Tachybaptus ruficollis | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Tachybaptus ruficollis | (Pallas, 1764)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
D1
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a moderate breeding population in the UAE, which might qualify it for listing as Vulnerable (D1). However, the population is increasing within the region and throughout the Arabian Peninsula; consequently, the potential for immigration from outside the UAE remains very high. Therefore, the species has been tentatively dropped down two categories to 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
While some of the following threats are taken from BirdLife International (2015) or are not taking place within the UAE, they are potentially relevant to individuals that visit the UAE as they may impact them outside of the country. The species is susceptible to avian influenza so may be threatened by future outbreaks of this virus (Melville and Shortridge 2006). The species suffers from the transformation of wetlands by destruction, infilling, pollution (including potential by oil) or recreational use, but this is often offset by the construction of man-made ponds, reservoirs and dams, leading to the expansion of the species in many areas (Aspinall 1996, Balmaki and Barati 2006, Llimona et al. 2014). In some areas, the species is hunted for commercial (sold as food) and recreational purposes (e.g. Iran; Balmaki and Barati 2006).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
The species had a much smaller population in 1996 (20-200 mature individuals; Aspinal 1996), qualifying for listing as Critically Endangered, revised to Vulnerable with a two-category regional adjustment.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Tachybaptus ruficollis | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Podicipediformes | Podicipedidae | Tachybaptus |