Family: Acrocephalidae (Reed-warblers)
Authority: (Hartlaub, 1891)
Red List Category
Criteria: A3c
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Justification of Red List categoryThis species was estimated to have undergone a very rapid decline in the past owing to drainage of its breeding habitat, and corroborated by numbers caught at a ringing site during migration. The population is suspected to have stabilised, but current water management has led to a decrease in its breeding habitat again, in combination with a series of recent droughts; and, additionally, there is uncertainty over future water management. This suggests that the population may rapidly go into decline in the future again. Therefore, this species is listed as Endangered.
Population size:
1500-7000
Population trend:
Stable
Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident):
438,000 km
2
Country endemic:
No
Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Freshwater biome
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome
AEMLAP 2014