Family: Burhinidae (Thick-knees)

Authority: (Vieillot, 1818)

Red List Category

Criteria: C1

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Near Threatened because it has a small population. If the population is found to be in decline it might qualify for uplisting to a higher threat category.

Population size: 4000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 29,800,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Land-mass type - continent
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Marine