Family: Charadriidae (Plovers)

Authority: Ord, 1824

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a small population which has declined significantly since the 1950s. However, there have been overall population increases since 1991 as a result of intensive conservation management, so the species is listed as Near Threatened. It is still dependent on intensive conservation efforts, so if these cease, or if trends reverse, then it would warrant immediate uplisting again.

Population size: 8000

Population trend: Increasing

Distribution size (breeding/resident): 6,160,000 km²

Country endemic: No

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Freshwater biome
IUCN Ecosystem -- Marine biome