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Waders, gulls, terns & auks: where they live

Maps and quick facts for 83 waders, gulls, terns & auks (Atlantic puffin, killdeer, American woodcock, razorbill, Arctic tern). Each animal page shows a representative wild record and the countries where open-licence GBIF records place it. Show waders, gulls, terns & auks on the world map

Atlantic puffinAtlantic puffinFratercula arcticaVulnerableKilldeerKilldeerCharadrius vociferusNear threatenedAmerican woodcockAmerican woodcockScolopax minorLeast concernRazorbillRazorbillAlca tordaLeast concernArctic ternArctic ternSterna paradisaeaLeast concernBar-tailed godwitBar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNear threatenedEuropean herring gullEuropean herring gullLarus argentatusLeast concernBlack-headed gullBlack-headed gullChroicocephalus ridibundusLeast concernMasked lapwingMasked lapwingVanellus milesLeast concernTufted puffinTufted puffinFratercula cirrhataLeast concernGreat black-backed gullGreat black-backed gullLarus marinusLeast concernNorthern lapwingNorthern lapwingVanellus vanellusNear threatenedLittle aukLittle aukAlle alleLeast concernCommon murreCommon murreUria aalgeLeast concernSooty ternSooty ternOnychoprion fuscatusLeast concernCurlew sandpiperCurlew sandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVulnerableEurasian woodcockEurasian woodcockScolopax rusticolaLeast concernRed-wattled lapwingRed-wattled lapwingVanellus indicusLeast concernEurasian oystercatcherEurasian oystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNear threatenedGreat skuaGreat skuaStercorarius skuaLeast concernRuffRuffCalidris pugnaxLeast concernSanderlingSanderlingCalidris albaLeast concernHorned puffinHorned puffinFratercula corniculataLeast concernCommon snipeCommon snipeGallinago gallinagoLeast concern

All 83 waders, gulls, terns & auks

Scolopacidae 31

Laridae 22

Charadriidae 10

Alcidae 7

Stercorariidae 5

Sternidae 3

Recurvirostridae 2

Burhinidae 1

Haematopodidae 1

Pluvianidae 1