Pluvialis fulva | UAE National Red List of Birds

Taxa
Pluvialis fulva | (Gmelin, 1789)
Publication
UAE National Red List of Birds
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Birds
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
The majority of occurrences of this species within the UAE are likely to be of wintering birds and migrant individuals on passage to and from the breeding grounds (Pedersen et al. 2017). The species is locally common between late August and early May along the coast (Richardson 1990, Pedersen et al. 2017).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species inhabits open grassland, mudflats and cultivated fields along the coast (Richardson 1990, Aspinall and Porter 2011). There is no information available about its diet in the UAE; elsewhere, it feeds predominantly on insects, molluscs, worms, crustaceans and spiders (del Hoyo et al. 1996). The species is strongly migratory; birds wintering in the UAE or further south breed between April and August in the Arctic tundra of north-eastern Siberia (Richardson 1990).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
D1
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a very small, increasing non-breeding population in the UAE, which qualifies it for listing as Endangered. On a global scale, the species is assessed as LC, and it is deemed likely that the wider breeding population could provide a significant rescue effect despite the global trend being a decrease. Therefore, the species's status has undergone an adjustment down to Vulnerable at the national level.
About the assessment
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
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.
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Changes in coastal land-use and the possibility of oil pollution could affect this species in UAE, but the severity of these threats towards this species is unknown. Climate change is likely to have an effect on this species in the future.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
History
While the population size is suspected to be increasing, counts from the mid to late 1990's suggest that the non-breeding population size still fell in the same range as used here (albeit probably at the lower end of the range). Therefore, the species is also assessed as VU for 1996.
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Pluvialis fulva Animalia Chordata Aves Charadriiformes Charadriidae Pluvialis