Ischnura senegalensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	ARTHROPODA	INSECTA	ODONATA	COENAGRIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Ischnura senegalensis

Species Authority:

(Rambur, 1842)

Common Name/s:

English

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Common Bluetail, Marsh Bluetail

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Sharma, G.

Reviewer/s:

Allen, D., Dow, R.A. & Clausnitzer, V.

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Ischnura senegalensis is a very widespread and common species that occupies a broad range of habitats and is tolerant of disturbance and pollution. It is assessed as Least Concern.

History:

2006	–	Least Concern (IUCN 2006)
2006	–	Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Ischnura senegalensis is extremely widespread in tropical and subtropical parts of the old world, extending from Africa to Japan and south to western New Guinea, but is absent from areas with intact forest cover.
Countries:	Native: Algeria; Angola (Angola); Bangladesh; Benin; Botswana; Brunei Darussalam; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Chad; China (Nei Mongol); Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia (Bali, Irian Jaya, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Japan; Jordan; Kenya; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Lesotho; Liberia; Macao; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Oman; Pakistan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Philippines; Réunion; Rwanda; Sao Tomé and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Swaziland; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Togo; Uganda; Viet Nam; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe
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Population [top]

Population:	This is an extremely common species over much of its range.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species occupies a variety of stagnant and slowly flowing waterbodies, and is salt and pollution tolerant.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is not threatened.

Major Threat(s):

This species is not threatened.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No conservation actions are needed for this species.

Conservation Actions:

No conservation actions are needed for this species.

Citation:	Sharma, G. 2010. Ischnura senegalensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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