Merops cyanophrys | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Merops cyanophrys | (Cabanis & Heine, 1860)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
The species's population size within the UAE is large enough that it would not approach the thresholds for listing under a threatened category due to small population size alone. The population has been considered to be increasing, although there is some uncertainty now due to some noted localised declines, but it is not considered to be likely to be declining in the country as a whole. The population in the wider Arabian Peninsula is stable or increasing; thus, the potential for immigration from outside the UAE remains very high. Therefore, the species 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
There have been localised declines in some areas, e.g. at Al Wathba, and these are suspected to be potentially be associated with land-use changes. The potential for declines in invertebrate populations as a result of agricultural intensification and future declines in water availability requires further research.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
It is assessed that in 1996, after regional adjustments, the national Red List status of this species would have been the same as in this assessment.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Merops cyanophrys | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Coraciiformes | Meropidae | Merops |