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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Anseriformes > Family: Anatidae > Genus: Anser > Species: Anser fabalis fabalis

Anser fabalis fabalis (Latham, 1787)

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Threatened
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 5 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	11 are designated for this species
Natura 2000 species code	A701

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

Not evaluated

Europe

Least Concern

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

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
DE2948401	Germany	Schorfheide-Chorin	Map
DE3036401	Germany	Unteres Elbtal	Map
DE3339402	Germany	Niederung der Unteren Havel	Map
DE3450401	Germany	Märkische Schweiz	Map
DE3453422	Germany	Mittlere Oderniederung	Map
DE3242421	Germany	Rhin-Havelluch	Map
DE2649421	Germany	Uckerniederung	Map
DE2751421	Germany	Randow-Welse-Bruch	Map
DE4151421	Germany	Spreewald und Lieberoser Endmoräne	Map
DE4148421	Germany	Luckauer Becken	Map
DE3542421	Germany	Mittlere Havelniederung	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
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
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (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.	Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix II of the Bonn Convention (CMS). See there for more details.	http://www.cms.int/
	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. (Migratory species of Anatidae*)
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (AEWA)	Annex II: Waterbird species to which the Agreement applies		http://www.migratoryspecies....ent/about-cms-family http://www.unep-aewa.org/en/legalinstrument/aewa
Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention)	Threatened and/or declining species in the Baltic Sea		http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas/species-and-habitats

Common names and synonyms

The species has no common names

Synonym	Author
Anas fabalis	Latham, 1787
Anser neglectus	Sushkin, 1895
All species of Birds not included in Appendix II
Migratory species of Anatidae*

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EURing code:01571	European bird-ringing
Fauna Europaea search	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information

External data

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