Family: Otididae (Bustards)

Authority: (Vigors, 1831)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2a+4acd; C1

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Critically Endangered because it has an extremely small population that has undergone an extremely rapid decline owing to a multitude of threats including habitat loss and degradation, hunting and direct disturbance. It now requires an urgent acceleration in targeted conservation actions in order to prevent it from becoming functionally extinct within a few decades.

BirdLife Species Champion: Per Undeland

Population size: 50-249 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 12,500,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial