Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bcd+4bcd

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Near Threatened as it almost meets the requirements for listing as threatened under criteria A2bcd+4bcd. It has an extremely large range within which global declines of 10-29% are suspected, largely in response to habitat loss and degradation, hunting and disturbance, but perhaps also other as-yet-unidentified threats associated with climate change.

Population size: 2000000-3000000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 17,800,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
USFWS - Bird of Conservation Concern
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
Realm - Oceanian
Realm - Palearctic
Realm - Antarctic
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine