Family: Acrocephalidae (Reed-warblers)

Authority: (Vieillot, 1817)

Red List Category

Criteria: B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)

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Justification of Red List category
The population is restricted to a small core breeding area within Europe, with 99% population found at sites in Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. A significant proportion of the breeding habitat could be rapidly affected by droughts, fires, or floods, and the species is assessed as having fewer than 10 locations for these threats. A population decline is ongoing due to habitat degradation, even in areas subject to extensive conservation efforts; outside the core range, rapid declines continue and further national extinctions are also likely. The small breeding range, few locations and continuing decline mean that Aquatic Warbler is assessed as Vulnerable.

Population size: 18000-29000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 580,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Freshwater biome
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome
AEMLAP  2014