Family: Glareolidae (Coursers, Pratincoles)

Authority: Verreaux, 1833

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Near Threatened because its population is suspected to be small and undergoing a continuing decline, owing to pressures on its wetland habitats.

Population size: 3300-6700 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 691,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
Land-mass type - shelf island
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine