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Justification of Red List category
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (extent of occurrence <20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend is not known, but the population is not believed to be decreasing sufficiently rapidly to approach the thresholds under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is estimated to be small (<10,000 mature individuals), but because the population trend is unknown, it does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population justification
Boyle and Estrada (2005) estimated the global population to be c.250,000 birds. In a more recent and detailed appraisal combining published estimates, eBird data and coordinated counts organised by the Grupo de Conservación de Flamencos Andinos, Lesterhuis et al. (in prep.) estimated a population of 8,350 individuals, not all of which would have been mature, breeding birds. To account for uncertainty, the global population is estimated to be 4,000-7,000 mature individuals, assuming approximately 2/3 of the population estimated by Lesterhuis et al. (in prep.) are mature.

Trend justification
Trend unknown, but no acting threats have been identified.

Text account compilers
Berryman, A.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Puna Plover Charadrius alticola. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/puna-plover-charadrius-alticola on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.