Charadrius asiaticus
– Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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AVES
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Order:
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CHARADRIIFORMES
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Family:
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CHARADRIIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Charadrius asiaticus
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Species Authority:
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Pallas, 1773
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Common Name/s:
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CASPIAN PLOVER (Eng)
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LC ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2004
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Assessor/s:
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BirdLife International
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Evaluator/s:
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Ekstrom, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 100,000–1,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 40,000–55,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2002). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 1994 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 100,000-1,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 40,000-55,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2002). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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Countries:
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Native:
Angola; Bahrain; Botswana; Brunei Darussalam; Burundi; China; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; India; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Korea, Republic of; Kuwait; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Namibia; Oman; Qatar; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Turkmenistan; Uganda; United Arab Emirates; Uzbekistan; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Vagrant:
Australia; Bulgaria; Cameroon; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Cyprus; Djibouti; France; Gabon; Germany; Greece; Italy; Jordan; Lebanon; Maldives; Malta; Nigeria; Norway; Romania; Sierra Leone; Swaziland; Syrian Arab Republic; Turkey; United Kingdom
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Habitat and Ecology
