Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758 ― Synonym of Phoenicopterus roseus

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements:

• Bern Convention
  • Annex II: strictly protected fauna species
• CITES
  • Annex II: (a) all species which, although not necessarily now threatened with extinction, may become so unless trade in specimens of such species is subject to strict regulation in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival; and (b) other species which must be subject to regulation in order that trade in specimens of certain species referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph may be brought under effective control.
• Bonn Convention
  • Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement.
• SPA/BD Protocol
  • Annex II: Endangered or threatened species that the Parties shall manage with the aim of maintaining them in a favourable state of conservation. They shall ensure their maximum possible protection and recovery.
• EU Birds Directive
  • Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.
• Bern Convention
  • Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)
• AEWA
  • Annex II: Waterbird species to which the Agreement applies
• EU regulation of trade of fauna and flora
  • Annex A includes: All CITES Appendix I species, except where EU Member States have entered a reservation; Some CITES Appendix II and III species, for which the EU has adopted stricter domestic measures; Some non-CITES species

Natura 2000 code: A035

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