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Population status and trends at the EU and Member State levels

The Article 12 web tool provides an access to EU assessments and Member States’ data compiled as part of the Habitats Directive - Article 12 reporting process. The EU assessments have been carried out in EU 27 for the period 2008-2012 and in EU28 for the period 2013-2018.

Choose period, species and if relevant sub-specific unit.

Once a selection has been made the breeding distribution of the species can be visualized in a map.

The ‘Data sheet info’ includes notes for each assessment per species.

The ‘Audit trail’ includes the methods used for the EU assessment and justifications for decisions made by the assessors.

Map is only available at subspecific level.

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Increasing
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Stable
x
Unknown
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Decreasing
F
Fluctuating
u
Uncertain

Codes ‘PT’, ‘ES ‘correspond to Portugal mainland (excluding Azores-PTAC and Madeira-PTMA) and Spain mainland (excluding Canary Islands-ESIC) respectively.
Similarly ‘UK’ stands for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (excluding Gibraltar-GIB).
The data from delayed delivery by Romania were not used for the EU population status assessment.

Current selection: 2013-2018, Alectoris rufa. Show all
Data from Member States reports
MS Breeding population Breeding distribution Winter population Breeding area from
gridded maps (km2)
Ssp. / subsp. unit
Population size Population trend Distribution size Distribution trend Population size Population trend
Min
Mouse-over texts for entries below show "Method used" reported for population size as a whole:
estimatePartial - based mainly on extrapolation from limited amount of data
estimateExpert - based mainly on expert opinion, with very limited data
absentData - insufficient or no data available
completeSurvey - complete survey or statistically robust estimate
Country Method used
ES estimatePartial
ESIC estimateExpert
FR estimatePartial
IT estimateExpert
PT estimatePartial
PTAC estimateExpert
PTMA estimatePartial
UK completeSurvey
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude
Mouse-over texts for entries below show "Method used" reported for distribution surface area (in km²):
estimatePartial - based mainly on extrapolation from limited amount of data
estimateExpert - based mainly on expert opinion, with very limited data
absentData - insufficient or no data available
completeSurvey - complete survey or statistically robust estimate
Country Method used
ES completeSurvey
ESIC absentData
FR completeSurvey
IT estimatePartial
PT estimatePartial
PTAC estimatePartial
PTMA completeSurvey
UK completeSurvey
Area
% MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Min
Mouse-over texts below show "Method used" reported for population size value(s):
estimatePartial - based mainly on extrapolation from limited amount of data
estimateExpert - based mainly on expert opinion, with very limited data
absentData - insufficient or no data available
completeSurvey - complete survey or statistically robust estimate
Country Method used
ES
ESIC
FR
IT
PT
PTAC
PTMA
UK
Max
Best value Unit Type est. Change % MS ST period ST direction ST magnitude LT period LT direction LT magnitude Status Distrib. % MS
ES
4342615
5543267
N/A
p
interval
genuine
#
83.7
2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-49.5) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-25.8) # 242045 44.8 2007-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-10.3) 1980-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-25.8) 249600 45.6
ESIC
N/A
N/A
17
p
minimum
noInfo
#
N/A
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 1700 N/A 2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # N/A N/A Alectoris rufa (non-native populations)
FR
131828
300942
214368
p
estimate
genuine
3.6
2012-2017 - -41 | -14 | (-29) 2001-2018 - N/A | N/A | (-31.9) 209800 38.8 2001-2012 x N/A 1985-2013 x N/A 209600 38.3
IT
1000
2000
N/A
p
estimate
genuine
2007-2018 - -35 | 0 | (N/A) 1993-2018 = N/A 28300 5.2 2007-2018 + 15 | 20 | (N/A) 1993-2018 + 135 | 140 | (N/A) 28300 5.2
PT
500000
1000000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
12.7
2007-2018 - N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 60000 # 11.1 2005-2018 = N/A | N/A | (-23) 1980-2018 = N/A # 59300 10.8
PTAC
N/A
N/A
20
p
minimum
N/A
N/A
2007-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A 900 # N/A 2008-2018 - N/A | N/A | (52.7) 1980-2018 x N/A # N/A N/A Alectoris rufa (non-native populations)
PTMA
1000
5000
N/A
p
estimate
noChange
#
N/A
2008-2018 x N/A 1980-2018 x N/A # 1600 N/A 2001-2018 + N/A | 250 | (1) 1980-2018 x N/A N/A N/A Alectoris rufa (non-native populations)
UK
N/A
N/A
72747
p
estimate
noChange
#
N/A
2004-2016 = N/A | N/A | (-8.84) 1980-2016 - N/A | N/A | (-40.04000) # 164200 # N/A 1989-2009 + 34.7 | 34.7 | (N/A) 1970-2009 + 78.87 | 78.87 | (N/A) # N/A N/A Alectoris rufa (non-native populations)
EU population status assessments
Breeding population Breeding distribution Winter population EU population
status
Contribution
to Target 1
Season Previous status Ssp. / subsp. unit
Population size (min) Population size (max) Unit Short-term trend Long-term trend Area Short-term trend Long-term trend Population size (min) Population size (max) Unit Short-term trend Long-term trend Breeding Wintering
EU28 4970000 6850000 p - - 708000 NE NE Near Threatened C B Declining Alectoris rufa