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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Corvidae > Genus: Corvus > Species: Corvus frugilegus

Rook - Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Declining
Natura 2000 sites	110 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	agricultural mosaics cropland grassland urban woodland and forest
Wintering habitats	grassland
Natura 2000 species code	A348

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
DE2121401	Germany	Unterelbe	Map
DE2509401	Germany	Ostfriesische Meere	Map
DE2617401	Germany	Unterweser	Map
DE2709401	Germany	Rheiderland	Map
DE2909401	Germany	Emstal von Lathen bis Papenburg	Map
DE3222401	Germany	Untere Allerniederung	Map
DE5227304	Germany	NSG Breitunger Seen	Map
DE5818401	Germany	Main bei Mühlheim und NSG 'Rumpenheimer und Bürgeler Kiesgruben'	Map
ES0000208	Spain	Llanuras del Guareña	Map
ES4180017	Spain	Riberas de Castronuño	Map
IT1160058	Italy	Gruppo del Monviso e Bosco dell'Alevè	Map
IT1180004	Italy	Greto dello Scrivia	Map
IT1321205	Italy	Rocchetta Cairo	Map
IT2010012	Italy	Brughiera del Dosso	Map
IT2010014	Italy	Turbigaccio, Boschi di Castelletto e Lanca di Bernate	Map
IT2020003	Italy	Palude di Albate	Map
IT2040022	Italy	Lago di Mezzola e Pian di Spagna	Map
IT2050006	Italy	Bosco di Vanzago	Map
IT2060015	Italy	Bosco de l'Isola	Map
IT2070002	Italy	Monte Piccolo - Monte Colmo	Map
IT2070003	Italy	Val Rabbia e Val Galinera	Map
IT2070005	Italy	Pizzo Badile - Alta Val Zumella	Map
IT2070010	Italy	Piz Olda - Val Malga	Map
IT2070020	Italy	Torbiere d'Iseo	Map
IT2080004	Italy	Palude Loja	Map
IT2080011	Italy	Abbazia Acqualunga	Map
IT2080014	Italy	Boschi Siro Negri e Moriano	Map
IT2080017	Italy	Garzaia di Porta Chiossa	Map
IT2080301	Italy	Boschi del Ticino	Map
IT2090001	Italy	Monticchie	Map
IT2090007	Italy	Lanca di Soltarico	Map
IT2090008	Italy	La Zerbaglia	Map
IT20A0001	Italy	Morta di Pizzighettone	Map
IT20A0002	Italy	Naviglio di Melotta	Map
IT20A0003	Italy	Palata Menasciutto	Map
IT20A0004	Italy	Le Bine	Map
IT20A0005	Italy	Lanca di Gabbioneta	Map
IT20A0006	Italy	Lanche di Azzanello	Map
IT20A0007	Italy	Bosco della Marisca	Map
IT20A0008	Italy	Isola Uccellanda	Map
IT20A0009	Italy	Bosco di Barco	Map
IT20B0001	Italy	Bosco Foce Oglio	Map
IT20B0007	Italy	Isola Boschina	Map
IT20B0008	Italy	Paludi di Ostiglia	Map
IT20B0009	Italy	Valli del Mincio	Map
IT20B0011	Italy	Bosco Fontana	Map
IT3240015	Italy	Palu' del Quartiere del Piave	Map
IT3240023	Italy	Grave del Piave	Map
IT3260018	Italy	Grave e Zone umide della Brenta	Map
IT2040042	Italy	Pian di Spagna e Lago di Mezzola	Map
IT20A0401	Italy	Riserva Regionale Bosco Ronchetti	Map
IT20A0018	Italy	Cave Danesi	Map
IT20B0501	Italy	Viadana, Portiolo, San Benedetto Po e Ostiglia	Map
IT4020025	Italy	Parma Morta	Map
IT20A0502	Italy	Lanca di Gussola	Map
IT2050011	Italy	Oasi Le Foppe di Trezzo sull'Adda	Map
IT2090501	Italy	Senna Lodigiana	Map
IT3240030	Italy	Grave del Piave - Fiume Soligo - Fosso di Negrisia	Map
IT2080701	Italy	Po da Albaredo Arnaboldi ad Arena Po	Map
IT20B0401	Italy	Parco Regionale Oglio Sud	Map
DE6116450	Germany	Hessisches Ried mit Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue	Map
IT20A0020	Italy	Gabbioneta	Map
IT2070401	Italy	Parco Naturale Adamello	Map
IT4030023	Italy	Fontanili di Gattatico e Fiume Enza	Map
IT20A0016	Italy	Spiaggioni di Spinadesco	Map
IT2040402	Italy	Riserva Regionale Bosco dei Bordighi	Map
DE5914450	Germany	Inselrhein	Map
DE5916402	Germany	Untermainschleusen	Map
IT20A0015	Italy	Bosco Ronchetti	Map
IT2050401	Italy	Riserva Regionale Fontanile Nuovo	Map
IT20A0019	Italy	Barco	Map
DE6217403	Germany	Hessische Altneckarschlingen	Map
IT2080501	Italy	Risaie della Lomellina	Map
IT2090503	Italy	Castelnuovo Bocca d'Adda	Map
IT20A0013	Italy	Lanca di Gerole	Map
IT20A0017	Italy	Scolmatore di Genivolta	Map
IT20B0017	Italy	Ansa e Valli del Mincio	Map
IT20B0016	Italy	Ostiglia	Map
IT20A0014	Italy	Lancone di Gussola	Map
IT20B0015	Italy	Pomponesco	Map
IT20B0402	Italy	Riserva Regionale Garzaia di Pomponesco	Map
IT2090701	Italy	Po di San Rocco al Porto	Map
DE6216450	Germany	Rheinauen bei Biblis und Groß-Rohrheim	Map
IT2090502	Italy	Garzaie del Parco Adda Sud	Map
IT20A0402	Italy	Riserva Regionale Lanca di Gerole	Map
ROSPA0015	Romania	Câmpia Crișului Alb și Crișului Negru	Map
ROSPA0014	Romania	Câmpia Cermeiului	Map
ROSPA0069	Romania	Lunca Mureșului Inferior	Map
ROSPA0062	Romania	Lacurile de acumulare de pe Argeș	Map
ROSPA0067	Romania	Lunca Barcăului	Map
ROSPA0047	Romania	Hunedoara Timișană	Map
ROSPA0103	Romania	Valea Alceului	Map
DE4545452	Germany	Elbtal zwischen Schöna und Mühlberg	Map
DE4340451	Germany	Vereinigte Mulde	Map
DE4941451	Germany	Eschefelder Teiche	Map
DE4739451	Germany	Elsteraue bei Groitzsch	Map
DE2309431	Germany	Ostfriesische Seemarsch zwischen Norden und Esens	Map
AT1210000	Austria	Steinfeld	Map
AT2230000	Austria	Teile des südoststeirischen Hügellandes inklusive Höll und Grabenlandbäche	Map
AT2211000	Austria	Hartberger-Gmoos	Map
AT1202V00	Austria	March-Thaya-Auen	Map
ROSPA0133	Romania	Munții Călimani	Map
ROSPA0142	Romania	Teremia Mare - Tomnatic	Map
ROSPA0128	Romania	Lunca Timișului	Map
ROSPA0148	Romania	Vitănești - Răsmirești	Map
ROSPA0126	Romania	Livezile - Dolaț	Map
ROSPA0141	Romania	Subcarpații Vrancei	Map
ROSPA0144	Romania	Uivar - Diniaș	Map
ROSPA0135	Romania	Nisipurile de la Dăbuleni	Map
ROSPA0113	Romania	Cânepiști	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex II: Species that may be hunted under national legislation in the geographical sea and land area where this Directive applies (Part A), or only in the Member States in respect of which they are indicated (Part B)		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Corbeau freux	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Corvo	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Gawron	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Graja	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Gralha-calva	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Havran polní	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Mustavaris	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Råka	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Roek	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rook	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Saatkrähe	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Vetési varjú	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:15630	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a 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.

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Country	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
Armenia	6500/15000 (pairs)	2000-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Austria	800/1000 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Azerbaijan	50000/500000 (individuals)	1996-2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Azerbaijan	5000/50000 (pairs)	1996-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Belarus	200000/300000 (individuals)	1997-2002	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Belarus	600000/800000 (pairs)	1997-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Belgium	15154/20359 (pairs)	1995-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2500/10000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bulgaria	5000/8000 (pairs)	1996-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Croatia	10000/15000 (individuals)	2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Croatia	5000/6000 (pairs)	2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Czech Republic	3000/4000 (pairs)	2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Denmark	40000/50000 (pairs)	2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Estonia	25/100 (individuals)	1998	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Estonia	5000/10000 (pairs)	1998	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Finland	1000/1200 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
France	200000/800000 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Georgia	Present/Present (pairs)	2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Germany	54000/64000 (pairs)	1995-1999	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece	500/2000 (pairs)	1995-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece	10000/30000 (individuals)	1995-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Hungary	30000/35000 (pairs)	1990-1993	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ireland	250000/499999 (pairs)	1988-1991	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Latvia	7000/9000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Lithuania	80000/100000 (pairs)	1999-2001	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Lithuania	2500/9999 (individuals)	1992-2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Luxembourg	10000/15000 (individuals)	2000-2002	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Luxembourg	3500/4000 (pairs)	2000-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Macedonia (FYR)	2000/5000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Moldova, Republic of	210000/260000 (individuals)	1990-2000	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Moldova, Republic of	120000/150000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Netherlands	60000/64000 (pairs)	1998-2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Norway	500/1000 (pairs)	1990-2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Poland	150000/200000 (pairs)	2001-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Romania	2000/4000 (individuals)	1990-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Romania	350000/420000 (pairs)	1990-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Russian Federation	5000000/10000000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Serbia and Montenegro	40000/80000 (pairs)	1990-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Slovakia	300000/1000 (individuals)	1990-1999	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Slovakia	10000/17000 (pairs)	1980-1999	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Slovenia	0/0 (pairs)	2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Spain	2061/2061 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Sweden	35000/40000 (pairs)	1999-2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Switzerland	1000/1600 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Turkey	300000/600000 (pairs)	2001	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ukraine	1500000/2200000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
United Kingdom	1120000/1430000 (pairs)	1996	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2