Onychoprion anaethetus | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Onychoprion anaethetus | (Scopoli, 1786)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a very large, stable breeding population in the UAE. Therefore, it is listed as Least Concern here.
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
Aspinall (1996) identifies the main threats to the species within the UAE as egg collecting, introduced mammals (such as cats), land development, disturbance, oil pollution and nest site competition from feral pigeons. Changes in habitat structure have also been thought to affect nesting (Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi 2016).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
It is considered that in 1996, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Onychoprion anaethetus | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | Onychoprion |