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Taxonomic source(s)
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	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,070,000 km2
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	9,240,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	268000-667000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2010
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	2009-2023
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	11-20%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	11-20%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	11-20%	-	-	-
Generation length	4.72 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: In Taiwan, China, weather radar has been used to estimate the numbers of the species passing over during spring migration. A maximum of 409,000 individuals were estimated in 2004 (Chen et al. 2004) with at least 225,935 individuals over in just 5 April days (Sun et al. 2010). Germi et al. (2009) estimated that at least 350,000 Chinese Sparrowhawk migrate to eastern Indonesia, counting 225,067 between 20 September and 30 November 2007. These totals represent the best estimates of the total population size, which is therefore estimated at between 400,000-1,000,000 individuals. Assuming that two-thirds are mature, this represents 268,000-667,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: In South Korea, Kim et al. (2021) find that modelled occupancy based on robust survey has reduced by 11% (95% confidence interval -1 to -20%) between 1997-2005 and 2013-2017. In the absence of further trend estimates, this rate is suspected to apply to the population overall. Using the mid-point of the survey periods, the equivalent three-generation population reduction (assuming an exponential decline) is 11.2% (1-21%).  The population size is suspected to reduce at a faster rate than the occupancy, which only reduces when the last pair is lost from a surveyed unit. The best estimate of occupancy loss is set as the minimum suspected rate of population reduction, with the upper 95% confidence interval set as the upper suspected rate of reduction. Hence the past population reduction is suspected to have been 11-20% over the past three generations, and this rate is suspected to continue in the absence of .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Brunei	extant	native			yes
Cambodia	extant	native				yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes	yes	yes	yes
Guam (to USA)	extant	native				yes
Hong Kong (China)	extant	native	yes
Indonesia	extant	native			yes
Japan	extant	native				yes
Laos	extant	native				yes
Malaysia	extant	native			yes	yes
Micronesia, Federated States of	extant	native			yes
Myanmar	extant	native				yes
North Korea	extant	native		yes
Northern Mariana Islands (to USA)	extant	native				yes
Palau	extant	native				yes
Papua New Guinea	extant	vagrant			yes
Philippines	extant	native			yes
Russia	extant	native		yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native		yes
Singapore	extant	native				yes
South Korea	extant	native		yes		yes
Taiwan, China	extant	native			yes	yes
Thailand	extant	native				yes
Timor-Leste	extant	native			yes	yes
Vietnam	extant	native		yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Shifting agriculture	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem conversion
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 disturbance, Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Residential & commercial development	Commercial & industrial areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Residential & commercial development	Housing & urban areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem conversion
Transportation & service corridors	Flight paths	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/chinese-sparrowhawk-accipiter-soloensis on 27/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 27/12/2024.