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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	B2ab(iii)
2012	Near Threatened	B2ab(iii)
2008	Near Threatened	B2a+b(iii)
2007	Near Threatened
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	6,060,000 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	604,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	10000-19999 mature individuals	good	estimated	2007
Population trend	stable	medium	estimated	-
Generation length	4.4 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: Wetlands International (2021) estimated the total population in southern Africa to number between 11,000-16,000 individuals, and the population in eastern African to number 6,500 individuals. The global population estimate is therefore 17,500-22,500 total individuals, roughly equating to 11,500-14,900 mature individuals, and placed here in the band 10,000-19,999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population in eastern Africa is believed to be stable or increasing based on data from 1995-2015 (Wetlands International 2021). The larger southern African population showed an increase between 1995-2017, but this may in part be due to improved counts (Wetlands International 2021). The short-term trend of this population between 2008-2017 is more uncertain (Wetlands International 2021). Therefore, the population is currently estimated to be stable, until more definitive evidence for the possible increase is shown.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native	yes
Botswana	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Namibia	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	vagrant	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Botswana	Makgadikgadi Pans
Namibia	Etosha National Park
Namibia	Sandwich Harbour
Namibia	Walvis Bay
South Africa	Grasslands
Tanzania	Lake Manyara

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Salt Exploitation Sites	suitable	breeding
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes	suitable	resident
Marine Neritic	Estuaries	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Marshes/Pools	major	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Lakes and Flats	major	breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Human intrusions & disturbance	Recreational activities	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species disturbance
Natural system modifications	Dams & water management/use - Abstraction of surface water (commercial use)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Natural system modifications	Other ecosystem modifications	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Pollution	Agricultural & forestry effluents - Soil erosion, sedimentation	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Pollution	Industrial & military effluents - Type Unknown/Unrecorded	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/chestnut-banded-plover-charadrius-pallidus on 26/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/12/2024.