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Anne Cotton

Large, predominantly black waterbird, relying almost entirely on fish. Breeds in small to very large colonies, found both in freshwater as well as marine habitats. Very large, near cosmopolitan breeding range. In Europe, disjunct breeding distribution from France and UK east to Black Sea region, Belarus, Baltic states, and N to northernmost Norway. Northern and eastern populations migratory, western and southern populations largely resident with some dispersal. European population 401,000-512,000 breeding pairs with increasing trend. Prone to drowning in fishing nets, some populations controlled.

Season of assessment

B

Population trendIncreasing
Population size
(min-max, best estimate)
828000-1030000,926000
Red List categoryLC
Franks, S., Fiedler, W., Arizaga, J., Jiguet, F., Nikolov, B., van der Jeugd, Ambrosini, R, Aizpurua, O., Bairlein, F., Clark, J., Fattorini, N, Hammond, M., Higgins, D, Levering, H., Skellorn, W., Spina, F, Thorup, K. Walker, J., Woodward, I. and Baillie, S.R. (1) (2022) Online Atlas of the movements of European bird populations. https://migrationatlas.org EURING/CMS (1) Principal investigator
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* Los datos del mapa incluyen solo recuperaciones lejanas (>= 50 km)