Family: Charadriidae (Plovers)

Authority: Townsend, 1837

Red List Category

Criteria: A2abcd+3bcd+4abcd

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Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Near Threatened due to an ongoing continuous decline resulting from habitat loss and degradation, a consequence of cultivation, urbanisation, over-grazing, and changes in native herbivore populations. Although it has experienced significant past population declines, the rate is currently close to, but does not meet the threshold required to list this species as Vulnerable. Such rates of decline are projected to continue into the future and as such, this species is listed as Near Threatened.

Population size: 20000

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,580,000 km²

Country endemic: No

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Nearctic
USFWS - Bird of Conservation Concern
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome