Egretta gularis | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Egretta gularis | (Bosc, 1792)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a restricted resident population in the UAE, which might qualify it for listing as Vulnerable. However, the population is stable and the potential for immigration from outside the UAE is very high, with widespread and stable populations in the Arabian Peninsula. Therefore, the species has been adjusted by two categories and is thus 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
Egg collecting is potentially a threat on offshore islands (Aspinall 1996). Clearance and logging of mangroves could have a significant impact on the species, and pollution (e.g. from oil spills) could prove to be a key threat at some sites (Aspinall 1996).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
The species qualified as Vulnerable in 1996 based on restricted population, but this is adjusted by two categories to Least Concern.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Egretta gularis | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Pelecaniformes | Ardeidae | Egretta |