Gymnoris xanthocollis | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Gymnoris xanthocollis | (Burton, 1838)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
D
Assessment rationale/justification
The population size of this species within the UAE is potentially very small, potentially as low as 100 mature individuals, and the population is suspected to be declining. Therefore, the species is assessed as Endangered, without applying a regional adjustment.
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
Loss of woodland (e.g. Acacia and Prosopis), would have an impact on this species (see Aspinall 1996). Development in certain areas would also likely pose a threat to this species. There is some trade in this species, but this is only thought to involve imported individuals rather than capture from the wild within the country (Aspinall 1996).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
This species breeding in Ghaf groves, which have declined since 1996 and it is possible that the species doesn't adapt to altered habitats; which means that this species is suspected to be undergoing a decline within the UAE. While the 1996 population estimate of Aspinall (1996) is considered to be an overestimate, it is still considered here that the species would have warranted a listing of Least Concern in 1996, whereas now it is assessed as Endangered.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Gymnoris xanthocollis | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Passeriformes | Passeridae | Gymnoris |