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Anarhynchus alexandrinus
Anarhynchus alexandrinus · Family Charadriidae
Family Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 557,826
- Countries and territories with records
- 158
About this species
This species has 557,826 occurrence records from 158 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Taiwan (25.9%), Spain (18%), France (9%), India (7.3%) and Portugal (7.2%); together they account for 67.4% of the total. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 0.68% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Anarhynchus alexandrinus combines the genus name Anarhynchus with the species epithet alexandrinus. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Anarhynchus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anarhynchus leschenaultii, Anarhynchus frontalis and Anarhynchus asiaticus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 44 species of the family Charadriidae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Charadrius vociferus. Its record count is 84.5% of the family average (660,385). The family Charadriidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.