Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Authority: (Vigors, 1829)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category

Although this species has a relatively small breeding range size (extent of occurrence c. 600,000 km²), this still far exceeds Criterion B thresholds. It also has a relatively large estimated population size (95,000 mature individuals; Partners in Flight 2023), and so does not approach Criteria C or D thresholds. Considering its population trend over three generations (c. 19.5 years), multiple data sources indicate that it has remained stable or fluctuated around its long-term average, including the Christmas Bird Count (Meehan et al. 2022), Migratory Shorebird Project (unpublished data), Partners in Flight (2023) and eBird (Fink et al. 2023). As there is no evidence that the population is declining at a rate approaching Criterion A thresholds, the species continues to warrant listing as Least Concern.

Population size: 95000 mature individuals

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 636,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
USFWS - Bird of Conservation Concern
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine