Dromas ardeola | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Dromas ardeola | Paykull, 1805
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a fairly large breeding population, but a smaller non-breeding population. The breeding population is thought to be increasing, while the non-breeding population is assumed to be declining within the UAE.Nesting occurs on two small islands with a highly restricted extent of occurrence;(EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO). The;breeding population qualifies as Endangered under criterion B, presuming no rescue effect given that populations;within the Arabian Peninsula;are declining (Symes et al. 2015). The non-breeding population may warrant listing as EN under criteria C1+2a(ii). Based on regional criteria, neither of the two populations require a regional adjustment, as the breeding population in the wider Arabian Peninsula is thought to be in decline. The breeding population takes precedence here though, so the species is listed as Endangered under criteria B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii).
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 threatened by future oil spills (Aspinall 1996, del Hoyo et al. 1996, Hockey et al. 2005) and the introduction of nest predators onto breeding islands (del Hoyo et al. 1996, Symes et al. 2015). Rat predation was first observed on Umm Amim;in 2005.;The planting of mangrove stands over bare substrates in some areas may also reduce the availability of nest sites (Hockey et al. 2005), while coastal development could also threaten existing colonies (Aspinall 1996, Symes et al. 2015, Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi 2016).;Eggs and young of the species used to be collected from nesting colonies in the wider Arabian region, a practice which may still occur (Hockey et al. 2005, Symes et al. 2015), while intrusions by people collecting the eggs of other species (e.g. Bridled Tern) can result in nest destruction (Aspinall 1996).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
The species is considered to have been Endangered in 1996 on the basis of restricted nesting EOO and AOO, with rescue effect uncertain and therefore not applied.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Dromas ardeola | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Dromadidae | Dromas |