Taxon name
Pluvialis fulva
(Gmelin, 1789)
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Pluvialis fulva
(Gmelin, 1789)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Birds
Species authority
(Gmelin, 1789)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
United Arab Emirates (the)
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
United Arab Emirates (the)
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Qualifying criteria (if given)
D1
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a very small, increasing non-breeding population in the UAE, which qualifies it for listing as Endangered. On a global scale, the species is assessed as LC, and it is deemed likely that the wider breeding population could provide a significant rescue effect despite the global trend being a decrease. Therefore, the species's status has undergone an adjustment down to Vulnerable at the national level.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
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.
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
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 (Pedersen et al. 2017). The species is locally common between late August and early May along the coast (Richardson 1990, Pedersen et al. 2017).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species inhabits open grassland, mudflats and cultivated fields along the coast (Richardson 1990, Aspinall and Porter 2011). There is no information available about its diet in the UAE; elsewhere, it feeds predominantly on insects, molluscs, worms, crustaceans and spiders (del Hoyo et al. 1996). The species is strongly migratory; birds wintering in the UAE or further south breed between April and August in the Arctic tundra of north-eastern Siberia (Richardson 1990).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Changes in coastal land-use and the possibility of oil pollution could affect this species in UAE, but the severity of these threats towards this species is unknown. Climate change is likely to have an effect on this species in the future.
History
While the population size is suspected to be increasing, counts from the mid to late 1990's suggest that the non-breeding population size still fell in the same range as used here (albeit probably at the lower end of the range). Therefore, the species is also assessed as VU for 1996.
Publication
Burfield, I.J., Westrip, J., Sheldon, R.D., Hermes, C., Wheatley, H., Smith, D., Harding, K.A. Allen, D.J. and Alshamsi, O. 2021. UAE National Red List of Birds. Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
