Birds of Conservation Concern (Red/Amber list and not based on IUCN criteria)

Description

Commonly referred to as the UK Red List for birds, this is the fourth review of the status of birds in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, and updates the last assessment in 2009. Using standardised criteria, 244 species with breeding, passage or wintering populations in the UK were assessed by experts from a range of bird NGOs and assigned to the Red, Amber or Green lists of conservation concern. December 2015.

Red list description - Red list species are those that are Globally Threatened according to IUCN criteria; those whose population or range has declined rapidly in recent years; and those that have declined historically and not shown a substantial recent recovery.

Amber list description - Amber list species are those with an unfavourable conservation status in Europe; those whose population or range has declined moderately in recent years; those whose population has declined historically but made a substantial recent recovery; rare breeders; and those with internationally important or localised populations.

This list was first uploaded by Katie Oliver on the Fri Sep 25 12:31:54 UTC 2020.It contains [totalRecords:163, successfulItems:163] taxa.

Type of content

Includes: species list.

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