Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) - BirdLife species factsheet

Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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.
Turbott, E.G. 1990. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	40,400,000 km²	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	88,900,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2012
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5.1 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number c.415,000-1,400,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2015). National population sizes have been estimated at < c.1,000 individuals on migration and < c.1,000 wintering individuals in Japan and c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs and c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration in Russia (Brazil 2009). The European population is estimated at 140,000-213,000 pairs, which equates to 280,000-426,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015).

Trend justification: The overall population trend is decreasing, although some populations have fluctuating trends (Wetlands International 2015). At the European level the population is unknown however at the EU level the population trend is decreasing (BirdLife International 2015).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native				yes
Albania	extant	native			yes
Algeria	extant	native
Angola	extant	native
Armenia	extant	native
Australia	extant	vagrant
Austria	extant	native
Azerbaijan	extant	native			yes	yes
Bahrain	extant	native			yes	yes
Bangladesh	extant	vagrant
Barbados	extant	vagrant
Belarus	extant	native		yes
Belgium	extant	native	yes
Benin	extant	native
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	native
Botswana	extant	native
British Indian Ocean Territory	extant	native
Brunei	extant	vagrant
Bulgaria	extant	native			yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native
Burundi	extant	native
Cameroon	extant	native
Canada	extant	native
Cape Verde	extant	native
Central African Republic	extant	native
Chad	extant	native
China (mainland)	extant	vagrant
Comoros	extant	native
Congo	extant	native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native
Croatia	extant	native
Cyprus	extant	native			yes
Czechia	extant	native		yes
Denmark	extant	native	yes			yes
Djibouti	extant	native
Egypt	extant	native
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native
Eritrea	extant	native
Estonia	extant	native		yes		yes
Eswatini	extant	native
Ethiopia	extant	native
Faroe Islands (to Denmark)	extant	native	yes
Finland	extant	native		yes		yes
France	extant	native	yes			yes
Gabon	extant	native
Gambia	extant	native
Germany	extant	native	yes			yes
Ghana	extant	native
Gibraltar (to UK)	extant	native
Greece	extant	native			yes	yes
Greenland (to Denmark)	extant	native		yes
Guam (to USA)	extant	native			yes
Guinea	extant	native
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native
Hong Kong (China)	extant	vagrant
Hungary	extant	native
Iceland	extant	native		yes		yes
India	extant	native
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native			yes	yes
Iraq	extant	native			yes	yes
Ireland	extant	native	yes
Israel	extant	native
Italy	extant	native			yes	yes
Japan	extant	vagrant
Jordan	extant	native			yes	yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native
Kenya	extant	native
Kuwait	extant	native			yes	yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native				yes
Latvia	extant	native		yes
Lebanon	extant	native			yes	yes
Lesotho	extant	vagrant
Liberia	extant	native
Libya	extant	native
Liechtenstein	extant	vagrant
Lithuania	extant	native		yes
Luxembourg	extant	native
Madagascar	extant	native
Malawi	extant	native
Malaysia	extant	vagrant
Maldives	extant	native
Mali	extant	native
Malta	extant	native
Mauritania	extant	native
Mauritius	extant	native
Mayotte (to France)	extant	native
Micronesia, Federated States of	extant	uncertain
Mongolia	extant	vagrant
Montenegro	extant	native
Morocco	extant	native
Mozambique	extant	native
Myanmar	extant	vagrant
Namibia	extant	native
Netherlands	extant	native	yes
New Zealand	extant	vagrant
Niger	extant	native
Nigeria	extant	native
North Korea	extant	vagrant
North Macedonia	extant	native			yes
Northern Mariana Islands (to USA)	extant	native			yes
Norway	extant	native		yes		yes
Oman	extant	native			yes	yes
Pakistan	extant	native
Palau	extant	native			yes
Palestine	extant	native			yes	yes
Philippines	extant	vagrant
Poland	extant	native		yes		yes
Portugal	extant	native			yes
Qatar	extant	native			yes	yes
