Xenus cinereus | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Xenus cinereus | (Güldenstädt, 1775)
Publication
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
D1
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a restricted but stable non-breeding population in the UAE, which qualifies it for listing as Endangered, however this assessment is downlisted by one category to Vulnerable given the large and Least Concern global 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
Within its European range, the breeding success of this species is not well known, but there are indications that an overall increase of common gulls, crows and mammalian predators has led to increased nest predation (BirdLife International 2015). Anthropogenic habitats in the wood processing industry are subject to unpredictable changes that can drive small-ranged populations to extinction within a short period of time (BirdLife International 2015). However, the most relevant threats within UAE are changes in coastal land-use and the possibility of oil pollution, but the severity of these threats towards this species is unknown. Climate change may have an impact on this species in the future.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
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History
In 1996 the population is thought to have been lower, but still qualifying as Endangered, and downlisted to VU.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Xenus cinereus | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | Xenus |