Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus, is a species of day-flying bird of prey found in heathland and shrub and unvegetated or sparsely vegetated land ecosystems.

Falco rusticolus has a breeding population size of 120-190 pairs and a breeding range size of 113000 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Stable in the short term and Stable in the long term.

The EU population status of Falco rusticolus was assessed as Threatened, as the species meets one or more of the IUCN Red List criteria for threatened at the EU27 scale.