Réunion (to France)	extant	native
Romania	extant	native				yes
Russia	extant	native		yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (European)	extant	native		yes
Rwanda	extant	native
Saudi Arabia	extant	native			yes	yes
Senegal	extant	native
Serbia	extant	native
Seychelles	extant	native
Sierra Leone	extant	native
Singapore	extant	vagrant
Slovakia	extant	native
Slovenia	extant	native
Somalia	extant	native
South Africa	extant	native
South Sudan	extant	native			yes
Spain	extant	native			yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native
St Helena (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Sudan	extant	native
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)	extant	native		yes
Sweden	extant	native		yes		yes
Switzerland	extant	native
Syria	extant	native			yes	yes
Taiwan, China	extant	vagrant
Tanzania	extant	native
Thailand	extant	vagrant
Togo	extant	native
Trinidad and Tobago	extant	vagrant
Tunisia	extant	native			yes
Türkiye	extant	native			yes
Turkmenistan	extant	native				yes
Uganda	extant	native
Ukraine	extant	native		yes		yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native			yes	yes
United Kingdom	extant	native	yes			yes
USA	extant	native		yes
Western Sahara	extant	native
Yemen	extant	native			yes	yes
Zambia	extant	native
Zimbabwe	extant	native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Finland	Lemmenjoki-Hammastunturi-Pulju
Finland	Northern Kaldoaivi wilderness
Finland	Pöyrisjärvi wilderness
France	Baie de Goulven
France	Baie des Veys et Marais du Cotentin
France	Baie du Mont Saint Michel et Ile des Landes
France	Bassin d'Arcachon et Banc d'Arguin
France	Camargue
France	Cap Gris-nez
Germany	Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park
Germany	Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park (includes the Halligs, Kniepsand/Amrum, Lister Koog, Rantumbecken, Rickelsb
Ghana	Keta Lagoon Ramsar Site
Ghana	Songor Ramsar Site
Guinea-Bissau	Arquipélago dos Bijagós
Guinea-Bissau	Rio Mansôa and Gêba estuary
Guinea-Bissau	Rio Tombali, Rio Cumbijã and Ilha de Melo
Kenya	Lake Turkana
Mali	Lac Débo - Lac Oualado Débo
Mauritania	Banc d'Arguin National Park
Morocco	Baie d'Ad Dakhla
Netherlands	Delta Coast
Netherlands	Grevelingen
Netherlands	Ketelmeer & Vossemeer
Netherlands	Oosterschelde
Netherlands	Oostvoornse Meer
Netherlands	Wadden Sea
Netherlands	Westerschelde & Saeftinghe
Portugal	Ria de Aveiro
Portugal	Ria Formosa (Faro lagoon)
Senegal	Delta du Saloum
Spain	Isla Cristina and Ayamonte marshes and Prado lagoon
Sweden	Coastal area of Eastern Gotland
Tunisia	Îles Kneiss
Ukraine	Syvash Bay
United Kingdom	Benfleet and Southend Marshes
United Kingdom	Chichester and Langstone Harbours
United Kingdom	Hamford Water
United Kingdom	Humber Estuary
United Kingdom	Mersey Estuary
United Kingdom	Mid-Essex Coast
United Kingdom	Morecambe Bay
United Kingdom	North Norfolk Coast
United Kingdom	Ribble and Alt Estuaries
United Kingdom	Severn Estuary
United Kingdom	South Down Coast
United Kingdom	Stour and Orwell Estuaries
United Kingdom	Thames Estuary and Marshes
United Kingdom	Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay
United Kingdom	The Swale
United Kingdom	The Wash
United Kingdom	Uists Machairs, Lochs and Coast

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes	suitable	breeding
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Freshwater Lakes	suitable	breeding
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Freshwater Lakes	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Mud Flats and Salt Flats	suitable	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Mud Flats and Salt Flats	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Rocky Shoreline	suitable	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Rocky Shoreline	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)	suitable	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc	suitable	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches	suitable	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Tidepools	suitable	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Tidepools	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Estuaries	suitable	breeding
Marine Neritic	Estuaries	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Climate change & severe weather

Habitat shifting & alteration

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Future

Whole (>90%)

Unknown

Stresses
Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/common-ringed-plover-charadrius-hiaticula on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.