Family: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bcd+3bcd+4bcd

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Vulnerable because it has suffered a rapid population reduction in its key breeding populations in Russia, and equivalent declines are predicted to continue. The Fennoscandian population has undergone a severe historical decline, and has not yet recovered.

Population size: 16000-27000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 7,060,000 km²

Country endemic: no

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