Family: Charadriidae (Plovers)

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2abce+3bce+4abce

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Justification of Red List category
This species is suspected to be decreasing at a moderately rapid rate.  It is therefore classified as Near Threatened.  Should new information suggest these declines are occurring more rapidly it would warrant uplisting; it almost meets the requirements for listing as threatened under criteria A2abce+3bce+4abce.

Population size:

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 31,900,000 km²

Country endemic: No

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome
IUCN Ecosystem -- Marine biome