Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Authority: (Horsfield, 1821)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bc+3bc+4bc

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Justification of Red List category
This species has been uplisted to Endangered owing to recent evidence showing a very rapid population decline caused by reclamation of non-breeding stopover grounds, and under the assumption that further proposed reclamation projects will cause additional declines in the future.

Population size:

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,920,000 km²

Country endemic: No

Attributes
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Oceanic
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome
IUCN Ecosystem -- Marine biome