Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Authority: (Gmelin, 1789)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Vulnerable because its population is now small and believed to be declining, probably largely as a result of predation and hunting on its wintering grounds, when perhaps more than 50% of adults are flightless during autumn moult.

Population size: 7000

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 95,900 km²

Country endemic: Yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
Realm - Oceanic
USFWS - Bird of Conservation Concern
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome
IUCN Ecosystem -- Marine biome