Vanellus leucurus | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Vanellus leucurus | (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
D
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a small breeding and non-breeding population in the UAE, which might qualify it for listing as Critically Endangered as a breeding species and Endangered in winter. However, since the first breed record in 1996, the population has increased within the country and it is stable in the wider Arabian Peninsula; thus, the potential for immigration from outside the UAE remains. Therefore, the species's status has been adjusted down by one category to Endangered as a breeding species and Vulnerable in winter. The breeding season takes precedence here, so it is listed as Endangered.
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 loss of wetland habitats in Mesopotamia owing to drainage, and wetland destruction in Iraq (the core breeding and wintering areas) poses a threat to this species (Stroud;et al. 2005). Land-use changes and oil pollution of coastal sites within UAE could have an impact, but the severity of such threats is unknown.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
The first breeding records was in 1996. The species is not backcast, as it would not have been considered to be regularly breeding or over-wintering (see Porter et al. 1996) in 1996 and would not have been assessed. It would also depend on timing of a 1996' assessment, as if done pre-breeding attempt then it wouldn't have been assessed.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Vanellus leucurus | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Charadriidae | Vanellus |