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FIFTH MEETING of the STANDING COMMITTEE 24 – 25 June 2008, Bonn, Germany ______ Agenda item11 Secretariat provided by the Doc. StC 5.11 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 09 June 2008 Original: English FIFTH MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE 24 – 25 June 2008, Bonn, Germany ________________________________________________________________ Draft International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia INTRODUCTION This International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) was commissioned to Eurosite. It has been compiled by a team of ex- perts lead by Patrick Triplet. Drafts of the plan went through rigorous consultations with ex- perts and the AEWA Technical Committee. The latest draft is now with governmental offi- cials at the Range States of the species for final consultations. Comments are expected by 20 June after which will be produced the final draft of the action plan. The Action Plan follows the format for Single Species Action Plans approved by the AEWA 2nd Meeting of the Parties in September 2002. ACTION REQUESTED FROM THE STANDING COMMITTEE The Standing Committee is requested to principally approve this SSAP for submission to the 4th session of the Meeting of the Parties with the provision that the final draft will additionally reflect comments received from Range States. Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) Draft International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservaiton of the Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Draft for consultation with the Range States Deadline for comments: 20 June 2008 Prepared with funding from Vogelbescherming Nederland (BirdLife Netherlands) April 2008 Contents Executive summary ............................................................................................................................ 7 1 - Biological Assessment ................................................................................................................. 8 1.1. General information............................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Taxonomy............................................................................................................................... 8 1.2. Population development ....................................................................................................... 8 1.3. Geographical distribution ................................................................................................... 10 1.4. Distribution throughout the annual cycle .......................................................................... 13 1.5. Productivity & survival ........................................................................................................ 15 2. Available key knowledge.............................................................................................................. 18 3. Threats........................................................................................................................................... 18 4. Treaties, legislation and policies relevant for management...................................................... 23 4.1. International Directive, conventions and agreements ............................................................ 23 4.2. National institutions, laws and policies affecting bird conservation..................................... 25 5. Framework for action ................................................................................................................... 26 6. Bibliography.................................................................................................................................. 39 6.1. General references .................................................................................................................... 39 6.2. Population size, distribution and movements ......................................................................... 39 6.3. Breeding behaviour and biology .............................................................................................. 45 6.4. Diet, feeding behaviour, biology and ecology......................................................................... 48 6.5. Ecology of key habitats............................................................................................................. 48 ANNEXES .......................................................................................................................................... 50 Annex 1. Breeding and non-breeding population estimates in range states............................... 50 Annex 2. Threats encountered by each population/subspecies in the different stages of the life ........................................................................................................................................................... 54 Annex 3. Membership of states in international conservation conventions and agreements.... 60 Annex 4. Spoonbill conservation and protection status ............................................................... 62 Annex 5. Spoonbill research, conservation and attitude towards the species in the different countries ........................................................................................................................................... 69 Annex 6. Spoonbill national action plan, census and monitoring in the different countries...... 75 Annex 7. Knowledge of habitat and diet, and occurrence of the Spoonbill in Protected Areas, BirdLife Important Bird Areas and Ramsar sites. .......................................................................... 80 Annex 8: Measures per site ........................................................................................................... 116 2 EURASIAN SPOONBILL AEWA International Single Species Action Plan Platalea leucorodia leucorodia Platalea leucorodia major Platalea leucorodia archeri Platalea leucorodia balsaci • Compilers Patrick Triplet, Otto Overdijk, Michael Smart, Szabolcs Nagy, Martin Schneider-Jacoby, E. Sühendan Karauz, Csaba Pigniczki, Sherif Baha El Din, Jelena Kralj, Attila Sandor, Juan G. Navedo. Jointly edited by Eurosite, Syndicat Mixte Baie de Somme, Vereniging Natuurmonumentem, Wetlands Interna- tional, Euronatur, International Spoonbill Working Group. • List of contributors Platalea leucorodia leucorodia: Atlantic Breeding Population Belgium: Koen Devos, Geert Spanoghe, Glenn Vermeersch, Jean-Paul Jacob Denmark: Jan Skriver, Michael Grell France: Jean-Pierre Artel, Christophe Aulert, Maurice Benmergui, Philippe Carruette, Xavier Commecy, Frédéric Dupuy, Michel Fouquet, Guillaume Gélinaud, Olivier Girard, Julien Gonin, David Hémery, Roger Mahéo, Loïc Marion, Rémy Tréabol, Nicolas Sadoul, François Sueur, Patrick Triplet Gambia: Clive Barlow, Alagie Manjang, Kawsu Jammeh, Modou Colley Germany: Klaus Günther (for Schleswig-Holstein), Peter Südbeck (for Lower Saxony) Guinea (Conakry): Atigou Balde Luxemburg: Sandra Cellina, Patric Lorgé, Gilles Biver Morocco: Abdeljebbar Qninba, Mohamed Ribi, Rhimou El Hamoumi Netherlands: Otto Overdijk, Tamar Lok, Jacques van den Neut Portugal: Vitor Encarnação Senegal: Issa Sidibé, Ibrahima Diop, Patrick Triplet Spain: Juan G. Navedo, Emilio Costillo, Claudine de le Court, Juan Carlos Rubio, Manuel Máñez, Rubén Ro- dríguez, Miguel Lorenzo, Felipe González, Juan José Aja, Virginia Iturriaga Sweden: Ann Wahlstrom United Kingdom: David Stroud Platalea leucorodia leucorodia: Central European Population (Panonnian population) & Southeast European Breeding Population Albania: Taulant Bino Algeria: Aida Saifouni, Chalabi Bouzid Austria: Michael Dvorak Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dražen Kotrošan Bulgaria: Peter Shurulinkov, Svetoslav Spasov, Boris Nikolov Cameroon: Serge Bobo Kadiri, Roger Fotso, Emmanuel Battokok Chad: Bertrand Trolliet Congo (Democratic Republic): Crispin Sedeke Okwul Croatia: Tibor Mikuska, Mirko Šetina, Martin Schneider-Jacoby, Jelena Kralj, Valerija Hima, Vlatka Dumbović Cyprus: Michael Miltiadous, Nicolas Kassinis Czech Republic: Jiri Pykal Greece: Savas Kazantzidis, Akriotis Filios Hungary: Csaba Pigniczki, Zsolt Végvári Italy: Stefano Volponi, Davide Emiliani Israel: Ohad Hatzofe Jordan: Fares Khoury Kenya: Simon Musila 3 Lebanon: Nabil H. Khairallah, Colin Conroy Libya: Abdulmaula Hamza, Michael Smart, Hichem Azafzaf Macedonia FYR: Metodija Velevski, Branko Micevski Mali: Bouba Fofana Malta: Andre F Raine Moldova: Nicolai Zubcov, Sergei Jurminschii, Alexei Andreev Montenegro: Darko Saveljić Niger: Abdoulaye Harouna, Joost Brouwer Nigeria: Phil Hall Poland: Maciej Szymanski Romania: Attila D. Sándor, János Botond Kiss Serbia: Marko Tucakov Slovakia: Ján Uhrín, Samuel Pačenovský Slovenia: Andrej Bibic Switzerland: Olivier Biber Tunisia: Hichem Azafzaf, Michael Smart Turkey: Emine Sühendan Karauz, Sancar Barış, Özge Balkız, Kerem Ali Boyla, Ortaç Onmuş Ukraine: Sergei Khomenko, Vasiliy Kostyushin, Alexander Ruchko, Oksana Osadcha Platalea leucorodia “major”: Western Asian Breeding Population Armenia: Vasil Ananian, Karen Aghababyan, Mamikon Ghasabyan Azerbaijan: Aytekin F. Jabbarova Bahrain: Howard King Belarus: Olga Belyakova, Jury Bakur Georgia: Irine Lomashvili, Lexo Gavashelishvili Iran: Leila Joolaee, Sadegh Sadeghi Zadegan, Mohammad E. Sehhatisabet Iraq: Omar Fadhel, Richard Porter Kazakhstan: Askar Isabekov, Arend Wassink, Sergey Sklyarenko Kuwait: George Gregory Oman: Jens Eriksen Qatar: Jamie Buchan Russia: Sergei Kharitonov, Alexander Solokha, Victor
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