Heavy predation on the breeding grounds by Arctic Foxes and the loss of staging sties at Yellow Sea are the main causes for the rapid decline.

• 由于在黄海一带迁徙栖息地的丧失以及在繁殖地被北极狐大量捕食，勺嘴鹬的数量近年剧降至近400对，并已被列为濒危物种。