native yes
Algeria extant native
Anguilla (to UK) extant native
Antigua and Barbuda extant native
Armenia extant native yes
Aruba (to Netherlands) extant native
Australia extant vagrant
Austria extant native yes
Azerbaijan extant native yes
Bahamas extant native
Bahrain extant native yes yes
Bangladesh extant native
Barbados extant native
Belgium extant native yes yes
Belize extant vagrant yes
Bhutan extant native
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands) extant native
Bosnia and Herzegovina extant native
British Indian Ocean Territory extant native
Brunei extant native
Bulgaria extant native yes
Burkina Faso extant native
Cambodia extant native
Cameroon extant native
Canada extant native yes
Cape Verde extant native
Cayman Islands (to UK) extant native
Chad extant native
Chile extant native
China (mainland) extant native
Colombia extant native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the extant vagrant
Costa Rica extant native yes
Côte d'Ivoire extant native
Croatia extant native yes
Cuba extant native
Curaçao (to Netherlands) extant native
Cyprus extant native yes
Czechia extant native
Denmark extant native yes
Djibouti extant native
Dominica extant native
Dominican Republic extant native
Ecuador extant native
Egypt extant native yes
El Salvador extant native
Eritrea extant native
Estonia extant native
Ethiopia extant native
Finland extant vagrant
France extant native yes yes
Gabon extant vagrant
Gambia extant native
Georgia extant native yes
Germany extant native yes yes
Ghana extant native
Gibraltar (to UK) extant native yes
Greece extant native yes yes
Guadeloupe (to France) extant vagrant yes
Guam (to USA) extant native yes
Guatemala extant native
Guinea extant native
Guinea-Bissau extant native
Haiti extant native
Honduras extant native
Hong Kong (China) extant native
Hungary extant native yes
India extant native
Indonesia extant native
Iran, Islamic Republic of extant native yes yes
Iraq extant native yes yes
Ireland extant vagrant
Israel extant native yes
Italy extant native yes yes
Jamaica extant native
Japan extant native
Jordan extant native yes yes
Kazakhstan extant native yes
Kenya extant native
Kuwait extant native yes yes
Kyrgyzstan extant native yes
Laos extant native
Latvia extant vagrant
Lebanon extant native yes yes
Liberia extant native
Libya extant native
Luxembourg extant vagrant
Malaysia extant native
Maldives extant vagrant
Mali extant native
Malta extant native
Martinique (to France) extant native
Mauritania extant native
Mexico extant native
Micronesia, Federated States of extant native yes
Moldova extant native yes
Mongolia extant native yes
Montenegro extant native yes
Montserrat (to UK) extant native
Morocco extant native
Myanmar extant native
Nepal extant native
Netherlands extant native yes
Nicaragua extant native
Niger extant vagrant
Nigeria extant native
North Korea extant native
North Macedonia extant native yes
Northern Mariana Islands (to USA) extant native yes
Norway extant vagrant
Oman extant native yes yes
Pakistan extant native
Palau extant native yes
Palestine extant native yes yes
Panama extant native
Peru extant native
Philippines extant native
Poland extant native yes
Portugal extant native yes
Puerto Rico (to USA) extant native
Qatar extant native yes
Romania extant native yes yes
Russia (Asian) extant native yes
Russia (Central Asian) extant native yes
Russia (European) extant native yes yes
Saudi Arabia extant native yes
Senegal extant native
