Pycnonotus xanthopygos | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Pycnonotus xanthopygos | (Ehrenberg, 1833)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment status criteria
C2a(ii)
Assessment rationale/justification
The species is suspected to have declined in the UAE since 1996, and the overall population size within the country is now thought to number <10,000 mature individuals. This qualifies it for listing as Near Threatened under criterion C2a(ii).
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
Development of montane areas is thought to be a key threat to the species. Introduced bulbuls might have some local impacts on the species as a competitor (Aspinall 1996) [note Aspinall (1996) refers to White-cheeked Bulbul, Pycnonotus leucogenys,;but it is assumed here that this refers to White-eared Bulbul, P. leucotis, per Pedersen et al. (2017)]. Overgrazing outside of Protected Areas could be an additional threat.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
The major threat (and likely primary driver of any population decline in this species ) - development in wadis - has commenced since 1996, so the suspected population decline is likely to have started since 1996. Therefore, it is assessed that in a 1996 assessment the species would have been deemed to be Least Concern.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Pycnonotus xanthopygos | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Passeriformes | Pycnonotidae | Pycnonotus |