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Charadrius vociferus · Family Charadriidae
Charadrius vociferus
Family Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 9,893,855
- Countries and territories with records
- 62
About this species
This species has 9,893,855 occurrence records from 62 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (86%) and Canada (12%); together they account for 98% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.76% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Charadrius vociferus combines the genus name Charadrius with the species epithet vociferus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Charadrius; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Charadrius hiaticula, Charadrius semipalmatus and Charadrius melodus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 44 species of the family Charadriidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 15 times the family average (660,385). The family Charadriidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.