Serbia extant native yes
Seychelles extant vagrant
Sierra Leone extant native
Singapore extant native
Sint Maarten (to Netherlands) extant native
Slovakia extant native yes
Slovenia extant native yes
Somalia extant native
South Korea extant native
South Sudan extant native yes yes
Spain extant native yes yes
Sri Lanka extant native
St Kitts and Nevis extant native
St Lucia extant native
St Martin (to France) extant native
St Vincent and the Grenadines extant native
Sudan extant native
Sweden extant native yes
Switzerland extant native
Syria extant native yes yes
Taiwan, China extant native yes
Tajikistan extant native yes
Thailand extant native
Timor-Leste extant native yes yes
Togo extant native
Trinidad and Tobago extant native
Tunisia extant native yes
Türkiye extant native yes yes
Turkmenistan extant native yes
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) extant native
Uganda extant vagrant
Ukraine extant native yes yes
United Arab Emirates extant native yes yes
United Kingdom extant native yes
USA extant native yes
Uzbekistan extant native yes
Venezuela extant native
Vietnam extant native yes
Virgin Islands (to UK) extant native yes
Virgin Islands (to USA) extant native yes
Western Sahara extant native yes
Yemen extant native yes yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
Afghanistan Ab-i-Istada
Algeria Sebkhet Djendli
Austria Neusiedler See
Austria Southern Seewinkel and Zitzmannsdorfer Wiesen
Bahrain Tubli Bay
Bulgaria Atanasovsko Lake
Bulgaria Durankulak Lake
Bulgaria Pomorie Lake
Bulgaria Shabla Lake Complex
China (mainland) Bosten Lake
China (mainland) Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve
China (mainland) Coastal wetlands of northern Chongming Dao island
China (mainland) Shijiu Hu (Jiangsu)
China (mainland) Shuangtai (Shuangtaizi) Estuary and Inner Gulf of Liaodong
China (mainland) Ulungur Hu and Jili Hu (Fu Hai)
China (mainland) Wenzhou Wan
China (mainland) Yueqing Wan
Costa Rica Cahuita, Gandoca-Manzanillo and Migratory Bird Corridor
Costa Rica Caribbean lowlands and wetlands
Costa Rica Pacuare, coastal wetlands and Migratory Bird Corridor
Croatia Neretva Delta
Croatia NW Dalmatia and Pag Island
Cyprus Akrotiri Peninsula - Episkopi Cliffs
Cyprus Larnaca Salt Lakes
Egypt El Malaha
Egypt Lake Bardawil
Egypt Lake Manzala
Egypt Wadi El Natrun
France Bassin d'Arcachon et Banc d'Arguin
France Camargue
France Cap Gris-nez
France Estuaires picards : baies de Somme et d'Authie
France Etangs de Leucate et Lapalme
France Etangs Montpellierains
France Etangs Narbonnais
France Marais entre Crau et Grand Rhône: Meyranne, Chanoine, Plan de Bourg et Salins du Caban
France Petite Camargue laguno-marine
France Salins d'Hyères et de Pesquiers
Germany Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park
Germany Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park (includes the Halligs, Kniepsand/Amrum, Lister Koog, Rantumbecken, Rickelsb
Greece Alyki Angelochoriou lagoon (Megalou Emvolou)
Greece Amvrakikos gulf
Greece Axios, Loudias and Aliakmonas rivers' deltas
Greece Kalogria lagoon, Strofylia forest and Lamia marshes
Greece Mesolongi and Aitoliko lagoons, Acheloos delta and Evinos estuary
Greece Nestos delta and coastal lagoons
Greece Porto Lagos, lake Vistonida and coastal lagoons
Guinea-Bissau Rio Mansôa and Gêba estuary
Guinea-Bissau Rio Tombali, Rio Cumbijã and Ilha de Melo
Hong Kong (China) Inner Deep Bay and Shenzhen River catchment area
Hungary Alkaline lakes of Kiskunság
