Larus fuscus | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Larus fuscus | Linnaeus, 1758
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a large non-breeding population in the UAE. Therefore, it is 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
The most relevant threats within UAE are changes in coastal land-use and the possibility of oil pollution, but the severity of these threats towards this species is unknown. Individuals of this species that visit UAE are also threatened by a range of threats that operate outside of the country: Declines in the most northerly breeding subspecies;L. f. fuscus;(a rare passage migrant to UAE; Pedersen et al. 2017) have been attributed in part to the high level of DDE residues accumulated during the non-breeding season, when this subspecies is found further south than the rest of the species (Bustnes 2006, Burger et al. 2018). High levels of PCBs have also been recorded with the potential to lead to mortality in chicks (Hario et al. 2000). Lesser Black-backed Gulls are also persecuted in some areas of its range, which may lead to displacement or even local declines. The species is susceptible to avian botulism, so may be threatened by future outbreaks of this disease (Mitchell;et al.;2004).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Considered to have the same status in 1996.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Larus fuscus | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | Larus |