Family: Charadriidae (Plovers)

Authority: (Lesson, 1826)

Red List Category

Criteria: A3cde

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Justification of Red List category
This species has been uplisted to Near Threatened on the basis that it is expected to undergo a moderately rapid population decline over the next three generations owing to human pressures on riverine ecosystems and the construction of dams.

Population size: 10000-19999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 5,770,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Freshwater biome
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome