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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#.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 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. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	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)	66,800,000
Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2)	63,300,000
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	500000-999999	poor	estimated	2009
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		-	-	-
Percentage in largest subpopulation		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	4.26	-	-	-

Population justification: Ferguson-Lees and Christie (2001) estimated the global population at around 1,000,000 individuals or 400,000 (minimum) breeding pairs which equates to 800,000 mature individuals. The European population is estimated at 50-210 pairs, which equates to 100-410 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). The Arabian population is estimated at 600 breeding pairs, equating to 1,200 mature individuals (Jennings 2010). It is placed in the band 500,000 to 999,999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats. In Europe the population size trend is unknown (BirdLife International 2015). Population size in some areas appears to be increasing, for example around Dubai (Campbell 2019).

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Afghanistan	N	Extant	Yes	Yes
Angola	N	Extant	Yes
Armenia	N	Extant	Yes
Azerbaijan	N	Extant	Yes
Bangladesh	N	Extant	Yes
Benin	N	Extant	Yes	Yes
Bhutan	N	Extant	Yes
Botswana	N	Extant	Yes
Burkina Faso	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Burundi	N	Extant	Yes
Cambodia	N	Extant	Yes
Cameroon	N	Extant	Yes
Central African Republic	N	Extant	Yes
Chad	N	Extant	Yes
China (mainland)	N	Extant		Yes
Congo	N	Extant	Yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	N	Extant	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	N	Extant	Yes	Yes
Djibouti	N	Extant	Yes
Eritrea	N	Extant	Yes
Eswatini	N	Extant	Yes
Ethiopia	N	Extant	Yes
Gambia	N	Extant	Yes
Ghana	N	Extant	Yes	Yes
Guinea	N	Extant	Yes	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	N	Extant	Yes
India	N	Extant	Yes
Indonesia	V	Extant
Iran, Islamic Republic of	N	Extant	Yes
Iraq	N	Extant			Yes
Israel	V	Extant
Kazakhstan	N	Extant		Yes
Kenya	N	Extant	Yes
Kuwait	N	Extant			Yes	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	N	Extant		Yes
Laos	N	Extant	Yes
Lesotho	V	Extant
Liberia	N	Extant		Yes
Malawi	N	Extant	Yes
Malaysia	V	Extant
Mali	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Mauritania	N	Extant			Yes
Mongolia	V	Extant
Mozambique	N	Extant	Yes
Myanmar	N	Extant	Yes
Namibia	N	Extant	Yes
Nepal	N	Extant	Yes
Niger	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Nigeria	N	Extant	Yes	Yes
Oman	N	Extant			Yes
Pakistan	N	Extant	Yes	Yes
Rwanda	N	Extant	Yes
Saudi Arabia	N	Extant	Yes
Senegal	N	Extant	Yes		Yes
Sierra Leone	N	Extant		Yes
Somalia	N	Extant	Yes
South Africa	N	Extant	Yes
South Sudan	N	Extant	Yes
Sri Lanka	N	Extant	Yes
Sudan	N	Extant	Yes
Tajikistan	N	Extant		Yes
Tanzania	N	Extant	Yes
Thailand	N	Extant	Yes
Togo	N	Extant	Yes	Yes
Turkey	V	Extant
Turkmenistan	N	Extant	Yes	Yes
Uganda	N	Extant	Yes
United Arab Emirates	U	Extant
Uzbekistan	N	Extant		Yes
Vietnam	N	Extant		Yes
Yemen	N	Extant	Yes
Zambia	N	Extant	Yes
Zimbabwe	N	Extant	Yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Iraq	Samara Wetlands
Kazakhstan	Zheltoranga
Afghanistan	Hari Rud valley
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Touran
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Lotfatabad and Darregaz area
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Hari Rud valley near Sarrakhs
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Khouran Straits
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Rud-i-Shur, Rud-i-Shirin and Rud-i-Minab deltas
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Khor Jask
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Rud-i-Jagin and Rud-i-Gabrik deltas
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Bahu Kalat (Gandu) Protected Area
Turkmenistan	Gurykhovudan
Turkmenistan	Repetek
Kazakhstan	Topar Lake System
Saudi Arabia	Raydah escarpment
Kazakhstan	Chokpak Pass
Yemen	Jabal Bura
Kazakhstan	Ili River Delta
Kazakhstan	Sorbulak Lake System

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 3000 m

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Natural system modifications	Fire & fire suppression - Increase in fire frequency/intensity	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Pollution	Agricultural & forestry effluents - Herbicides and pesticides	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Accipiter badius. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/03/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/03/2023.