Family: Falconidae (Falcons, Caracaras)

Authority: Temminck, 1821

Red List Category

Criteria: B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v); C2a(i); D

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Justification of Red List category
This species is experiencing an ongoing decline in population size, and has disappeared from a large part of its range. It is listed as Endangered on the basis that it has a very small and declining population, which occupies a very small range in which habitat quality is in decline owing to the spread of introduced plant species, and the presence of introduced predators. The number of locations for this species is also very small.

Population size: 140-170 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 540 km²

Country endemic: yes

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