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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Galliformes > Family: Phasianidae > Genus: Lagopus > Species: Lagopus lagopus scotica

Lagopus lagopus scotica (Latham, 1787)

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Threat status Europe	Vulnerable (IUCN)
EU Population status	Secure
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 1 other international agreement
Natura 2000 species code	A711

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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

Not evaluated

Europe

Vulnerable

Not evaluated

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

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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

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	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) (Lagopus lagopus scoticus; Lagopus lagopus hibernicus)	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
	Annex III: Species for which it's not prohibited the sale, transport for sale, keeping for sale and the offering for sale of live or dead birds and of any readily recognisable parts or derivatives of such birds (Part A), or for which Member States may allow within their territory those activities, making provision for certain restrictions (Part B) (Lagopus lagopus scoticus; Lagopus lagopus hibernicus)
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Birds not included in Appendix II)	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

The species has no common names

Synonym	Author
All species of Birds not included in Appendix II
Lagopus lagopus hibernicus
Lagopus lagopus scoticus

Other resources

Fauna Europaea search	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information

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