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Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus



Family: Ciconiidae (Storks)

Authority: (Horsfield, 1821)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cd+3cd+4cd

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Justification of Red List category
This stork is listed as Vulnerable because its population is suspected to be rapidly declining as a result of a variety of threats including hunting pressure, loss of nesting habitat, conversion and degradation of wetlands and agricultural changes and intensification. Conservation action is benefiting one key population in Cambodia, but rapid declines are likely to be ongoing elsewhere across the range.



Population size: 5500-10000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 11,300,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Freshwater biome
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome
IUCN Ecosystem -- Marine biome

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Leptoptilos javanicus. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lesser-adjutant-leptoptilos-javanicus on 05/12/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 05/12/2023.