Ammoperdix heyi | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Ammoperdix heyi | (Temminck, 1825)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment status criteria
C2a(ii)
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a small resident population size, which is likely to be all within one subpopulation and is suspected to be in decline at an unknown rate. It is therefore listed here as Near Threatened under Criterion C2a(ii).
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
Recreation within the species's occupied range could have an impact, reducing local numbers and potentially leading to individuals altering their behavioural patterns (Aspinall 1996), but in UAE the degree of impact on the species as a whole is thought to be negligible due to how inaccessible its habitat is (Aspinall 1996, Khan;et al.;2009). However, its habitat is becoming more accessible, with development leading to habitat loss and fragmentation. A potential threat to the species, which should not be allowed to occur in the future, is the introduction of See-see Partridge, Ammoperdix griseogularis, into the native range of Sand Partridge, due to the risk of hybridisation (Aspinall 1996), while introduction of Arabian Partridge and Chukar within Sand Partridge's range may be leading to increased competition over resources, and the risk of introduced diseases.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
It is assessed that in 1996, the national Red List status of this species would have been the same as in this assessment.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Ammoperdix heyi | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Galliformes | Phasianidae | Ammoperdix |