Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Authority: (Gmelin, 1789)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a relatively large geographic range size (Extent of Occurrence >2 million km² in both the breeding and non-breeding seasons), and so does not approach Criterion B thresholds. Although it has a relatively small estimated population size (18,000 mature individuals; Partners in Flight 2023), this does not approach Criteria C or D thresholds. Regarding its population trend over three generations (c. 17 years), data from the Christmas Bird Count (Meehan et al. 2022) indicate a decline of c. 45%, but as only a very small proportion of the species' wintering range is covered by the CBC, this is not considered representative (B. Andres in litt. to Partners in Flight 2020). Similarly, while the Breeding Bird Survey (Ziolkowski et al. 2022) suggests that the population remained broadly stable overall, only some parts of the species' range are well covered by the BBS (A. Shaw in litt. to Partners in Flight 2023). Consequently, the species' trend is currently best described as unknown (Partners in Flight 2023). In the absence of convincing evidence that it is declining at a rate approaching Criterion A thresholds, the species continues to warrant listing as Least Concern.

Population size: 18000 mature individuals

Population trend: unknown

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 2,450,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
Realm - Oceanian
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Marine