The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Anthus cervinus

 – Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: AVES
Order: PASSERIFORMES
Family: MOTACILLIDAE
Scientific Name: Anthus cervinus
Species Authority: (Pallas, 1811)
Common Name/s: RED-THROATED PIPIT (Eng)

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 10,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 500,000–5,000,000 individuals (Rich et al. 2003). Global population trends have not been quantified, 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.
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 10,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 500,000-5,000,000 individuals (Rich et al. 2003). Global population trends have not been quantified, 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.
Countries: Native:

Afghanistan; Algeria; Austria; Benin; Bhutan; Brunei Darussalam; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Chad; China; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Côte d'Ivoire; Denmark; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Finland; France; Gambia; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Italy; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Kuwait; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Latvia; Lebanon; Liberia; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Malaysia; Mali; Malta; Mauritania; Mexico; Mongolia; Montenegro; Morocco; Myanmar; Nepal; Nigeria; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Serbia; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia; Somalia; Spain; Sudan; Sweden; Syrian Arab Republic; Taiwan, Province of China; Tajikistan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Togo; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uganda; Ukraine; United States; Uzbekistan; Viet Nam; Yemen; Zambia


Vagrant:

Albania; Australia; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Congo; Croatia; Faroe Islands; Gabon; Gibraltar; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Maldives; Netherlands; Niger; South Africa; Switzerland; United Kingdom

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial

Citation: BirdLife International 2004. Anthus cervinus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 July 2008.
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