Family: Corvidae (Crows and jays)

Authority: Gould, 1836

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Vulnerable owing to a moderately rapid population reduction, which is thought to be the result of prey depletion owing to agricultural intensification and the consequent over-use of pesticides and rodenticides. Even though the species occurs localised over a large range, no localities are separated by geographic barriers, and a low level of migration between localities indicate that all individuals belong to the same subpopulation.

Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 3,120,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Terrestrial