Family: Pelecanidae (Pelicans)

Authority: Bruch, 1832

Red List Category

Criteria: A3cde

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Justification of Red List category
Conservation measures have resulted in a population increase in Europe, particularly at the species's largest colony (Lake Mikri Prespa in Greece), but also in other countries, following implementation of conservation actions, and it has therefore been downlisted from Vulnerable. The potential remains for the species to undergo large declines in the future, given ongoing threats in much of the range, and the continued conservation-dependence of European colonies. As such, it is precautionarily suspected that this species could undergo moderately rapid declines in the next three generations, and it is listed as Near Threatened.

Population size: 11400-13400 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 12,600,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
Land-mass type - continent
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Marine