The average density of breeding sakers in Mongolia, measured in controlled
areas, was 2.7 pairs per 1,000 km2. Projecting this density on the
1.5 million km2 Mongolian territory, remembering that 96,500 km2
of the country is covered by thick forests, and a further 4% lies above 3,000 m
where sakers do not breed, we reach a projected total Mongolian population of
2,823 territorial pairs of sakers.
With the average brood size of 3.2, and providing that the percentage of
pairs participating in breeding is 70.6%, as measured in the controlled
territories, the Mongolian population of saker falcons produce 6,382 young
sakers per year.
There are no immediate threats to the saker population, the Ministry of
Nature and the Environment of Mongolia is concerned with the increasing number
of illegal smuggling attempts. In the last three years a total of about 75 saker
falcons were confiscated by Customs and released to the wild.
