Phaethon aethereus | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Phaethon aethereus | Linnaeus, 1758
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
D
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a small breeding population in the UAE, which qualifies it for listing as Endangered under criterion D.The breeding population in Saudi Arabia seems to be in decline, although there is still high potential for immigration from stable breeding populations throughout the Arabian Peninsula (Symes et al. 2015). The species has been retained as Endangered at the national level on a precautionary basis pending confirmation of the status of the breeding population.
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 pressing threats to this species in UAE are the presence of rats and cats on breeding islands, which cause rapid population declines (see Aspinall 1996). Birds of prey can also have an impact (Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi 2016). The presence of oil companies on Zirku and Arzanah has also led to local declines (Aspinall 1996).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Even though islands were in a better condition in 1996, it is thought that the population size would have been similar in 1996. Therefore, it would have received the same Red List status then as it does now.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Phaethon aethereus | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Phaethontiformes | Phaethontidae | Phaethon |