Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Authority: (Gmelin, 1788)

Red List Category:

Criteria: A2abce+4abce
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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Critically Endangered because it has suffered an extremely rapid population decline of >99% over three generations, primarily as a result of feeding on carcasses of animals treated with the veterinary drug diclofenac.

BirdLife Species Guardian: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN)

Population size: 4000-6000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 7,370,000 km²

Country endemic: no

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