Phoenicopterus roseus | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Phoenicopterus roseus | Pallas, 1811
Publication
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
D2
Assessment rationale/justification
The population size in the UAE (both in the breeding season and the non-breeding season) appears to be increasing. The size of the breeding population is 1,600 mature individuals. Nesting occurs at only one site (Al Wathba), and so meets the threshold for Vulnerable under Criterion D2 (single location defined by potential predation and conservation action to mitigate the threat). At Al Wathba, feeding takes place and a breeding platform is provided, with predator control in place, hence the population there is conservation-dependent.The non-breeding population is large enough that it would not trigger a listing as threatened. The breeding population;takes precedence though, and the listing of Vulnerable is used 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
Within the UAE the species is particularly threatened by disturbance (which has been noted as a global threat for the species [see Ogilvie and Ogilvie 1986]), egg collection, habitat destruction;(Aspinall 1996), and development; and indeed one former potential breeding site (Al Ghar lakes) had been infilled (Aspinall 1996).Predator presence in the area around the Al Wathba breeding colony in 2016 caused disturbance throughout the breeding period (Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi 2016), and predators (e.g. foxes) cause disturbance at non-breeding sites as well.Other threats identified at the global level that could have an impact on the species outside of UAE, affecting individuals that visit the country, are mortality from lead poisoning (lead shot ingestion) (Mateo et al. 1998, Miltiadou 2005), collisions with fences and powerlines (Hockey et al. 2005), and from diseases such as tuberculosis, septicemia (Nasirwa 2000) and avian botulism (van Heerden 1974).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
The species first attempted nesting at Al Wathba in 1993 (nesting failed as a result of disturbance), but the first successful attempt was in 1998. Nesting was also attempted in Khor Dubai in 1995. 22 nests were incubated (44 mature individuals) in 1993, which would have qualified as Critically Endangered, with no regional adjustment.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Phoenicopterus roseus | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Phoenicopteriformes | Phoenicopteridae | Phoenicopterus |