Family: Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)
Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)
Red List Category
Criteria: D
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Justification of Red List categoryThis species underwent a long-term historical decline. In Syria its population has declined dramatically over the past 30 years and is probably now extinct as a breeding population. At least 95% of truly wild birds are now concentrated in one subpopulation in Morocco. Numbers have increased owing to management actions and consequent improved breeding success, and potential new colonies have been discovered. Despite these increases the population size is still very small, and so the species is listed as Endangered.
BirdLife Species Champion:
HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and ZEISS
BirdLife Species Guardian:
General Commission for Al Badia Management and Development (Syria)
Population size:
200-249 mature individuals
Population trend:
stable
Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident):
203,000 km
2
Country endemic:
no
Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome