Tyto alba | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Tyto alba | (Scopoli, 1769)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
D
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a small resident population within the UAE. The current population trend is unknown, although it is thought have undergone a population increase (at least up to the 1990's), and this increase could be continuing. Based on its small population size, this species is listed here as Endangered under criterion D.
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 UAE, Aspinall (1996) highlighted the main potential threats to this species as the loss of nesting sites (either due to tree felling or the demolition of ruins), collisions with vehicles, and persecution as the bird may be considered an ill-omen.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
It is assessed 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 |
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Tyto alba | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Strigiformes | Tytonidae | Tyto |