Larus ichthyaetus | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Larus ichthyaetus | Pallas, 1773
Publication
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
D1
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a very small non-breeding population in the UAE, which qualifies it for listing as Endangered. On a global scale, the species is increasing, so breeding populations outside of the country may have a large rescue effect within the UAE. Therefore, the species is adjusted down by one step to 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
Changes in coastal land-use, fisheries bycatch, and the possibility of oil pollution and marine debris (plastic) could affect this species in UAE, but the severity of these threats towards this species is unknown. Pallas's Gull is also at risk from avian influenza (Chen et al. 2006).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
It is likely that the rescue effect in 1996 would also have been in place and so the species is also assessed as VU (D) in 1996.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Larus ichthyaetus | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | Larus |