Population: The global population of the Saker falcon is about 6.1-14.9 thousand pairs (median is about 10,500 pairs). In Kazakhstan, the number in 2012 was estimated at 700-1400 pairs (median 1,050 pairs). The number is decreasing.
Status: Rare and endangered species. Category I. The number of the species has decreased so sharply in recent years that it has become endangered in many regions of Kazakhstan.
Distribution: Forest-steppe, steppe and desert zones of Eurasia from the lower reaches of the Danube in the west to the Great Khingan in the east. In Kazakhstan, it breeds in the mountainous regions of the south and east of the republic, in Betpak-Dal, the mountain groups of Kyzylkum, Mangyshlak, on the chinks of Ustyurt, in the island forests of Naurzum and ribbon forests along the Irtysh, in the lower reaches of Turgai and in Western Kazakhstan.