Hungary Lower Tisza Valley
Iran, Islamic Republic of Lake Bakhtegan, Lake Tashk and Kamjan marshes
Iran, Islamic Republic of Miankaleh Peninsula and Gorgan Bay
Iran, Islamic Republic of South Caspian shore, from Astara to Gomishan
Iran, Islamic Republic of Voshmigir dam
Iraq Razzaza Lake
Iraq West Hammar
Italy Sinis and Oristano wetlands
Japan Banzu and Futtsu tidal flat
Japan Osaka Nanko
Japan Sone tidal flat
Jordan Azraq
Kazakhstan Lesser Aral Sea
Libya Benghazi
Libya Sebkhet Qasr Ahmed (Taworgha)
Mongolia Airag Lake
Morocco Baie d'Ad Dakhla
Morocco Oued Tahadart
Morocco Sahb al Majnoun
Morocco Sebkha Bou Areg
Morocco Zone Humide de Laayoune
Myanmar Gulf of Mottama
Oman Al Batinah coast
Oman Barr al Hikman
Oman Masirah island
Pakistan Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary
Philippines Manila Bay
Portugal Ria de Aveiro
Portugal Ria Formosa (Faro lagoon)
Portugal Tejo estuary
Puerto Rico (to USA) Suroeste
Romania Balta Albă - Amara - Jirlău
Romania Ciocăneşti - Dunăre
Romania Danube Delta
Romania Dunărea Veche (Braţul Măcin)
Romania Lake Beibugeac (Plopu)
Romania Lake Bugeac
Romania Lake Dunăreni
Romania Lake Oltina
Romania Lake Taşaul
Russia (European) Kiziltash limans
Russia (European) Lake El'ton
Saudi Arabia Farasan Islands
Saudi Arabia Jizan Bay
Saudi Arabia Sabkhat al-Fasl lagoons
Saudi Arabia Tarut Bay
Slovenia Sečovlje saltpans
South Korea Asan Bay (including Asan-ho lake and Sapgyo-ho lake)
South Korea Baeksu tidal flat
South Korea Cheonsu Bay
South Korea Dongjin estuary
South Korea Geum-gang river and estuary
South Korea Hampyeong Bay
South Korea Mangyeong estuary
South Korea Muan tidal flat
South Korea Nakdong-gang estuary
South Korea Namyang Bay
South Korea Sihwa-ho lake
South Korea Suncheon Bay
South Korea Tidal flat area of southern Ganghwa-do island
South Korea Tidal flat area of Yeongjong-do island
Spain Albufera de Valencia marshes
Spain Almenara marshes
Spain Cádiz bay
Spain Ebro delta
Spain El Hondo wetland
Spain Fuente de Piedra, Gosque and Campillos lakes
Spain Guadalquivir marshes
Spain Isla Cristina and Ayamonte marshes and Prado lagoon
Spain Island of Lobos
Spain Janubio saltpans
Spain Llobregat delta
Spain Mar Menor coastal lagoon
Spain Mata and Torrevieja lagoons
Spain Odiel and Tinto marshes and Huelva coastal lagoons
Spain River Piedras marshes and Rompido sandbank
Spain Salobrar de Campos Lagoons-Sa Vall
Spain Salt-pans of Ibiza and Formentera and Freus isles
Spain Santa Pola salt-pans
Spain Sotavento beach
Spain Wetlands of western Almería
Taiwan, China Hsinchu City Coastal Area
Taiwan, China Yungan
Tunisia Golfe de Boughrara
Tunisia Îles Kneiss
Tunisia Sebkhet Dreiaâ
Tunisia Sebkhet Kelbia
Türkiye Acıgöl Lake
Türkiye Büyük Menderes Delta
Türkiye Ceyhan Delta
Türkiye Erçek Lake
Türkiye Gediz Delta
Türkiye Göksu Delta
Türkiye Kocaçay Delta
Türkiye Seyhan Delta
Türkiye Sultan Marsh
Türkiye Tuz Lake
Ukraine Elanchyk river valley
Ukraine Kryva peninsula
Ukraine Kuyal'nyts'kyj lyman
Ukraine Shagany-Alibej-Burnas lake-system
Ukraine Syvash Bay
USA Gilbert Bay/South Arm UT05
USA Gunnison Bay/North Arm UT01
USA Salton Sea
Vietnam Binh Dai
Yemen Al-Fazzah

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Altitude   Occasional altitudinal limits  

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Charadrius alexandrinus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/charadrius-alexandrinus on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.