Anas acuta | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Anas acuta | Linnaeus, 1758
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
D
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a restricted non-breeding population in the UAE, which qualifies it for listing as Endangered. The population;within the country;is uncertain, however, recent data suggest that there may be a decline. In addition, there is a decline at the global level (although still considered;Least Concern).;The species is precautionarily retained as Endangered 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
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. Wetland habitat loss, petroleum pollution and reclamation of coastal areas for industrial development also pose a threat to this species in other parts of its range (Scott and Rose 1996, BirdLife International 2015).Additionally, individuals of this species that visit UAE are threatened by a range of other threats that operate outside of the country. For instance, the species is threatened by wetland drainage, peat-extraction, changing wetland management practices (decreased grazing and mowing in meadows leading to scrub over-growth) and the burning and mowing of reeds in Russia (Grishanov 2006). Over-exploitation is a concern in large parts of its global range (Baldassarre and Bolen 1994, Kear 2005, Balmaki and Barati 2006, Schmidt 2006).;Pintails are predated by feral cats Felis catus and rats Rattus norvegicus on islands (del Hoyo et al. 1992), and the species is susceptible to avian botulism (Rocke 2006) and avian influenza (Melville and Shortridge 2006, Gaidet et al. 2007) so may be threatened by future outbreaks of these diseases.
Conservation Measures
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History
In 1996, the species was recorded in reasonable numbers at some localities, with a lower recording effort. It is likely to also qualify as Endangered, reduced by one category to Vulnerable (D1) based on potential rescue from the global population, which assumed to have been in better status at that time.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Anas acuta | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Anas |