Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Authority: (Gmelin, 1789)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Near Threatened because its moderately small population is feared to be declining slowly, probably largely as a result of predation and hunting on its wintering grounds. The intensity of hunting has decreased considerably in recent years, and there are signs that the species is recovering in parts of its range.

Population size: 10000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 95,900 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
Realm - Oceanian
USFWS - Bird of Conservation Concern
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine