Larus hemprichii | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Larus hemprichii | Bruch, 1853
Publication
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a small breeding population in the UAE with nesting restricted to three locations, where it is impacted by introduced predators. It qualifies for listing as Endangered (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)).However, the population is increasing within the country and is stable or increasing in the wider Arabian Peninsula; thus, the potential for immigration from outside the UAE remains high. Therefore, the species's status has undergone a regional adjustment by one category and is listed as Vulnerable at the national level.
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
The Sooty Gull is vulnerable to oil spills (Aspinall 1996, Javed et al. 2005) and is at risk of habitat degradation due to land reclamation for oil prospecting and development (Aspinall 1996, Javed et al. 2005). Introduced species (such as cats and rodents) can be a threat, and the species has been impacted by egg collecting and persecution (although it has been stopped at some sites) (Aspinall 1996, see also Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi 2016).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Although the population was smaller in 1996 (Aspinall 1996), the species still nested on only three islands, it is assumed to have;also qualified as Endangered in 1996, adjusted down by one category to VU.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Larus hemprichii | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | Larus |