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Grey-headed Fish-eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus



Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Authority: (Horsfield, 1821)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cde+3cde+4cde

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Justification of Red List category
Icthyophaga ichthyaetus is classified as Near Threatened under A2cd+3cd+4cd. Although it has a large range the species is patchily distributed, and is suffering suspected population reductions of 20-29% over three generations, driven by a combination of habitat degradation and hunting.



Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 16,200,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial
IUCN System - Marine

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Grey-headed Fish-eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-headed-fish-eagle-icthyophaga-ichthyaetus on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.