Himantopus himantopus | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Himantopus himantopus | (Linnaeus, 1758)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a moderate and increasing breeding population size within UAE, and it is assessed as Vulnerable under Criterion D. However, with an increasing population in the wider Arabian Peninsula and immigration possible (especially given its rapid increase after its first recorded breeding in the country), it warrants a regional adjustment of two categories to Least Concern.
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
Botulism is an issue at some sites in UAE for this species (Aspinall 1996). Wetland land-use changes also potentially could have an impact.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
The species first bred in the UAE in 1988, with an estimated 100-300 pairs in 1996 (Aspinall 1966) and increasing. It is assessed as Endangered (D) in 1996, but revised due to the significant rescue effect by two steps to NT.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Himantopus himantopus | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Recurvirostridae | Himantopus |