Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Authority: Vieillot, 1817

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i,ii);D

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Justification of Red List category
There are very few recent confirmed records of this species and sightings have become more and more infrequent, presumably as a result of declines caused by habitat loss and exploitation. No regular breeding, passage or wintering population is known, and the number of remaining individuals must be tiny. For these reasons the species qualifies as Critically Endangered.

Population size: 1-49 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 303,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Palearctic
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine