Taxon name
Calidris temminckii
(Leisler, 1812)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Calidris temminckii
(Leisler, 1812)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Birds
Species authority
(Leisler, 1812)
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 restricted non-breeding population in the UAE, which qualifies it for listing as Endangered. Based on the stable global population, the species's status has undergone a regional adjustment downl by one category. Therefore, the species is considered 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 migrant individuals on passage to and from the breeding grounds or of winter visitors (Pedersen et al. 2017). The species occurs in wetlands throughout the country, particularly along the coast. While numbers peak during autumn passage from August to December, the species has been recorded in the UAE in all months except June (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
Outside of the breeding season, this species inhabits inland freshwater wetlands such as pools and sewage farms, as well as marshes and mudflats along the coast (Richardson 1990, Aspinall and Porter 2011). There is no information available about its diet in the UAE; elsewhere in inland habitats is feeds primarily of insects and their larvae as well as the occasional plant matter, while along the coasts it takes annelids, crustaceans and small molluscs (Johnsgard 1981, del Hoyo et al. 1996). The species is migratory and breeds in the tundra of northern Eurasia (del Hoyo et al. 1996). Individuals wintering in the UAE leave the breeding grounds in July to early August and migrate southward on broad front (del Hoyo et al. 1996, Snow and Perrins 1998). Part of the population moves further south to winter in sub-Sahara Africa.
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. Outside of the UAE, it is also threatened in its breeding range by shrinkage and deterioration of suitable habitats (due to eutrophication and the overgrazing of shore meadows), and by increased human recreational disturbance due to the building up of breeding sites (trampling and disturbance often lead to increased hatchling predation and abandonment of nests) (Ronka 1996). The species is also susceptible to avian influenza and may therefore be threatened by future outbreaks of the virus (Melville and Shortridge 2006). Climate change could have an impact on this species in the future.
History
Assessed as VU (D) for 1996 based on similar population size and rescue effect.
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
