Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Authority: (Gray, 1831)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2b+4b

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Justification of Red List category
This species was recently impacted heavily by extreme drought in Australia which caused a reduction in its population size thought to have approached 30%. For this reason it is assessed as Near Threatened.

Population size: 20000-39000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,580,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Oceanian
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial