Ixobrychus minutus | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Ixobrychus minutus | (Linnaeus, 1766)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
D
Assessment rationale/justification
This species may have a very small breeding population in the UAE, which might qualify it for listing as Critically Endangered. However, as the breeding population of the Arabian Peninsula seems to be increasing, there is high potential for immigration. Therefore, the species's status has undergone an adjustment down one category and is listed as Endangered at the national level. The species may be in the process of expanding its breeding range in the UAE.
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
Changes in wetland land-use could affect this species in UAE, but the severity of such a threats towards this species is unknown.The species also faces a range of threats globally, which could impact individuals that visit the country. Since 1970, European populations have fallen, most likely due to habitat destruction and pollution, however these alone do not explain its overall European decline. Recreational activities such as fishing and swimming are also a threat as is the intensive commercial use of water areas (e.g. reed cutting, fish farming), river regulation measures and eutrophication (Bauer et al. 2006).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
The first breeding was confirmed in 1995 (Aspinall 1996). The species is assessed as CR in 1996 without any regional revision.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Ixobrychus minutus | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Pelecaniformes | Ardeidae | Ixobrychus |