Common Ringed Plover
(Charadrius hiaticula)

Overview

Summary

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The Common Ringed Plover breeds widely across northern Eurasia. In Canada, it is restricted to the eastern edge of the central and high Arctic, especially on Baffin and Ellesmere Islands. Across much of its range, the species is believed to have decreased relative to about 1970, but there is no information on its status in Canada specifically. Common Ringed Plovers face a variety of threats during migration and in winter but the small population in Canada is far removed from most anthropogenic threats during the breeding season. This species has been identified as a priority for conservation and/or stewardship in one or more Bird Conservation Region Strategies in Canada.

Designations

Population status

Population estimate

Distribution maps

• BirdLife International / NatureServe

Migration strategy, occurrence

Responsibility for conservation of world population

Conservation and management

The Common Ringed Plover is threatened by oil pollution, habitat loss and degradation at key migratory staging sites in Europe (BirdLife International 2011). It is not likely that it faces significant, current threats on its remote breeding grounds in Canada. Range-wide surveys on the breeding grounds currently underway will improve our understanding of population status in the future.

Bird conservation region strategies

Environment and Climate Change Canada and partners have developed Bird Conservation Region Strategies in each of Canada’s Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs). In these strategies, selected species are identified as priorities for one or more of the following reasons:

• conservation concerns (i.e., species vulnerable due to population size, distribution, population trend, abundance, or threats)
• stewardship responsibilities (i.e., species that typify the regional avifauna or have a large proportion of their range or population in the sub-region)
• management concerns (i.e., species that require ongoing management because of their socio-economic importance as game species, or because of their impacts on other species or habitats)
• other concerns (i.e., species deemed a priority by regional experts for other reasons than those listed above or because they are listed as species at risk or concern at the provincial level)

Select any of the sub-regions below to view the BCR strategy for additional details.

References

• BirdLife International. 2011. Species factsheet: Charadrius hiaticula. BirdLife International. 2011. Species factsheet: Charadrius hiaticula. (Link)
• Wetlands International. 2006. Waterbird population estimates: fourth edition. Wetlands International, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Wetlands International. 2006. Waterbird population estimates: fourth edition. Wetlands International, Wageningen, The Netherlands. (Link)