Family: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red List Category

Criteria: A4bcd

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Justification of Red List category
This well-known species is listed as Endangered because of a suite of threats affecting it on the breeding and non-breeding grounds. In particular, on the breeding grounds it is impacted by disturbance and climate change induced droughts, and potentially other factors that render breeding productivity low. An increasing majority of this species' global population now winters at Poyang Lake, where birds are subject to a range of threats, including ongoing hydrological issues caused by the Three Gorges Dam, sand mining and climate change. Here, pollution is also believed to have had impacts on the species' ability to feed and the increasing congregation of birds here is a potential disease risk.

Population size: 36000-43500 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 3,940,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine