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Taxonomic source(s)
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
2024	Least Concern
2016	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	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	17,100,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	83300-267000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2023
Population trend	unknown	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.24 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size is estimated at 125,000-400,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2023), which equates to 83,300-267,000 mature individuals. The overall population trend is unknown (Wetlands International 2023).

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native
Benin	extant	native
Botswana	extant	native
Burundi	extant	vagrant
Cameroon	extant	native
Central African Republic	extant	native
Congo	extant	native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native
Ethiopia	extant	native
Gabon	extant	native
Ghana	extant	native
Guinea	extant	native
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native
Kenya	extant	native
Liberia	extant	native
Malawi	extant	native
Mali	extant	native
Mauritania	extant	vagrant
Mozambique	extant	native
Namibia	extant	native
Niger	extant	native
Nigeria	extant	native
Rwanda	extant	vagrant
Sierra Leone	extant	native
South Sudan	extant	vagrant			yes
Sudan	extant	vagrant
Tanzania	extant	native
Togo	extant	native
Uganda	extant	native
Zambia	extant	native
Zimbabwe	extant	native

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Uganda	Murchison Falls National Park
Zambia	Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park and Batoka Gorge
Zimbabwe	Middle Zambezi Valley

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)	suitable	passage
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)	suitable	passage
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes	suitable	passage
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Freshwater Lakes	suitable	passage
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	major	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	major	breeding
Altitude	0 - 1820 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Natural system modifications	Dams & water management/use - Large dams	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species disturbance, Ecosystem degradation, Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rock-pratincole-glareola-nuchalis 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.