[Markus Jais]

hello
does anybody know something about the current population of Steller's Sea Eagle and population trends ??

Markus

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Ferguson-Lees (Raptors of the World) 2002 gives:

World summer population estimated at c2,200 breeding pairs in 1980's and at 5,600 adults in total of 7,500 birds in early 1990's.

Population declining due to overfishing, coastal developments (petrochemical industry), logging, industrial and pesticide pollution and (occasionally) shooting.

Spud

[Markus Jais]

does anyone have numbers of pairs for 2002 or 2003 ?

Markus

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I don't think there have been any recent survey's but the most up to date information should be held by Birdlife International:

http://www.birdlife.net/

Searching through their data zone should do the trick.

Spud

[Michael Frankis]

Hi Markus,

Some interesting additional info and references here:

http://www.conservationinstitute.org...rsseaeagle.htm

Michael