Motacilla citreola | UAE National Red List of Birds

Taxa
Motacilla citreola | Pallas, 1776
Publication
UAE National Red List of Birds
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
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
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
The majority of occurrences of this species within the UAE are likely to be of wintering birds and migrant individuals on passage to and from the breeding grounds. Numbers are highest between mid-August and April, when the species is common at wetlands throughout the country (Aspinall and Porter 2011, Pedersen et al. 2017). In other months, the species is rare (Pedersen et al. 2017). Individuals wintering in, or migrating through, the UAE breed throughout central Eurasia.
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species occurs near waterbodies or wet areas, including swampy and damp meadows or fields, marshes, exposed pond edges, river and lake margins, public parks, golf courses, lagoons, sewage ponds and water treatment plants (Richardson 1990, Aspinall and Porter 2011). There is no information available about its diet in the UAE; elsewhere the diet includes a wide variety of invertebrates, often aquatic, and their larvae. The species is migratory and breeds from April to June in central Eurasian grasslands.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
D1
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a non-breeding population size that is small enough to qualify as Endangered under Criterion D. However, the species is considered likely to receive a rescue effect from breeding populations outside of the country and so the species's category has undergone a regional adjustment. It is therefore listed as Vulnerable under Criterion D1.
About the assessment
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
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
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
There are currently no known significant threats to this species, however, artificial habitats that favour this species may be transient, so monitoring of such habitats will be important.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
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
Motacilla citreola Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Motacillidae Motacilla