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IUCN Red List Category.
Red Kite Uplisted to Near Threatened
2005 Globally Threatened Bird (GTB) Update

An important component of the ongoing review process is the use of discussion fora on BirdLife's website, where people can contribute information on Globally Threatened Birds and discuss implications relevant to the assessment of IUCN Red List threat status in an open, transparent and participatory process. Last year, a new forum was set up for Europe, containing proposals based on the results of Birds in Europe. This generated considerable interest and provided information that allowed them to make the following changes to the 2005 IUCN Red List

Downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered:
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira

Downlisted from Endangered to Vulnerable:
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti

Downlisted from Near Threatened to Least Concern:
Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus and
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla

Uplisted from Endangered to Critically Endangered:
Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina
Uplisted from Least Concern to Vulnerable:
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri

Uplisted from Least Concern to Near Threatened:
Red Kite Milvus milvus, Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus, Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea, European Roller Coracias garrulus, Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti, Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata and Kr?per's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi

For more info go to : http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/..
This uplisting of the Red Kite to Near Threatened reinforces our commitment to continue monitoring and maintain vigilance against potentially harmful developments in the face of an increasing feeling that enough has already been done to secure the future of the Red Kite (see also the article on Detection of residues.
Rehabilitation
Recent recoveries
Red kites on The RED List
Detection of residues
Endangering red kites?
Red Kites 2005
Sightings from outside Wales
Adopt a Red Kite
Red Kites of Wales Booklet
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