List of Passeriformes by population

This is a list of Passeriforme species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields.

Passeriformes is the taxonomic order to which the perching birds belong.


Species by global population

Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image
Banded cotingaCotinga maculata50 - 249[1]CR[1]Decrease[1]
Chestnut-capped pihaLipaugus weberi50 - 249[2]CR[2]Decrease[2]Total population may range anywhere from 250 -2,500 individuals. Mature individuals placed in lower band out of caution.[2]
Hawaiian CrowCorvus hawaiiensis111[3]EW[3]N/ALast known wild individuals seen in 2002. 64 males, 40 females, 7 unsexed individuals are currently held in captivity.[3]
'AkikikiOreomystis bairdi150 - 610[4]CR[4]Decrease[4]Total population is estimated to be 231-916 individuals.[4]
Araripe manakinAntilophia bokermanni150 - 700[5]CR[5]Decrease[5]Total population is estimated to be 779 individuals.[5]
Socorro mockingbirdMimus graysoni190 - 280[6]CR[6]Steady[6]Total population is estimated to be 287-419 individuals.[6]
Raso larkAlauda razae250 - 999[7]CR[7]Steady[7]Total population was estimated to be 855 individuals in 2015.[7]
Superb pittaPitta superba250 - 999[8]EN[8]Decrease[8]
Grey-winged cotingaLipaugus conditus250 - 999[9]VU[9]Steady[9]Total population is estimated to be 1,000 individuals.[9]
Atlantic royal flycatcherOnychorhynchus swainsoni600 - 1,700[10]VU[10]Decrease[10]Total population is estimated to be 1,000-2,499 individuals.[10]
Gurney's pittaHydrornis gurneyi1,000 - 2,500[11]CR[11]Decrease[11]
Turquoise cotingaCotinga ridgwayi1,250 - 2,820[12]VU[12]Decrease[12]Total population is estimated to be 1,880-4,230 individuals, assuming 10% of range is occupied.[12]
New Zealand rock wrenXenicus gilviventris1,250 - 6,000[13]EN[13]Decrease[13]Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 5,000.[13]
Bare-necked umbrellabirdCephalopterus glabricollis1,900 - 7,100[14]EN[14]Decrease[14]Values given are estimated population of mature individuals, assuming extrapolating from Panamanian population.[14]
Grauer's broadbillPseudocalyptomena graueri2,500 - 9,999[15]VU[15]Decrease[15]
Mindanao wattled broadbill

(Wattled broadbill)

Sarcophanops steerii2,500 - 9,999[16]VU[16]Decrease[16]
Black-headed berryeaterCarpornis melanocephala2,500 - 9,999[17]NT[17]Decrease[17]
White-cheeked cotingaZaratornis stresemanni2,500 - 9,999[18]NT[18]Decrease[18]
Black-faced pittaPitta anerythra2,500 - 10,000[19]VU[19]Decrease[19]Best estimate for number of mature individuals in 6,500.[19]
North Island kōkakoCallaeas wilsoni3,000 - 6,000[20]LC[20]Increase[20]Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 5,000.[20]
Three-wattled bellbirdProcnias tricarunculatus3,600 - 14,000[21]VU[21]Decrease[21]Total population is estimated to be 5,400-21,000 individuals.[21]
Banda Sea pittaPitta vigorsii5,000 - 9,999[22]LC[22]Decrease[22]Total population is estimated to be 8,300-14,500 individuals.[22]
Long-wattled umbrellabirdCephalopterus penduliger7,500-15,000[23]VU[23]Decrease[23]Total population is estimated to be 11,200-22,400 individuals.[23]
Graceful pittaErythropitta venusta>10,000[24]LC[24]Decrease[24]No data on population size exist; however, "it is considered highly unlikely that the number of mature individuals is fewer than 10,000."[24]
Schneider's pittaHydrornis schneideri>10,000[25]LC[25]Decrease[25]No data on population size exist; however, "it is considered highly unlikely that the number of mature individuals is fewer than 10,000."[25]
Yellow-bellied sunbird-asityNeodrepanis hypoxantha10,000 - 19,999[26]VU[26]Decrease[26]Total population is estimated to be 15,000-30,000 individuals.[26]
Blue-rumped manakinLepidothrix isidorei10,000 - 19,999[27]LC[27]Decrease[27]
Elegant pittaPitta elegans15,000 - 25,000[28]LC[28]Decrease[28]Total population is estimated to be 20,000-35,000 individuals.[28]
Golden-crowned manakinLepidothrix vilasboasi15,000 - 137,000[29]LC[29]Decrease[29]Total population is estimated to be 23,000 - 205,000 individuals.[29]
Ornate pittaPitta concinna20,000 - 40,000[30]LC[30]Decrease[30]Total population is estimated to be 32,000-64,000 individuals.[30]
Lovely cotingaCotinga amabilis20,000 - 49,999[31]LC[31]Decrease[31]
Black-and-gold cotingaLipaugus ater20,000 - 49,999 [32]LC[32]Decrease[32]Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 44,591.[32]
Swallow-tailed cotingaPhibalura flavirostris20,000 - 49,999[33]LC[33]Decrease[33]
Cinnamon-vented pihaLipaugus lanioides50,000 - 99,999[34]LC[34]Decrease[34]
Blue cotingaCotinga nattererii50,000 - 499,999[35]LC[35]Decrease[35]
Rufous pihaLipaugus unirufus50,000 - 499,999[36]LC[36]Decrease[36]
Orange-collared manakinManacus aurantiacus50,000 - 499,999[37]LC[37]Decrease[37]
White-collared manakinManacus candei50,000 - 499,999[38]LC[38]Decrease[38]
Bare-throated bellbirdProcnias nudicollis80,000 - 130,000[39]NT[39]Decrease[39]Total population is estimated to be 123,165-193,545 individuals.[39]
Opal-crowned manakinLepidothrix iris250,000-1,500,000[40]VU[40]Decrease[40]Total population is estimated to be 433,000-2,466,000 individuals.[40]
Lance-tailed manakinChiroxiphia lanceolata500,000-4,999,999[41]LC[41]Decrease[41]
Golden-collared manakinManacus vitellinus500,000-4,999,999[42]LC[42]Decrease[42]
Amazonian royal flycatcherOnychorhynchus coronatus500,000-4,999,999[43]LC[43]Decrease[43]
Purple-throated fruitcrowQuerula purpurata5,000,000 - 49,999,999[44]LC[44]Decrease[44]
Common ravenCorvus corax21,000,000-26,400,000[45]LC[45]Increase[45]
Canada jayPerisoreus canadensis26,000,000[46]LC[46]Decrease[46]
American robinTurdus migratorius370,000,000[47]LC[47]Steady[47]
Barn swallowHirundo rustica290,000,000 - 487,000,000[48]LC[48]Decrease[48]

Species without population estimates

Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image
Blue-headed pittaHydrornis baudiiunknown[49]VU[49]Decrease[49]
Fairy pittaPitta nymphaunknown[50]VU[50]Decrease[50]
Azure-breasted pittaPitta steeriiunknown[51]VU[51]Decrease[51]
Whiskered pittaErythropitta kochiunknown[52]LC[52]Decrease[52]
Pompadour cotingaXipholena puniceaunknown[53]LC[53]Decrease[53]

See also

References

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