Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Authority: Sclater, 1856

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species, which has a small to moderately small population size, is classified as Near Threatened as there is evidence that hunting and the loss and degradation of its habitats are likely to be driving an ongoing but unquantified decline.

Population size: 2500-15000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,794,600 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial