Birds in Europe: Their Conservation Status

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Title Birds in Europe: Their Conservation Status
Alternative title Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)
Source Tucker, G.M. and al.
Editor BirdLife International
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Created 1994-01-01
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Description This milestone publication presents the first thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern. The major threats to each species are discussed, with the basic measures that are needed to conserve them and their habitats.
Is Replaced By Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status.
Language English

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Recommended species name Name as used in text Species group Group scientific name
Accipiter brevipes (Severtzov, 1850) Birds Aves
Acrocephalus paludicola (Vieillot, 1817) Birds Aves
Acrocephalus palustris (Bechstein, 1798) Birds Aves
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Hermann, 1804) Birds Aves
Aegypius monachus (Linnaeus, 1766) Birds Aves
Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Alectoris barbara (Bonnaterre, 1790) Birds Aves
Alectoris chukar (Gray, 1830) Birds Aves
Alectoris graeca (Meisner, 1804) Birds Aves
Alectoris rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1833 Birds Aves
Anser erythropus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Anthus berthelotti Bolle, 1862 Birds Aves
Anthus campestris (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Apus unicolor (Jardine, 1830) Birds Aves
Aquila adalberti Brehm, 1861 Birds Aves
Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Aquila clanga Pallas, 1811 Birds Aves
Aquila heliaca Savigny, 1809 Birds Aves
Aquila pomarina Brehm, 1831 Birds Aves
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766 Birds Aves
Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769) Birds Aves
Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) Birds Aves
Athene noctua (Scopoli, 1769) Birds Aves
Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Aythya marila (Linnaeus, 1761) Birds Aves
Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt, 1770) Birds Aves
Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803) Birds Aves
Branta ruficollis (Pallas, 1769) Birds Aves
Bubo bubo (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Bucanetes githagineus Lichtenstein, 1823 Birds Aves
Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, 1789) Birds Aves
Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine & Selby, 1828) Birds Aves
Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Buteo rufinus (Cretzschmar, 1827) Birds Aves
Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisler, 1814) Birds Aves
Calandrella rufescens (Vieillot, 1819) Birds Aves
Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) Birds Aves
Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769) Birds Aves
Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Carduelis cannabina (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Carduelis chloris (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Carduelis citrinella (Pallas, 1764) Birds Aves
Carduelis spinus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Certhia brachydactyla Brehm, 1820 Birds Aves
Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, 1773 Birds Aves
Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson, 1826 Birds Aves
Chersophilus duponti (Vieillot, 1820) Birds Aves
Chettusia gregaria (Pallas, 1771) Birds Aves
Chlamydotis undulata (Jacquin, 1784) Birds Aves
Chlidonias hybridus (Pallas, 1811) Birds Aves
Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Circaetus gallicus (Gmelin, 1788) Birds Aves
Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766) Birds Aves
Circus macrourus (Gmelin, 1771) Birds Aves
Circus pygargus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Columba bollii Godman, 1872 Birds Aves
Columba junoniae Hartert, 1916 Birds Aves
Columba oenas Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Columba trocaz Heineken, 1829 Birds Aves
Coracias garrulus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Corvus monedula Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Crex crex (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Cuculus saturatus Blyth, 1843 Birds Aves
Cursorius cursor (Latham, 1787) Birds Aves
Cyanopica cyana (Pallas, 1776) Birds Aves
Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815) Birds Aves
Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Dendrocopos medius (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Dendrocopos syriacus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) Birds Aves
Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789) Birds Aves
Emberiza caesia Cretzschmar, 1826 Birds Aves
Emberiza cia Linnaeus, 1766 Birds Aves
Emberiza cineracea Brehm, 1855 Birds Aves
Emberiza cirlus Linnaeus, 1766 Birds Aves
Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Emberiza hortulana Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Emberiza melanocephala Scopoli, 1769 Birds Aves
Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Falco biarmicus Temminck, 1825 Birds Aves
Falco cherrug Gray, 1834 Birds Aves
Falco eleonorae Gené, 1839 Birds Aves
Falco naumanni Fleischer, 1818 Birds Aves
Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 Birds Aves
Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Falco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766 Birds Aves
Ficedula albicollis (Temminck, 1815) Birds Aves
Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764) Birds Aves
Ficedula semitorquata Von Homeyer, 1885 Birds Aves
Francolinus francolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) Birds Aves
Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Fringilla teydea Webb, Berthelot & Moquin-Tandon, 1836 Birds Aves
Fulica cristata Gmelin, 1789 Birds Aves
Galerida cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Galerida theklae Brehm, 1858 Birds Aves
Gallinago media (Latham, 1787) Birds Aves
Gavia arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan, 1763) Birds Aves
Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789) Birds Aves
Glareola nordmanni Fischer, 1843 Birds Aves
Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766) Birds Aves
Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Gypaetus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) Birds Aves
Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Hieraaetus fasciatus (Vieillot, 1822) Birds Aves
Hieraaetus pennatus (Gmelin, 1788) Birds Aves
Hippolais caligata (Lichtenstein, 1823) Birds Aves
Hippolais icterina (Vieillot, 1817) Birds Aves
Hippolais olivetorum Strickland, 1837 Birds Aves
Hippolais pallida (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) Birds Aves
Hippolais polyglotta (Vieillot, 1817) Birds Aves
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Hoplopterus spinosus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus, 1766) Birds Aves
Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Lanius collurio Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Lanius minor Gmelin, 1788 Birds Aves
Lanius nubicus Lichtenstein, 1823 Birds Aves
Lanius senator Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Larus audouinii Payraudeau, 1826 Birds Aves
Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Larus melanocephalus Temminck, 1820 Birds Aves
Larus minutus Pallas, 1776 Birds Aves
Larus sabini Sabine, 1819 Birds Aves
Limicola falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763) Birds Aves
Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Locustella fluviatilis (Wolf, 1810) Birds Aves
Locustella luscinioides (Savi, 1824) Birds Aves
Locustella naevia (Boddaert, 1783) Birds Aves
Loxia pytyopsittacus Borkhausen, 1793 Birds Aves
Loxia scotica Hartert, 1904 Birds Aves
Lullula arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Luscinia megarhynchos Brehm, 1831 Birds Aves
Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764) Birds Aves
Marmaronetta angustirostris (Ménétries, 1832) Birds Aves
Melanocorypha calandra (Linnaeus, 1766) Birds Aves
Melanocorypha yeltoniensis (Forster, 1768) Birds Aves
Mergus albellus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Merops superciliosus Linnaeus, 1766 Birds Aves
Miliaria calandra (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) Birds Aves
Milvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Monticola saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1766) Birds Aves
Monticola solitarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Muscicapa striata (Pallas, 1764) Birds Aves
Neophron percnopterus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Netta rufina (Pallas, 1773) Birds Aves
Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Nyctea scandiaca (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Oceanodroma castro Harcourt, 1851 Birds Aves
Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot, 1817) Birds Aves
Oenanthe cypriaca (Honemeyer, 1884) Birds Aves
Oenanthe hispanica (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Oenanthe leucura (Gmelin, 1789) Birds Aves
Otis tarda Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Otus scops (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli, 1769) Birds Aves
Pagophila eburnea (Phipps, 1774) Birds Aves
Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Parus caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Parus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Parus lugubris Temminck, 1820 Birds Aves
Pelagodroma marina (Latham, 1790) Birds Aves
Pelecanus crispus Bruch, 1832 Birds Aves
Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Perdix perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Perisoreus infaustus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Pernis apivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761) Birds Aves
Phalacrocorax pygmeus (Pallas, 1733) Birds Aves
Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Phylloscopus bonelli (Vieillot, 1819) Birds Aves
Phylloscopus sibilatrix Bechstein, 1793 Birds Aves
Picoides tridactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Picus canus Gmelin, 1788 Birds Aves
Picus viridis Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766) Birds Aves
Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Polysticta stelleri (Pallas, 1769) Birds Aves
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Porzana parva (Scopoli, 1769) Birds Aves
Porzana porzana (Linnaeus, 1766) Birds Aves
Porzana pusilla (Pallas, 1776) Birds Aves
Prunella atrogularis (Brandt, 1844) Birds Aves
Prunella modularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Prunella ocularis (Radde, 1884) Birds Aves
Pterocles alchata (Linnaeus, 1766) Birds Aves
Pterocles orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Pterodroma feae (Salvadori, 1899) Birds Aves
Pterodroma madeira Mathews, 1934 Birds Aves
Puffinus assimilis (Gould, 1838) Birds Aves
Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764) Birds Aves
Puffinus puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827) Birds Aves
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Regulus ignicapilla (Temminck, 1820) Birds Aves
Regulus regulus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Regulus regulus teneriffae Seebohm, 1883 Birds Aves
Regulus teneriffae Seebohm, 1883 Birds Aves
Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Saxicola dacotiae Meade-Waldo, 1889 Birds Aves
Saxicola rubetra (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Saxicola torquata (Linnaeus, 1766) Birds Aves
Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Serinus canaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) Birds Aves
Sitta krueperi Pelzeln, 1863 Birds Aves
Sitta neumayer Michahellis, 1830 Birds Aves
Sitta whiteheadi Sharpe, 1884 Birds Aves
Stercorarius skua (Brünnich, 1764) Birds Aves
Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764 Birds Aves
Sterna caspia Pallas, 1770 Birds Aves
Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813 Birds Aves
Sterna sandvicensis (Latham, 1787) Birds Aves
Streptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790) Birds Aves
Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Strix aluco Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Sturnus unicolor Temminck, 1820 Birds Aves
Sula bassana (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Sylvia borin (Boddaert, 1783) Birds Aves
Sylvia cantillans (Pallas, 1764) Birds Aves
Sylvia communis Latham, 1787 Birds Aves
Sylvia hortensis (Gmelin, 1789) Birds Aves
Sylvia melanocephala (Gmelin, 1789) Birds Aves
Sylvia melanothorax Tristram, 1872 Birds Aves
Sylvia nisoria (Bechstein, 1795) Birds Aves
Sylvia ruppeli Temminck, 1823 Birds Aves
Sylvia sarda Temminck, 1820 Birds Aves
Sylvia undata (Boddaert, 1783) Birds Aves
Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas, 1764) Birds Aves
Tetrao mlokosiewiczi Taczanowski, 1875 Birds Aves
Tetrao tetrix Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Tetraogallus caspius (Gmelin, 1784) Birds Aves
Tetrax tetrax (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Tringa glareola Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Tringa totanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Birds Aves
Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Turdus philomelos Brehm, 1831 Birds Aves
Turdus torquatus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 1758 Birds Aves
Turnix sylvatica (Desfontaines, 1789) Birds Aves
Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) Birds Aves
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