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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#.
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 Perrins, C.M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Cramp, S.; Perrins, C. M. 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. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2013	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	full migrant	Forest dependency	Medium
Land mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	54,400,000	medium
Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2)	82,000,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Fragmentation		-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	2200000-3300000	poor	estimated	2012
Population trend	Stable		suspected	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Largest subpopulations		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	7.2	-	-	-

Population justification: The European population is estimated at 403,000-582,000 pairs, which equates to 805,000-1,160,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). Europe forms approximately 36% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 2,240,000-3,220,000 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is needed. It is placed in the band 2,200,000 to 3,300,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats. In Europe, trends since 1980 have been stable, based on provisional data for 21 countries from the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (EBCC/RSPB/BirdLife/Statistics Netherlands; P. Vorisek in litt. 2008). BirdLife International (2015) estimated the European population size as stable, whilst populations within the EU27 were estimated to be decreasing by less than 25% in 21.6 years (three generations).

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Afghanistan	N	Extant		Yes
Albania	N	Extant		Yes
Algeria	N	Extant
Andorra	N	Extant	Yes
Armenia	N	Extant		Yes
Austria	N	Extant	Yes
Azerbaijan	N	Extant	Yes
Bahrain	N	Extant			Yes	Yes
Bangladesh	N	Extant
Belarus	N	Extant	Yes
Belgium	N	Extant	Yes
Bhutan	N	Extant		Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	N	Extant		Yes
Brunei	V	Extant
Bulgaria	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
Chad	V	Extant
China (mainland)	N	Extant		Yes
Croatia	N	Extant	Yes
Cyprus	N	Extant	Yes
Czechia	N	Extant	Yes
Denmark	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
Djibouti	N	Extant
Egypt	N	Extant
Estonia	N	Extant	Yes
Ethiopia	N	Extant
Faroe Islands (to Denmark)	V	Extant
Finland	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
France	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
Gambia	V	Extant
Georgia	N	Extant		Yes		Yes
Germany	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
Gibraltar (to UK)	N	Extant
Greece	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
Hong Kong (China)	N	Extant
Hungary	N	Extant	Yes
Iceland	V	Extant
India	N	Extant		Yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of	N	Extant	Yes
Iraq	N	Extant			Yes	Yes
Ireland	N	Extant	Yes
Israel	N	Extant		Yes
Italy	N	Extant	Yes
Japan	N	Extant		Yes
Jordan	N	Extant			Yes	Yes
Kazakhstan	N	Extant		Yes
Kenya	N	Extant
Kuwait	N	Extant			Yes	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	N	Extant		Yes
Laos	N	Extant
Latvia	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
Lebanon	N	Extant			Yes	Yes
Libya	N	Extant
Liechtenstein	N	Extant	Yes
Lithuania	N	Extant	Yes
Luxembourg	N	Extant	Yes
Macao (China)	N	Extant
Malaysia	V	Extant
Mali	V	Extant
Malta	N	Extant
Mauritania	N	Extant
Moldova	N	Extant	Yes
Monaco	N	Extant		Yes
Mongolia	N	Extant		Yes
Montenegro	N	Extant		Yes
Morocco	N	Extant
Myanmar	N	Extant
Nepal	N	Extant		Yes
Netherlands	N	Extant	Yes
Niger	N	Extant
North Korea	N	Extant		Yes
North Macedonia	N	Extant	Yes
Norway	N	Extant		Yes
Oman	N	Extant			Yes	Yes
Pakistan	N	Extant		Yes
Palestinian Authority Territories	N	Extant			Yes
Poland	N	Extant	Yes
Portugal	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
Qatar	N	Extant			Yes
Romania	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
Russia	N	Extant		Yes		Yes
Russia (Asian)	N	Extant		Yes
Russia (Central Asian)	N	Extant		Yes
Russia (European)	N	Extant		Yes		Yes
San Marino	N	Extant
Saudi Arabia	N	Extant			Yes	Yes
Serbia	N	Extant		Yes
Slovakia	N	Extant	Yes
Slovenia	N	Extant	Yes
Somalia	V	Extant
South Africa	V	Extant
South Korea	N	Extant		Yes
Spain	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
Sri Lanka	V	Extant			Yes
Sudan	N	Extant			Yes
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)	V	Extant
Sweden	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
Switzerland	N	Extant	Yes
Syria	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
Taiwan, China	N	Extant
Tajikistan	N	Extant		Yes
Tanzania	N	Extant
Thailand	N	Extant
Tunisia	N	Extant
Turkey	N	Extant	Yes
Turkmenistan	N	Extant			Yes
Ukraine	N	Extant	Yes			Yes
United Arab Emirates	N	Extant			Yes	Yes
United Kingdom	N	Extant	Yes
Uzbekistan	N	Extant
Vietnam	N	Extant
Western Sahara	V	Extant
Yemen	N	Extant			Yes	Yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Portugal	Laurissilva
Portugal	Maciço Montanhoso Oriental
Portugal	Ponta do Pargo
Portugal	South-west coast of Portugal
Spain	El Canal y Los Tiles laurel forest
Spain	Garajonay National Park
Spain	La Palma laurel forest
Spain	Mountain of Agua, gully of Los Cochinos and gully of Cuevas Negras
Spain	Santa Trsula and La Victoria laurel forest

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	breeding
Forest	Boreal	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Forest	Temperate	suitable	non-breeding
Savanna	Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Boreal	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 4500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Wood & pulp plantations - Agro-industry plantations	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Persecution/control	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Unintentional effects (species is not the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Energy production & mining	Renewable energy	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Pollution	Agricultural & forestry effluents - Herbicides and pesticides	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-	-	International	Non-trivial	Recent
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	-	-	-		Non-trivial	Recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Species factsheet: Accipiter nisus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/01/2020. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2020) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/01/2020.