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In increasing order of concern: ",[18,27,28],{},"LC"," (Least Concern) covers species with no significant extinction risk based on current data; ",[18,31,32],{},"NT"," (Near Threatened) covers species likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future; ",[18,35,36],{},"VU"," (Vulnerable), ",[18,39,40],{},"EN"," (Endangered), and ",[18,43,44],{},"CR"," (Critically Endangered) represent progressively higher extinction risk based on criteria such as population size, rate of decline, and range size; and ",[18,47,48],{},"EW"," (Extinct in the Wild) and ",[18,51,52],{},"EX"," (Extinct) mark species that survive only in captivity or not at all.",[15,55,56,57,59,60,65,66,70,71,73,74,76,77,81,82,86],{},"Most species covered in this atlas carry an ",[18,58,28],{}," status, including familiar birds like the ",[61,62,64],"a",{"href":63},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fobyknovenny-skvorets","common starling"," and ",[61,67,69],{"href":68},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fbolshaya-sinitsa","great tit",". 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A species can hold LC status globally, reflecting a large total population across a wide range, while still declining steeply in a specific country or region due to local habitat loss — a pattern conservationists watch closely, since local declines in an otherwise common species can be an early warning sign before the global status itself changes. National Red Data Books, including Russia's, sometimes assess the same species differently from the global IUCN listing, reflecting the fact that a species can be secure worldwide but genuinely rare or declining within one country's borders.",{"title":95,"searchDepth":96,"depth":96,"links":97},"",2,[98,99],{"id":12,"depth":96,"text":13},{"id":89,"depth":96,"text":90},"\u002Fimages\u002Fslovar\u002Fohrannyi-status-ptic.png","Conservation status is a standardized IUCN category — from Least Concern to Extinct — measuring how close a species is to disappearing across its entire range.","md",[104,107],{"q":105,"a":106},"What do the letters LC, NT, VU, EN, and CR actually stand for?","They are IUCN Red List categories, in increasing order of extinction risk: LC (Least Concern), NT (Near Threatened), VU (Vulnerable), EN (Endangered), and CR (Critically Endangered). Beyond CR sit EW (Extinct in the Wild) and EX (Extinct). Most bird species on the atlas carry LC, meaning current data shows no significant risk of extinction, though local populations within that global status can still be declining.",{"q":108,"a":109},"Can a common bird still have a concerning conservation status?","Yes — global rarity and local trend are different things. A species can be numerous overall (keeping it at LC globally) while declining sharply in a specific region due to local habitat loss, or conversely be rare globally (VU or EN) while stable or even locally common within a well-protected part of its range.","Photorealistic wildlife photo, a Streptopelia turtur European turtle dove perched on a bare hawthorn branch at woodland edge, plumage showing warm chestnut-and-black scalloped upperparts and a blue-grey head, alert posture with head slightly turned, soft-focus scrubby hedgerow background typical of declining farmland habitat, overcast diffused daylight, shallow depth of field, 16:9",{},true,null,"glossary","\u002Fslovar\u002Fohrannyi-status-ptic","14.07.2026",1,[119,123,127],{"label":120,"path":121,"description":122},"Range (habitat range)","\u002Fslovar\u002Fareal-obitaniya","The geographic area a species occupies",{"label":124,"path":125,"description":126},"Endemic species","\u002Fslovar\u002Fendemik","A species restricted to one 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themselves within hours; altricial chicks hatch blind, naked, and entirely dependent on their parents.","\u002Fslovar\u002Fvyvodkovye-i-ptencovye-ptitsy","\u002Fimages\u002Fslovar\u002Fvyvodkovye-i-ptencovye-ptitsy.png",{"title":224,"description":225,"path":121,"coverImage":226,"publishedAt":116,"order":113},"Range (Habitat Range)","A species' range is the total geographic area where it occurs, distinct from habitat, which describes the type of environment it uses within that area.","\u002Fimages\u002Fslovar\u002Fareal-obitaniya.png",{"title":228,"description":229,"path":230,"coverImage":231,"publishedAt":116,"order":113},"Resident Birds","Resident birds stay within the same general area year-round, neither migrating to a separate wintering range nor undertaking large nomadic 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