Family: Gruidae (Cranes)

Authority: (Bennett, 1834)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bcd+4bcd

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Justification of Red List category
This species faces important threats, particularly habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation, disturbance from human activities, and the illegal removal of birds and eggs from the wild for domestication and/or illegal trade. These have caused very rapid reductions since at least the mid-1980s which, due to the long generation length of the species, remain relevant for the past three generations and this period into the near future, continuing to qualify the species as Endangered. Due in part to conservation measures, recent increases in Rwanda, Zambia and Uganda may help to reverse the overall ongoing trend in the future, and provide hope for future improvement in the species' status.

Population size: 20100-24600 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 6,070,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial