IUCN Red List Assessment

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Species Reference: 
Melanitta americana
EoL id: 
1276209
EoL DataObjectVersion id: 
31137685
Subject: 
http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Conservation
Section: 
Conservation Status
Description: 
Red List Category
NT
Near Threatened

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2013

Assessor/s

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s

Butchart, S.

Contributor/s

Bowman, T., Moores, N. & Pihl, S.

Justification

This newly split species is listed as Near Threatened on the basis that it is suspected to be undergoing a moderately rapid population decline owing to a number of widespread threats.

History

  • 2012
    Near Threatened
Source: 
IUCN
Source URL: 
http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/22732425
License: 
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Rights Holder: 
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources