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Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	28,900,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	29,700,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	7.8 years	-	-	-

Trend justification: The overall trend is decreasing, although some populations may be stable (Wetlands International 2006).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Algeria	extant	vagrant			yes
Angola	extant	native	yes
Austria	extant	introduced	yes
Belgium	extant	introduced		yes
Benin	extant	vagrant			yes
Botswana	extant	native	yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native	yes
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Chad	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	vagrant			yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	vagrant			yes
Cyprus	extant	vagrant			yes
Denmark	extant	introduced		yes
Djibouti	extant	native	yes
Egypt	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Eritrea	extant	native	yes
Eswatini	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
France	extant	vagrant			yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	vagrant			yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
Hungary	extant	vagrant			yes
Israel	extinct	native		yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Lesotho	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native	yes
Malta	extant	vagrant			yes
Mauritania	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Namibia	extant	native	yes
Netherlands	extant	introduced		yes
Niger	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Oman	extant	vagrant			yes
Qatar	extant	uncertain
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Senegal	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native		yes
Spain	extant	vagrant			yes
Sudan	extant	native
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	vagrant			yes
Tunisia	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	introduced	yes
United Kingdom	extant	introduced	yes
Zambia	extant	native		yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
South Africa	Kamfers Dam
Zambia	Kafue Flats
Senegal	Djoudj wetlands
Senegal	Ndiaël basin (including the Trois Marigots)
Mauritania	Diawling National Park
South Africa	Upper Orange River

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 4000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Food - human	-	-			non-trivial	recent
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-		international	non-trivial	recent
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	-	-			non-trivial	recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Alopochen aegyptiaca. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/egyptian-goose-alopochen-aegyptiaca on 10/12/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 10/12/2023.