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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Podicipediformes > Family: Podicipedidae > Genus: Podiceps > Species: Podiceps grisegena grisegena

Podiceps grisegena grisegena Boddaert, 1783

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 4 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	88 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	rivers and lakes wetlands
Wintering habitats	coastal marine inlets and transitional waters
Natura 2000 species code	A665

Distribution

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Threat and conservation 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

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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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
DE2210401	Germany	Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer und angrenzendes Küstenmeer	Map
DE2719401	Germany	Hammeniederung	Map
DE2746401	Germany	Uckermärkische Seenlandschaft	Map
DE2752302	Germany	Salveytal	Map
DE2832401	Germany	Niedersächsische Mittelelbe	Map
DE2935401	Germany	Aland-Elbe-Niederung	Map
DE2948401	Germany	Schorfheide-Chorin	Map
DE2951401	Germany	Unteres Odertal	Map
DE3036401	Germany	Unteres Elbtal	Map
DE3132401	Germany	Landgraben-Dumme-Niederung	Map
DE3227401	Germany	Südheide und Aschauteiche bei Eschede	Map
DE3239401	Germany	Untere Havel/Sachsen-Anhalt und Schollener See	Map
DE3339402	Germany	Niederung der Unteren Havel	Map
DE3415401	Germany	Dümmer	Map
DE3437401	Germany	Elbaue Jerichow	Map
DE3444401	Germany	Döberitzer Heide	Map
DE3450401	Germany	Märkische Schweiz	Map
DE3513401	Germany	Alfsee	Map
DE3530401	Germany	Barnbruch	Map
DE3627401	Germany	Wendesser Moor	Map
DE3642401	Germany	Rietzer See	Map
DE3828401	Germany	Heerter See	Map
DE4137401	Germany	Wulfener Bruch und Teichgebiet Osternienburg	Map
DE4142401	Germany	Mündungsgebiet der Schwarzen Elster	Map
DE4225401	Germany	Leinetal bei Salzderhelden	Map
DE4531401	Germany	Helmestausee Berga-Kelbra (Anteil Sachsen-Anhalt)	Map
DE4536401	Germany	Salziger See und Salzatal	Map
DE4831301	Germany	Unstrut-Niederung nordöstlich Herbsleben	Map
DE4831401	Germany	Gera-Unstrut-Niederung um Straußfurt	Map
DE4921301	Germany	Borkener See	Map
DE4939302	Germany	Restloch Zechau	Map
DE4940301	Germany	Haselbacher Teiche und Pleißeaue	Map
DE5314303	Germany	NSG Krombachtalsperre	Map
DE5412401	Germany	Westerwälder Seenplatte	Map
DE5509401	Germany	Laacher See	Map
DE5511401	Germany	Engerser Feld	Map
DE5818401	Germany	Main bei Mühlheim und NSG 'Rumpenheimer und Bürgeler Kiesgruben'	Map
DE5920401	Germany	Bong'sche Grube und Mainflinger Mainufer	Map
DE6616401	Germany	Otterstadter Altrhein und Angelhofer Altrhein inklusive Binsfeld	Map
DE8133401	Germany	Starnberger See	Map
DE1813491	Germany	Seevogelschutzgebiet Helgoland	Map
DE3453422	Germany	Mittlere Oderniederung	Map
DE5219401	Germany	Amöneburger Becken	Map
DE5314450	Germany	Hoher Westerwald	Map
DE6116450	Germany	Hessisches Ried mit Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue	Map
DE3242421	Germany	Rhin-Havelluch	Map
DE5421401	Germany	Vogelsberg	Map
DE0916491	Germany	Ramsar-Gebiet S-H Wattenmeer und angrenzende Küstengebiete	Map
DE5914450	Germany	Inselrhein	Map
DE1652301	Germany	Pommersche Bucht mit Oderbank	Map
DE2649421	Germany	Uckerniederung	Map
DE5328305	Germany	Werra bis Treffurt mit Zuflüssen	Map
DE2738421	Germany	Agrarlandschaft Prignitz-Stepenitz	Map
DE2751421	Germany	Randow-Welse-Bruch	Map
DE1552401	Germany	SPA Pommersche Bucht	Map
DE5519401	Germany	Wetterau	Map
DE5316401	Germany	Wiesentäler um Hohenahr und die Aartalsperre	Map
DE1332301	Germany	Fehmarnbelt	Map
DE4722401	Germany	Fuldaaue um Kassel	Map
DE6027471	Germany	Maintal zwischen Schweinfurt und Dettelbach	Map
DE4151421	Germany	Spreewald und Lieberoser Endmoräne	Map
DE3542421	Germany	Mittlere Havelniederung	Map
DE3145421	Germany	Obere Havelniederung	Map
DE5929471	Germany	Mainaue zwischen Eltmann und Haßfurt	Map
DE6013350	Germany	Rüdesheimer Aue	Map
DE4649451	Germany	Teiche nordwestlich Kamenz	Map
DE4342452	Germany	Elbaue und Teichgebiete bei Torgau	Map
DE4440451	Germany	Kämmereiforst und Leineaue	Map
DE4754451	Germany	Talsperre Quitzdorf	Map
DE4747451	Germany	Moritzburger Kleinkuppenlandschaft	Map
DE4752451	Germany	Teiche zwischen Neschwitz und Lomske	Map
DE4641451	Germany	Laubwaldgebiete östlich Leipzig	Map
DE4740451	Germany	Rückhaltebecken Stöhna	Map
DE6606310	Germany	Rastgebiete im mittleren Saartal	Map
DE4941451	Germany	Eschefelder Teiche	Map
DE4439451	Germany	Goitzsche und Paupitzscher See	Map
DE4752452	Germany	Spreeniederung Malschwitz	Map
DE4651451	Germany	Doberschützer Wasser	Map
DE4552451	Germany	Biosphärenreservat Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft	Map
DE4841451	Germany	Bergbaufolgelandschaft Bockwitz	Map
DE4439452	Germany	Agrarraum und Bergbaufolgelandschaft bei Delitzsch	Map
DE4648452	Germany	Teiche bei Zschorna	Map
DE4753451	Germany	Feldgebiete in der östlichen Oberlausitz	Map
DE4940420	Germany	Nordöstliches Altenburger Land	Map
DE4655451	Germany	Teiche und Wälder um Mückenhain	Map
DE4633420	Germany	Helme-Unstrut-Niederung	Map
DE5332420	Germany	Langer Berg - Buntsandstein-Waldland um Paulinzella	Map
DE5237420	Germany	Auma-Aue mit Wolcheteiche und Struthbach-Niederung	Map

Protected sites

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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)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species	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.	http://www.cms.int/
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

No synonyms available.

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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