Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Authority: (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bcd+4bcd

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Justification of Red List category
Recent monitoring data have shown that this widely distributed species has probably declined by 30-49% over the past three generations (15 years). The exact causes of declines are unknown, but are likely to include habitat loss and degradation (particularly on stopover and wintering grounds) and climate change impacts (particularly affecting breeding productivity), as well as disturbance and hunting.

Population size: 420000-960000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 3,000,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
Realm - Oceanian
Realm - Palearctic
Realm - Antarctic
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine