Family: Otididae (Bustards)

Authority: (Children, 1826)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bcd+3bcd+4bcd

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Justification of Red List category
This species is estimated to be undergoing a moderately rapid population decline owing to hunting pressure and conversion of grassland habitat for agriculture, and it is therefore classified as Near Threatened; it almost meets the requirements for listing as threatened under criteria A2bcd+3bcd+4bcd.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 20,700,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Terrestrial
AEMLAP