Table 4. Threatened species recorded during the IWC 2022 in Libya.
| Species | Common name | No. | No. of sites | Status | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Larus audouinii | (Payraudeau, 1826) | Audouin's gull | 21 | 9 | VU, T | * & ** |
| 2. | Larus genei | (Breme, 1839) | Slender billed gull | 2,169 | 32 | VU, T | * & ** |
| 3. | Larus melanocephalus | (Temminick, 1820) | Mediterranean gull | 5,026 | 20 | T | ** |
| 4. | Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831) | Lesser crested tern | 7 | 1 | T | ** | |
| 5. | Sterna sandvicensis | (Latham, 1878) | Sandwich tern | 502 | 21 | T | ** |
| 6. | Charadrius alexandrines (Linnaeus, 1758) | Kentish plover | 592 | 20 | T | ** | |
| 7. | Gulosus aristotelis | (Linnaeus, 1761) | European shag | 8 | 2 | T | ** |
| 8. | Phoenicopterus roseus (Pallas, 1811) | Greater flamingo | 352 | 6 | T | ** | |
| 9. | Puffinus yelkouan | (Acerbi, 1827) | Levantine shearwater | 3 | 2 | VU, T | * & ** |
| 10. | Aythya ferina | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Common pochard | 5 | 1 | VU | * |
| 11. | Aythya nyroca | (Güldenstädt, 1770) | Ferruginous duck | 60 | 5 | NT | * |
| 12. | Marmaronetta angustirostris (Ménétries, 1832) | Marbled teal | 8 | 3 | VU | * | |
| 13. | Numenius arquata | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Eurasian curlew | 16 | 6 | NT | * |
| 14. | Calidris ferruginea | (Pontoppidan, 1763) | Curlew sandpiper | 7 | 4 | NT | * |
| 15. | Haematopus ostralegus(Linnaeus, 1758) | Eurasian oystercatcher | 34 | 2 | NT | * | |
| 16. | Limosa lapponica | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Bar-tailed godwit | 1 | 1 | NT | * |
| 17. | Circus macrourus | (Gmelin, 1770) | Pallid harrier | 1 | 1 | NT | * |
| 18. | Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus, 1758) | European turtle dove | 2 | 1 | VU | * |
VU= vulnerable, T= Threatened, NT= Near threatened, * = IUCN Redlist & ** = Annex II (RAC/SPA).