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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
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	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	66,800,000 km2
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	63,300,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	500000-999999 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.26 years	-	-	-

Population justification: Ferguson-Lees and Christie (2001) estimated the global population at around 1,000,000 individuals or 400,000 (minimum) breeding pairs which equates to 800,000 mature individuals. The European population is estimated at 50-210 pairs, which equates to 100-410 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). The Arabian population is estimated at 600 breeding pairs, equating to 1,200 mature individuals (Jennings 2010). It is placed in the band 500,000 to 999,999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats. In Europe the population size trend is unknown (BirdLife International 2015). Population size in some areas appears to be increasing, for example around Dubai (Campbell 2019).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native	yes	yes
Angola	extant	native	yes
Armenia	extant	native	yes
Azerbaijan	extant	native	yes
Bangladesh	extant	native	yes
Benin	extant	native	yes	yes
Bhutan	extant	native	yes
Botswana	extant	native	yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native	yes		yes
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Cambodia	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Chad	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	native		yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes	yes
Djibouti	extant	native	yes
Eritrea	extant	native	yes
Eswatini	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
India	extant	native	yes
Indonesia	extant	vagrant
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native	yes
Iraq	extant	native			yes
Israel	extant	vagrant
Kazakhstan	extant	native		yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Kuwait	extant	native			yes	yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native		yes
Laos	extant	native	yes
Lesotho	extant	vagrant
Liberia	extant	native		yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Malaysia	extant	vagrant
Mali	extant	native	yes		yes
Mauritania	extant	native			yes
Mongolia	extant	vagrant
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes
Namibia	extant	native	yes
Nepal	extant	native	yes
Niger	extant	native	yes		yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes	yes
Oman	extant	native			yes
Pakistan	extant	native	yes	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native	yes
Senegal	extant	native	yes		yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native		yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Tajikistan	extant	native		yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Thailand	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	native	yes	yes
Türkiye	extant	vagrant
Turkmenistan	extant	native	yes	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	uncertain
Uzbekistan	extant	native		yes
Vietnam	extant	native		yes
Yemen	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Yemen	Jabal Bura

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 3000 m

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
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 Species mortality

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Shikra Accipiter badius. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/shikra-accipiter-badius 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.