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Status
Included in the Birds of Conservation Concern Red List (high conservation concern) (3). Listed as a UK Species of Conservation Importance, and a species of European Conservation Concern. Receives general protection in the UK under schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act and listed under Schedule ii of the EC Birds Directive (4). Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List 2006 (5).