Long-billed Plover (Charadrius placidus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus

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Taxonomy

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. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

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/Near Threatened
1988	Near Threatened

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	63 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	7,000,000 km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	7,630,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	670-17000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5.2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number c.1,000-25,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2006), roughly equivalent to 670-17,000 mature individuals. National population estimates include: c.100-10,000 breeding pairs, c.50-1,000 individuals on migration and c.50-1,000 wintering individuals in China; c.100-10,000 breeding pairs in Korea; c.100-10,000 breeding pairs in Japan and c.100-10,000 breeding pairs and c.50-1,000 individuals on migration in Russia (Brazil 2009).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction (del Hoyo et al. 1996).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bangladesh	extant	vagrant			yes
Bhutan	extant	native			yes
Brunei	extant	vagrant			yes
Cambodia	extant	uncertain
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
Hong Kong (China)	extant	vagrant			yes
India	extant	native			yes
Indonesia	extant	vagrant			yes
Japan	extant	native	yes
Laos	extant	native			yes
Malaysia	extant	native			yes
Mongolia	extant	native			yes
Myanmar	extant	native			yes
Nepal	extant	native
North Korea	extant	native	yes			yes
Russia	extant	native		yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native		yes
South Korea	extant	native			yes
Sri Lanka	extant	vagrant			yes
Taiwan, China	extant	vagrant			yes
Thailand	extant	native
Vietnam	extant	native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Japan	Hachirogata
North Korea	Chongdan field
North Korea	Ongjin Bay
Russia (Asian)	Kievka and Chernaya river basins
Russia (Asian)	Middle reaches of the Iman river

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Mud Flats and Salt Flats	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	major	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	major	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	major	non-breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/long-billed-plover-charadrius-placidus on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.