Family: Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)

Authority: (Oberholser, 1917)

Red List Category

Criteria: D1

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a very small population size and range, being confined to the islands of Mahé (including some of its satellites), Silhouette, Île du Nord, Praslin (and some of its satellites) and La Digue. The quality of its habitat is declining due principally to introduced predators, but also due to land use change towards urban development and agricultural land, causing a reduction in breeding rate and success. Despite these threats, the species population size appears to have remained stable. Due to its small population size, however, it is categorised as Vulnerable.

Population size: 700-900 mature individuals

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 2,080 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial