Bubo ascalaphus | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Bubo ascalaphus | Savigny, 1809
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
D
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a very small resident population in the UAE, which qualifies it for listing as Endangered. Given the long-term stability of the population, any immigration of mature individuals is not deemed significant. Therefore, the species's status has not undergone a regional adjustment and is retained as Endangered.
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
This species may face persecution to discourage nesting near human habitation (Aspinall 1996), while collisions with vehicles and powerlines can lead to the death of individuals (Aspinall 1996). There is also a risk that individuals may be taken from nest sites for trade (Symes et al. 2015) or because people accidentally think chicks have been abandonned. Nests may also be disturbed by photographers, and undisturbed nest site availability may be declining in certain areas.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
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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Bubo ascalaphus | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Strigiformes | Strigidae | Bubo |