Arenaria interpres | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Arenaria interpres | (Linnaeus, 1758)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment status criteria
D1
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a restricted non-breeding population in the UAE, which qualifies it for listing as Vulnerable. On a global scale, the species is in slight decline, however it is still considered Least Concern. The population is stable within the UAE; natural wetland habitats within the UAE are likely to be deteriorating due to land conversion, however new anthropogenic habitats have been created. Therefore, the species is downlisted by one category to Near Threatened.
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 most relevant threats within the UAE are changes in coastal land-use and the possibility of oil pollution, but the severity of these threats towards this species is unknown. It is also susceptible to avian influenza so may be threatened by future outbreaks of the virus (Melville and Shortridge 2006). Climate change is also a future potential threat.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Considered Vulnerable (D1) in 1996 revised down by one category to Near Threatened as a result of potential rescue effect from the global population.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Arenaria interpres | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | Arenaria |