Family: Elanidae (Kites)

Authority: Gould, 1842

Red List Category

Criteria: D1

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Near Threatened because the population size becomes moderately small at times of low habitat suitability, however estimates are based purely on frequency of encounter in a very large area with few observers and some modelling of habitat suitability.

Population size: 1000-2000, 1000-1500 mature individuals

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 255,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Realm - Oceanian
Land-mass type - Australia
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial