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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Paridae > Genus: Lophophanes > Species: Lophophanes cristatus

Lophophanes cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Secure
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 1 other international agreement
Natura 2000 species code	A497

Distribution

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

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)

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)	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 (All species of Paridae)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

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ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information

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Lophophanes cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Distribution

Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

EU population status

Natura 2000 sites

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

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