Alauda arvensis | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Alauda arvensis | Linnaeus, 1758
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
D
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a very small non-breeding population. There was a suggestion that it was in decline in the late-1990s, but recent records instead suggest that the population is stable. The small population size does, however, mean it meets the threshold for listing as Endangered under criterion D.
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
Predation by cats,;Felis catus,;has been noted to cause local declines in Crested Larks on the Arabian Peninsula (Symes;et al.;2015), and it is plausible that this would be an potential threat to this species within the UAE. Overgrazing outside of Protected Areas could be be an additional threat within UAE.The main cause of global decline in this species is agricultural intensification. Recent research indicates the principal causes are changes in management of cereal-growing and grassland in its breeding range (leading to reduced nesting and foraging opportunities, and reduction of food resources [Donald and Garcia 2014]). In grasslands high fertiliser applications lead to vegetation that is too tall and dense for nesting. High hunting pressure in some countries poses an additional threat (Donald and Garcia 2014). However, it is uncertain to what extent these global threats impact the individuals that visit UAE, especially as records suggest the visiting population is stable (per R. Sheldon in litt. 2019).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
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History
It is assessed that in 1996, the national Red List status of this species would have been the same as in this assessment.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Alauda arvensis | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Passeriformes | Alaudidae | Alauda |