Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Authority: (Brehm, 1852)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2abcd+3bcd+4abcd

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Justification of Red List category
This species has been listed as Critically Endangered due to severe declines in parts of its range. Overall it is suspected to have undergone a very rapid decline owing to habitat loss and conversion to agro-pastoral systems, declines in wild ungulate populations, hunting for trade, persecution, electrocution and collision with powerlines and poisoning.

Population size: 22000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 14,200,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial
Raptors MOU