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Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2013	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	113,000,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	124,000,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	1000000-2499999 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2021
Population trend	unknown	-	estimated	-
Generation length	7.85 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The European population is estimated at 234,000-380,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International In prep.). Europe forms approximately 26% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of global population size is 900,000-1,460,000, although further validation of this estimate is needed. The population in Canada and the USA is estimated at 210,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2020).  It is placed in the band 1,000,000-2,499,999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: Globally, the population trend is considered unknown. This species has had stable population trends over the last 40 years in North America (data from Breeding Bird Survey and/or Christmas Bird Count: Butcher and Niven 2007). In Europe the population size is estimated to be decreasing by 59% in 24 years (three generations). Declines have been recorded recently in the east Netherlands (Rutz et al. 2006), locally in Germany (Gedeon et al. 2015), in Denmark (-8% per year from 2005-2014; Nyegaard et al. 2015), and in Finland (Valkama et al. 2011).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	vagrant
Albania	extant	native	yes
Algeria	extant	vagrant
Andorra	extant	native	yes
Armenia	extant	native	yes
Austria	extant	native	yes
Azerbaijan	extant	native	yes
Bangladesh	extant	vagrant
Belarus	extant	native	yes
Belgium	extant	native	yes
Bermuda (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Bhutan	extant	native	yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	native	yes
Bulgaria	extant	native	yes
Canada	extant	native	yes		yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes		yes
Croatia	extant	native	yes
Cyprus	extant	native	yes
Czechia	extant	native	yes
Denmark	extant	native	yes
Egypt	extant	vagrant
Estonia	extant	native	yes
Finland	extant	native	yes
France	extant	native	yes
Georgia	extant	native	yes
Germany	extant	native	yes
Gibraltar (to UK)	extant	native	yes
Greece	extant	native	yes
Hong Kong (China)	extant	native			yes
Hungary	extant	native	yes
India	extant	native	yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native	yes
Iraq	extant	vagrant
Ireland	extant	native		yes
Israel	extant	native			yes
Italy	extant	native	yes
Japan	extant	native	yes
Jordan	extant	native			yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native	yes
Kuwait	extant	native				yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native			yes
Laos	extant	native			yes
Latvia	extant	native	yes
Lebanon	extant	native			yes
Libya	extant	vagrant
Liechtenstein	extant	native	yes
Lithuania	extant	native	yes
Luxembourg	extant	native	yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes		yes	yes
Moldova	extant	native	yes
Mongolia	extant	native	yes
Montenegro	extant	native	yes
Morocco	extant	native	yes		yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes		yes
Nepal	extant	native	yes
Netherlands	extant	native	yes
North Korea	extant	native			yes
North Macedonia	extant	native	yes
Norway	extant	native	yes
Oman	extant	vagrant			yes
Pakistan	extant	vagrant
Palestine	extant	native			yes
Poland	extant	native	yes
Portugal	extant	native	yes
Romania	extant	native	yes		yes
Russia	extant	native	yes		yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native	yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native	yes
Russia (European)	extant	native	yes		yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native			yes
Serbia	extant	native	yes
Slovakia	extant	native	yes
Slovenia	extant	native	yes
South Korea	extant	native			yes
Spain	extant	native	yes
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France)	extant	native	yes
Sweden	extant	native	yes
Switzerland	extant	native	yes
Syria	extant	native	yes		yes
Taiwan, China	extant	vagrant
Tajikistan	extant	vagrant
Thailand	extant	native			yes
Tunisia	extant	vagrant
Türkiye	extant	native	yes
Turkmenistan	extant	native				yes
Ukraine	extant	native	yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	vagrant			yes
United Kingdom	extant	native	yes
USA	extant	native	yes		yes
Uzbekistan	extant	native
Vietnam	extant	vagrant			yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Italy	Orosei Gulf, Supramonte and Gennargentu

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Boreal	major	resident
Forest	Temperate	major	resident
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Grassland	Tundra	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 3400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Wood & pulp plantations - Agro-industry plantations	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Persecution/control	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Energy production & mining	Renewable energy	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Human intrusions & disturbance	Work & other activities	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species disturbance
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Problematic native species/diseases - Bubo bubo	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Competition
Natural system modifications	Fire & fire suppression - Increase in fire frequency/intensity	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Pollution	Agricultural & forestry effluents - Herbicides and pesticides	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/northern-goshawk-accipiter-gentilis on 21/12/2024.
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 21/12/2024.