Family: Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)

Authority: (Boddaert, 1783)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cd+3cd+4cd

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a small population size which is suspected to be have undergone a rapid decline in the past and in the near future, due to the loss, degradation and fragmentation of its habitat, from agricultural and pasture encroachment, logging activities and criminal fire setting, as well as being ubiquitously hunted and trapped over most of its range. It is therefore assessed as Vulnerable.

Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 689,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial