Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Authority: (Daudin, 1800)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2acde+3cde+4acde

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Endangered because it is suspected to have undergone very rapid declines during the past three generations (46 years) owing to deliberate and incidental poisoning, pesticides and nest disturbance; threats that are likely to continue this trend into the future.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 23,500,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Terrestrial