Ardenna carneipes | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Ardenna carneipes | (Gould, 1844)
Location
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Birds
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxonomic Notes
Ardenna carneipes;(del Hoyo et al. 2014);was previously placed in the genus Puffinus.
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Formerly considered vagrant, this species is now recognised to occur regularly between May and August off the east coast (Pedersen et al. 2017). It is mostly found off Khor Kalba (Sharjah Emirate) and Fujairah City (Pedersen et al. 2017). Birds occurring off the UAE coast breed on islands off Australia (Carboneras et al. 2019).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species is marine. It mainly occurs over continental shelves and slopes, and occasionally in inshore waters. There is no information available about its diet in the UAE; elsewhere, generally it feeds mostly on fish and squid, but also on marine invertebrates, which it takes by pursuit-plunging (Carboneras et al. 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
D
Assessment rationale/justification
On the global scale, the species is classified as Near Threatened because it is thought to have undergone a moderately rapid decline owing to the impact of fisheries.;This species has a very small non-breeding population in the UAE, which would qualify it for listing as Critically Endangered. However, given that the UAE is marginal;in the wintering distribution range,;the potential for immigration from outside the UAE remains very high. Therefore, the species's status has been adjusted down one category and is thus listed as Endangered at the national level.
About the assessment
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system
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.
Endemism
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Within the UAE, there is a risk of oil and other marine (plastic) pollution, but the severity of this on individuals that visit the country is essentially unknown. The species does also face a large variety of threats highlighted as potentially having an impact on the overall global population, but the proportion of the individuals that visit the UAE that are affected by these are not certain. These threats include bycatch in fisheries, with the species particularly severely impacted by this (see Tuck et al. 2003, Baker and Wise 2005; Richard and Abraham 2013, 2014). Additionally, the species is globally affected by the ingestion of plastic pollution (see Robertson et al. 2004, Bond and Lavers 2011, Lavers et al. 2014, Lavers and Bond 2016, Lewis 2016), predation by invasive mammals (e.g. Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus, House Rat R. rattus, Red Fox Vulpes vulpes; Gaze 2000, Taylor 2000, Pridell et al. 2006) (as well as competition with rabbits for burrows; Lavers 2015), collisions with traffic (Hutton 2003, DECC 2008), and development of breeding areas (Priddel et al. 2006).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Scientific Name
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Ardenna carneipes
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Procellariiformes
Procellariidae
Ardenna
