Coracias benghalensis | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Coracias benghalensis | (Linnaeus, 1758)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a relatively large resident population in the UAE, which is increasing steadily. Therefore, the species is listed as Least Concern at the national level.
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 species is considered to not be under any serious threat in UAE and is increasing rapidly (Aspinall 1996, Symes et al.;2015). However, the potential for declines in invertebrate populations as a result of agricultural intensification and future declines in water availability requires further research.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
It is assessed that in 1996, after regional adjustment, 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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Coracias benghalensis | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Coraciiformes | Coraciidae | Coracias |