Family: Ciconiidae (Storks)

Authority: (Blasius, 1896)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2c+3c+4c; C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This stork is listed as Endangered because it has a very small, fragmented population which is very rapidly declining, owing to destruction of lowland forest through logging, dam construction and conversion to oil-palm plantations.

Population size: 260-330 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 3,280,000 km²

Country endemic: no

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