Caprimulgus aegyptius | UAE National Red List of Birds
Taxa
Caprimulgus aegyptius | Lichtenstein, 1823
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
D
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a very small breeding population in the UAE, which might qualify it for listing as Critically Endangered. However, the population is increasing and the potential for immigration from outside the UAE remains very high, as the species is stable in the wider Arabian Peninsula. Therefore, the species's status has undergone a regional adjustment down one category and is thus listed 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
Historically, this species appears to have been impacted by agricultural development and urbanisation within parts of its breeding range (del Hoyo et al. 1999). The degree to which this has affected the species over recent times is uncertain, but it is possible that habitat loss could be having an effect on the species within UAE.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
This species would not have qualified to have been listed in a 1996 assessment of this species's Red List status in UAE. As such this species cannot be assessed for a genuine change.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Caprimulgus aegyptius | Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Caprimulgiformes | Caprimulgidae | Caprimulgus |