Larus ridibundus | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Larus ridibundus | Linnaeus, 1766
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a large non-breeding population in the UAE, which is stable at very high numbers. Therefore, it is listed as Least Concern 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 most relevant threat within UAE is the possibility of oil pollution (a threat also highlighted at the global level [Gorski et al. 1977]), but the severity of this threats towards this species is unknown.Individuals of this species that visit UAE are also threatened by a range of threats that operate outside of the country. The species is susceptible to avian influenza (Melville and Shortridge 2006) and avian botulism so may be threatened by future outbreaks of these diseases (Hubalek et al. 2005). It;has suffered local population declines in the past as a result of egg collecting (del Hoyo et al. 1996). In some areas of its breeding range the species may also suffer from reduced reproductive successes due to contamination with chemical pollutants (del Hoyo et al. 1996). None of these, however, are thought to be significant threats to the global population.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
In 1996, populations will have been lower (no garbage dumps), but the species would still have been assessed as Least Concern.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Larus ridibundus | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | Larus |