Curruca curruca | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Curruca curruca | (Linnaeus, 1758)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
D1
Assessment rationale/justification
The small non-breeding population size of this species in the UAE means that the species triggers the threshold for Vulnerable 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
The intensification of modern agricultural techniques has driven habitat loss and declines in this species in some areas within its global range (Hagemeijer and Blair 1997), but it is unknown whether individuals that visit UAE are impacted by this threat. Overgrazing outside of Protected Areas may have an impact on this species.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Curruca curruca | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Passeriformes | Sylviidae | Curruca |