Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Authority: (Gmelin, 1770)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cde+3cde+4cde

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Justification of Red List category
This species was previously thought to be undergoing a steep population decline in Europe, but more recently the European trend was re-assessed as stable. Trends are uncertain across the core of the breeding range in central Asia, however habitat loss and degradation is suspected to be causing slow, significant declines. The partly nomadic nature of the species and its fluctuating numbers make assessment of the overall trend problematic, but a moderately rapid decline continues to be suspected on a precautionary basis until better data are available from across the range, and consequently it remains categorised as Near Threatened.

Population size: 18000-30000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 10,900,000 km²

Country endemic: no

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