 Until 2010 , despite a breeding range estimated at 12 @,@ 400 @,@ 000 km2 ( 4 @,@ 800 @,@ 000 sq mi ) , the corn crake was classified as near threatened on the IUCN Red List because of serious declines in Europe , but improved monitoring in Russia indicates that anticipated losses there have not occurred and numbers have remained stable or possibly increased . It is therefore now classed as least concern , since the major populations in Russia and Kazakhstan are not expected to change much in the short term . There are an estimated 1 @.@ 3 – 2 @.@ 0 million breeding pairs in Europe , three @-@ quarters of which are in European Russia , and a further 515 @,@ 000 – 1 @,@ 240 @,@ 000 pairs in Asiatic Russia ; the total Eurasian population has been estimated at between 5 @.@ 45 and 9 @.@ 72 million individuals . In much of the western half of its range , there have been long @-@ term declines that are expected to continue , although conservation measures have enabled numbers to grow in several countries , including a five @-@ fold increase in Finland , and a doubling in the UK . In the Netherlands , there were 33 breeding territories in 1996 , but this number had increased to at least 500 by 1998 . 
 Until 2010 , despite a breeding range estimated at 12 @,@ 400 @,@ 000 km2 ( 4 @,@ 800 @,@ 000 sq mi ) , the corn crake was classified as near threatened on the IUCN Red List because of serious declines in Europe , but improved monitoring in Russia <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>indicates</mark></a> that anticipated losses there <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>have</mark></a> not occurred and numbers <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>have</mark></a> remained stable or possibly increased . It is therefore now classed as least concern , since the major populations in Russia and Kazakhstan are not expected to change much in the short term . <a href='dey_it' title='4'><mark>There</mark></a> are an estimated 1 @.@ 3 – 2 @.@ 0 million breeding pairs in Europe , three @-@ quarters of which are in European Russia , and a further 515 @,@ 000 – 1 @,@ 240 @,@ 000 pairs in Asiatic Russia ; the total Eurasian population <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>has</mark></a> been estimated at between 5 @.@ 45 and 9 @.@ 72 million individuals . In much of the western half of its range , <a href='dey_it' title='6'><mark>there</mark></a> have been long @-@ term declines <a href='null_relcl' title='7'><mark>that</mark></a>are expected to continue , although conservation measures <a href='been_done' title='8'><mark>have</mark></a> enabled numbers to grow in several countries , including a five @-@ fold increase in Finland , and a doubling in the UK . In the Netherlands , <a href='dey_it' title='9'><mark>there</mark></a> <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>were</mark></a> 33 breeding territories in 1996 , but this number <a href='been_done' title='11'><mark>had</mark></a> increased to at least 500 by 1998 . 
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