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River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii



Family: Charadriidae (Plovers)

Authority: (Lesson, 1826)

Red List Category

Criteria: A3cde

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Justification of Red List category
This species has been uplisted to Near Threatened on the basis that it is expected to undergo a moderately rapid population decline over the next three generations owing to human pressures on riverine ecosystems and the construction of dams.

Population size: 10000-19999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 5,770,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/river-lapwing-vanellus-duvaucelii 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.