Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Authority: (Coues, 1861)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category

This species has a large geographic range size (extent of occurrence >7 million km² in both the breeding and non-breeding seasons), and so does not approach Criterion B thresholds. It also has a large estimated population size, with at least 1,200,000 mature individuals in Arctic Canada alone (Smith et al. in prep.), and so does not approach Criteria C or D thresholds. Considering its population trend over three generations (c. 13 years), the data presented in Smith et al. (2023) indicate broad stability, albeit with some interannual fluctuations. This is consistent with the recent trend based on data from the non-breeding season by eBird during 2014-2021 (Fink et al. 2023). As there is no evidence that the population is declining, let alone at a rate approaching Criterion A thresholds, the species continues to warrant listing as Least Concern.

Population size: 1200000-1500000 mature individuals

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 7,460,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
Realm - Palearctic
Realm - Antarctic
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine