Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

Abstract

Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2024. Tringa flavipes is listed as Vulnerable under criteria A2bcd+3bcd+4bcd.


The Red List Assessment i

BirdLife International 2024. Tringa flavipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T22693235A208218115. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22693235A208218115.en. Accessed on 14 March 2025.

Last assessed

15 July 2024

Scope of assessment

Global

Population trend

Decreasing

Number of mature individuals

527000-7600000 (best estimate: 650000)

Habitat and ecology

Shrubland, Grassland, Wetlands (inland), Marine Coastal/Supratidal, Artificial/Aquatic & Marine

Geographic range

  • Extant (non-breeding)

  • Extant (breeding)

  • Extant (passage)

BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World 2024. Tringa flavipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2

Assessment Information

IUCN Red List Category and Criteria

Vulnerable   A2bcd+3bcd+4bcd

Date assessed

15 July 2024

Year published

2024

Assessment Information in detail

Geographic Range

Native

Extant (passage)

Bermuda; France; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; United States Minor Outlying Islands

Extant (resident)

Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba; Brazil; Canada; Cayman Islands; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Curaçao; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Martinique; Mexico; Montserrat; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Russian Federation; Saint Barthélemy; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States; Uruguay; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.

Extant & Vagrant

Australia; Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); Finland; France; Gambia; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Greenland; Hong Kong; Hungary; Iceland; Indonesia; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; Marshall Islands; Morocco; Netherlands; New Zealand; Nigeria; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Number of locations

Upper elevation limit

4,500 metres

Lower elevation limit

0 metres

Upper depth limit

Lower depth limit

Geographic Range in detail

Population

Current population trend

Decreasing

Number of mature individuals

527000-7600000 (best estimate: 650000)

Population severely fragmented

No

Continuing decline of mature individuals

Yes

Population in detail

Use and Trade

Food - human

Local: ✔
National: ✔
International: ✘
Use and Trade in detail

Conservation Actions

In-place research and monitoring

  • Action Recovery Plan : No
  • Systematic monitoring scheme : Yes

In-place land/water protection

  • Conservation sites identified : Yes, over entire range
  • Occurs in at least one protected area : Yes
  • Invasive species control or prevention : No

In-place species management

  • Harvest management plan : No
  • Successfully reintroduced or introduced benignly : No
  • Subject to ex-situ conservation : No

In-place education

  • Subject to recent education and awareness programmes : No
  • Included in international legislation : Yes
  • Subject to any international management / trade controls : No
Conservation Actions in detail

Bibliography

Red List Bibliography
Green Status Bibliography

External Data

CITES Legislation from Species+

Data source

The information below is from the Species+ website.

CITES Legislation from Species+ in detail

Ex situ data from Species360

Data source

The information below is from Species360's Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS).

Ex situ data from Species360 in detail

Studies and Actions from Conservation Evidence

Data source

The information below is from the Conservation Evidence website.

Studies and Actions from Conservation Evidence in detail