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Current status of Birds of Prey in Ukraine

№	Species	ERLB	RBU	Breeding	Migra- ting	Win- tering	Acci- dental	Distribution	Modern online databases
•	*Accipitriformes*								ua- birds	iNatu- ralist
	Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	EN	R?*	R	—	—	Possible breeding in Volyn and Rivne Oblasts.
	Eur. Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	—	S	C	—	—	Breeding in the forest and forest-steppe zones, sporadically in steppes and in the mountains of Crimea.
	Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	EN	R*	—	—	R*	Single cases of breeding are known in the West of Ukraine in the second decade of the 20^th century; accidental in other areas.
	Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	VU	S	S	R*	—	Breeding almost in all areas of Ukraine except the Carpathian highlands, substantial part of the steppe zone and Crimea.
	Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	R	R*	C	S	—	Breeding in some regions of the North of Polissya, in Sumy, Chernihiv and Rivne Oblasts.
	Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	LC	EN	—	R	R*	—	The last cases of breeding had been reported in Sumy and Luhansk Oblasts in 1980 years.
	Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	VU	S	S	—	—	Sporadically breeding almost in all areas excluding the mountain regions.
	Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	—	C	C	R*	—	Breeding throughout the country excluding the mountain regions.
	Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis	LC	—	C	C	C	—	Breeding throughout the country.
	Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus	LC	—	S	C	C	—	Breeding in the forest, forest-steppe zones, in the mountains of Crimea and sporadically in steppes.
	Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	EN	R*	R*	—	C*	Breeding in the valley of the Siverskyi Donets River, maybe at the Danube River; accidental in other areas.
	Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus	LC	—	—	C	C	—	—
	Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus	LC	R	S	R	R*	—	Breeding in the steppe and partly in forest-steppe zones.
	Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo	LC	—	C	C	C	—	Breeding almost throughout the country.
	Short-toed Snake-Eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	R	R	R	R*	—	Breeding in the forest and forest-steppe zones, also sporadically in the steppe zone and in the Crimean Mountains.
	Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	R	R	R	—	—	Breeding areas cover the Carpathian region, the most of the forest-steppe and the North of steppe zones.
	Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis	CR	EN	—	R*	—	—	The last breeding case has been reported in the Askania-Nova Nature Reserve in 1981.
	Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	R	R*	R	R*	—	Breeding in the North of Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Kyiv and Chernihiv Oblasts.
	Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	R	S	S	—	—	Breeding mostly in the West, North and Centre of the country; single pairs breed in the steppe zone and in the East.
	Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	LC	R	R	R	R*	—	Breeding in Crimea, the East of Ukraine and some areas at the Dnipro River’s basin.
	Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	VU	R*	R	R	—	Breeding in the Carpathians.
	White-tailed Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	R	R	R	S	—	Breeding mostly in valleys of the Dnipro River and its tributaries, at the Siverskyi Donets and sporadically near large bodies of water in other regions.
	Pallas’s Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	—	—	—	—	—	R*	—	—
	Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	VU	EN	—	—	—	R	Was breeding in the Crimean Mountains and rocks of the Dnister River until the second half of the 20^th century.
	Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	LC	VU	R*	—	R*	R*	Settled in Crimea, accidental in other areas.
	Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	VU	R*	—	R*	R*	Settled in Crimea, accidental in other areas.
•	*Falconidae*								ua- birds	iNatu- ralist
	Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus	LC	—	—	—	—	R	—	—
	Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	VU	R	R	R*	—	Breeding in the steppe zone.
	Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	R	R*	R	R	—	Settled in Crimea, single pairs breed in the Carpathian region and big cities.
	Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus	EN	—	—	—	—	R*	—	—
	Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo	LC	—	C	C	—	—	Breeding throughout the country.
	Merlin Falco columbarius	VU	—	—	R	R	—	—
	Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	—	S	S	—	—	Breeding in the steppe zone.
	Amur Falcon Falco amurensis	—	—	—	—	—	R*	—
	Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	EN	R*	—	—	R*	A single case of breeding has been recorded in Crimea at the beginning of the 21^st century; accidental in the southern areas.
	Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	LC	—	C	C	S	—	Breeding throughout the country.
•	*Strigiformes*								ua- birds	iNatu- ralist
	Common Barn-Owl Tyto alba	LC	EN	R*	—	—	R*	Breeding in Zakarpattia, Crimea and sporadically in the southern regions; accidental in other areas.
	Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula	LC	—	—	—	—	R	—
	Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca	LC	—	—	—	—	R	—	—
	Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo	LC	R	R	—	R	—	Breeding in the Carpathian region, Polissya and in the East of Ukraine.
	Nor. Long-eared Owl Asio otus	LC	—	C	C	C	—	Breeding throughout the country.
	Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	LC	R	R	R	R	—	Sporadically breeding throughout the country, besides mountains and Zakarpattia.
	Eurasian Scops-Owl Otus scops	LC	R	S	S	—	—	Breeding in the steppe zone and Zakarpattia.
	Eurasian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	VU	R*	—	R*	—	Breeding in the Carpathians and the North of Polissya (Rivne, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy Oblasts).
	Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	R	R*	—	R*	—	Breeding in the Carpathians and the North of Polissya (Rivne, Zhytomyr and Sumy Oblasts).
	Little Owl Athene noctua	LC	—	S	—	S	—	Breeding throughout the country except highlands.
	Tawny Owl Strix aluco	LC	—	C	—	C	—	Breeding in the forest and forest-steppe zones, substantial part of the steppe zone, the lower reaches of the Dnipro and Danube Rivers, the Crimean Mountains.
	Ural Owl Strix uralensis	LC	NK	S*	—	S*	—	Breeding in the Carpathians and surrounding areas.
	Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa	LC	R	R*	—	R*	—	Breeding in the North of Polissya (Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr and Kyiv Oblasts).

C – common
S – scanty
R – rare
? – status needs to be specified
* – status relates only to a small area of Ukraine

Compilers: Gavrylyuk M.N., Domashevsky S.V., Vetrov V.V., Milobog Yu.V.

Updated: December 5^th, 2020

More details on the birds of prey status in different region of Ukraine can be found in the attached file for January 2009.

Status according to the Red Book of Ukraine, 2009 (RBU):

R – Rare
VU – Vulnerable
EN – Endangered
NK – Not well known

According to European Red List of Birds 2021, App. 1 (ERLB):

LC – Least Concern
VU – Vulnerable
EN – Endangered
CR – Critically Endangered