The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Falco amurensis

 – Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: AVES
Order: FALCONIFORMES
Family: FALCONIDAE
Scientific Name: Falco amurensis
Species Authority: Radde, 1863
Common Name/s:
EnglishAMUR FALCON

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: LC    ver 3.1 (2001)
Year Assessed: 2004
Assessor/s: BirdLife International
Evaluator/s: Ekstrom, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
Justification: This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,000,000–10,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 100,000–1,000,000 individuals (Ferguson-Lees et al. 2001). Global population trends have not been quantified, but populations appear to be stable (Ferguson-Lees et al. 2001) so the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
History:
1988-Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004)
1994-Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004)
2000-Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2000)

Geographic Range

Range Description: This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 1,000,000-10,000,000 km. It has a large global population estimated to be 100,000-1,000,000 individuals (Ferguson-Lees et al. 2001). Global population trends have not been quantified, but populations appear to be stable (Ferguson-Lees et al. 2001) so the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Countries: Native:

Afghanistan; Angola; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Botswana; Burundi; China; Ethiopia; India; Kenya; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Lesotho; Malawi; Maldives; Mongolia; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nepal; Oman; Pakistan; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Somalia; South Africa; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Zambia; Zimbabwe


Vagrant:

Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Hong Kong; Italy; Japan; Northern Mariana Islands; Saint Helena; Seychelles; Sri Lanka; Uganda; Yemen

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Citation: BirdLife International 2004. Falco amurensis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 August 2008.
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