Falco eleonorae
– Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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AVES
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Order:
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FALCONIFORMES
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Family:
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FALCONIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Falco eleonorae
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Species Authority:
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Géné, 1839
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | ELEONORA'S FALCON |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LC ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2004
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Assessor/s:
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BirdLife International
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Evaluator/s:
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Ekstrom, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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This species has a large global range; the total size has not yet been quantified, but the extent of occurrence in Africa alone is estimated to be 63,000 km². The European population has been estimated to be 12,000 individuals (BirdLife International in prep.). Global population trends have not been quantified; there is evidence of a population decline (Ferguson-Lees et al. 2001), but 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.
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 1994 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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This species has a large global range; the total size has not yet been quantified, but the Extent of Occurrence in Africa alone is estimated to be 63,000 km². The European population has been estimated to be 12,000 individuals (BirdLife International in prep.). Global population trends have not been quantified; there is evidence of a population decline (Ferguson-Lees et al. 2001), but 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.
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Countries:
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Native:
Algeria; Comoros; Croatia; Cyprus; Egypt; Eritrea; France; Gibraltar; Greece; Israel; Italy; Kenya; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Madagascar; Malawi; Malta; Mayotte; Montenegro; Morocco; Portugal; Somalia; Spain; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Tunisia; Turkey
Vagrant:
Bahrain; Bulgaria; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; French Southern Territories; Hungary; Jordan; Lebanon; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mozambique; Poland; Rwanda; Réunion; Seychelles; South Africa; Sweden; Syrian Arab Republic; United Kingdom
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Habitat and Ecology
