PRISM surveys in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska between 2002/2004 and 2019/2022 showed a decrease (2002/2004: 6,848, SE=3,190; 2019/2022: 3,190, SE = 1,493). A similar survey in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area in north central Alaska showed a slight increase in number of individuals detected in 2007/2008 (141) compared to 2023 (153). We plan to do another year of surveys in this area before generating population estimates that can be used to evaluate population-level wide change in this location. (S. Brown and R. Lanctot, unpubl data).
Long-billed Dowitchers tracked from Alaska use the midcontinent for southward migration (Kwon and Kempenaers 2023) so not sure if trends in Smith et al. (2023) are very reflective of at least this population of birds.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 3 May 2024. We will now analyse and interpret all information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 3 May 2024, when discussions will re-open.
Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2024 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 13 May 2024, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2024 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
Occasional reports of misidentification/accidental mortality by snipe hunters along Gulf Coast of N. America, total numbers taken not known.
PRISM surveys in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska between 2002/2004 and 2019/2022 showed a decrease (2002/2004: 6,848, SE=3,190; 2019/2022: 3,190, SE = 1,493). A similar survey in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area in north central Alaska showed a slight increase in number of individuals detected in 2007/2008 (141) compared to 2023 (153). We plan to do another year of surveys in this area before generating population estimates that can be used to evaluate population-level wide change in this location. (S. Brown and R. Lanctot, unpubl data).
Long-billed Dowitchers tracked from Alaska use the midcontinent for southward migration (Kwon and Kempenaers 2023) so not sure if trends in Smith et al. (2023) are very reflective of at least this population of birds.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 3 May 2024. We will now analyse and interpret all information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 3 May 2024, when discussions will re-open.
Preliminary proposal
Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2024 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 13 May 2024, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2024 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.