Charadrius ruficapillus
Summary 7
The Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus), also known as the Red-capped Dotterel, is a small plover. It breeds in Australia. The species is closely related to (and sometimes considered conspecific with) the Kentish Plover, Javan Plover and White-fronted Plover.
Range 8
Australia (except arid areas) and Tasmania.
Habitat and ecology 9
Systems
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
- Marine
Iucn red list assessment 10
Red List Category
LC
Least Concern
Red List Criteria
Version
3.1
Year Assessed
2012
Assessor/s
BirdLife International
Reviewer/s
Butchart, S. & Symes, A.
Contributor/s
Justification
This species has an extremely 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 very large, and hence 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.
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