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KINGFISHER
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Conservation Listings

Table 4/Amber (European status)
Biodiversity Steering Group Conservation Concern List
Long term trend
UK: Fluctuating with no long-term trend
Status Summary
The Kingfisher declined along linear waterways (its principal habitat) until the mid 1980s, since when it seems to have recovered. The wide confidence interval around the WBS trend means, however, that we cannot be confident that this recovery has been complete. The decline was associated with a contraction of range in England (Gibbons et al. 1993).
Table of population changes for Kingfisher
Source Period
(yrs)		 Years Plots
(n)		 Change
(%)		 Lower
limit		 Upper
limit		 Alert Comment
WBS waterways 24 1975-1999 32 -7 -43 31    
  10 1989-1999 37 23 -10 58    
  5 1994-1999 37 4 -16 23    
Productivity information is not currently available for this species




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This report should be cited as:
Baillie, S.R., Crick, H.Q.P., Balmer, D.E., Beaven, L.P., Downie, I.S., Freeman, S.N., Leech, D.I., Marchant, J.H.,
Noble, D.G., Raven, M.J., Simpkin, A.P., Thewlis, R.M. and Wernham, C.V. (2002) Breeding Birds in the Wider
Countryside: their conservation status 2001. BTO Research Report No. 278. BTO, Thetford. (http://www.bto.org/birdtrends)

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