Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be increasing, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Population justification
In Europe, the breeding population is estimated to number 260,000-460,000 breeding pairs, equating to 780,000-1,380,000 individuals (BirdLife International 2004).
Trend justification
The population is estimated to be increasing following noted increases in parts of the species's range (Madge and Burn 1993). In Europe, trends since 1996 show that populations have undergone a moderate increase (p<0.05), based on provisional data for 21 countries from the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (EBCC/RSPB/BirdLife/Statistics Netherlands; P. Vorisek in litt. 2008).
Cyanopica cooki is resident in Spain (except northern and eastern regions) and eastern and southern Portugal.
Text account compilers
Butchart, S., Derhé, M. & Ekstrom, J.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Iberian Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cooki. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/iberian-azure-winged-magpie-cyanopica-cooki on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.