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The Asian Waterbird Census 2008-2015: Results of Coordinated Counts in Asia and Australasia The Asian Waterbird Census 2008-2015: Results of coordinated counts in Asia and Australasia Taej Mundkur, Tom Langendoen and Doug Watkins © Wetlands International 2017 Pages from this publication may be reproduced freely for educational, journalistic, and other non- commercial purposes. Prior permission must be given for all other forms of reproduction. Full credit must always be given to the copyright holder. Taej Mundkur1, Tom Langendoen2 and Doug Watkins3 1 International Waterbird Census Coordinator, Wetlands International 2 International Waterbird Census Data Manager, Wetlands International 3 Chair, EAAFP Monitoring Taskforce; Chair, Australasian Wader Studies Group (a special interest group of BirdLife Australia); Associate Expert, Wetlands International This publication should be cited as follows: Mundkur, T., Langendoen, T. and Watkins, D. (eds.) 2017. The Asian Waterbird Census 2008-2015 - results of coordinated counts in Asia and Australasia. Wetlands International, Ede. Cover photo: Black-tailed Godwit, © Sudheera Bandara The designations of geographical entities in this publication, and the presentation of material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of Wetlands International concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The Asian Waterbird Census 2008-2015 - results of coordinated counts in Asia and Australasia The Asian Waterbird Census is supported by a network of volunteers and coordinated by the following organisations and agencies that work closely with Wetlands International. See www.wetlands.org/our-network/iwc-coordinators for full details Page 2 The Asian Waterbird Census 2008-2015 - results of coordinated counts in Asia and Australasia Contents Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................. 4 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Methods ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Count period ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Sites and species coverage ................................................................................................................. 7 Red List Status ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Overview of Results ................................................................................................................................ 9 Number of visits .................................................................................................................................. 9 Overview of counts ........................................................................................................................... 12 Important sites .................................................................................................................................. 13 EAAFP Flyway Network Sites ............................................................................................................. 14 Annual site coverage ......................................................................................................................... 15 Species diversity ............................................................................................................................... 15 Selected Species Overview ............................................................................................................... 17 Grebes ........................................................................................................................................... 17 Pelicans ......................................................................................................................................... 17 Cormorants .................................................................................................................................... 18 Herons, egrets,............................................................................................................................... 19 Storks ............................................................................................................................................. 19 Ibises & Spoonbills ........................................................................................................................ 20 Flamingos ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Swans, Geese and Ducks (Anatidae) ............................................................................................. 22 Cranes ............................................................................................................................................ 24 Jacanas .......................................................................................................................................... 25 Rails, Gallinules and Coot ............................................................................................................. 26 Shorebirds ..................................................................................................................................... 27 Gulls, Terns and Skimmer .............................................................................................................. 32 Synthesis and Next Steps ...................................................................................................................... 34 References ............................................................................................................................................ 35 Annexes ................................................................................................................................................. 37 Page 3 The Asian Waterbird Census 2008-2015 - results of coordinated counts in Asia and Australasia Acknowledgements Firstly, we would like to thank the thousands of volunteers that give their time and expertise to counting waterbirds. Without their active support and participation in the census, collecting and submitting the count data over these last years, it would not have been possible to collate this wealth of information and produce this report. The list of participants is held by the coordinators. In addition, we aknowledge counts provided by Igor Fefelov in Russia, Glenn McKinlay in Palau and the China Coastal Waterbird Census team in coordination with Vivian Fu. An important element of the Asian Waterbird Census is that it works in partnership with many existing national waterbird census programmes. The synthesis of the count data at the flyway and regional level provides added value back to the national count programmes as it gives the larger geographic overview of the status of populations and species. We thank and greatly appreciate efforts of all country and sub-country AWC Coordinators (current and past) for all their hard work and effort in coordinating and promoting the counts, including: Dan Weller and Golo Mauer (BirdLife Australia), Enam Ul Haque (Bangladesh Bird Club), Sherub Sherub (Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation & Environment, Bhutan), Shirley Hee (Panaga Natural History Society, Brunei Darussalam), Hong Chamnan (Wildlife Conservation Society, Cambodia), Lu Yong (Wetlands International – China), Yu Yat Tung (Hong Kong Bird Watching Society), Woei-horng Fang (Chinese Wild Bird Federation, Taiwan), Da-Li Lin (Taiwan New Year Bird Count), Raju Kasambe and Asad Rahmani (Bombay Natural History Society, India), Yus Rusila Noor (Wetlands International Indonesia Programme), Kaori Tsujita and Makiko Yanagiya, Naoki AMAKO (Ministry of the Environment, Japan), Jin Han Kim and Hwa-Jung Kim (National Institute of Biological Resources, Republic of Korea), Yeap Chin Aik (Malaysian Nature Society), Gombobaatar Sundev (Mongolian Ornithological Society), Thet Zaw Naing & Thein Aung (Myanmar Bird and Nature Society), Hem Sagar Baral (Himalayan Nature, Nepal), David Melville (Ornithological Society of New Zealand), Umeed Khalid (Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan), Anson Tagtag and Carlo Custodio (DENR, the Philippines), Lim Kim Keang (Nature Soceity, Singapore), Udaya Sirivardana and Deepal Warakagoda (Ceylon Bird Club, Sri Lanka), Krairat Eiamampai and Budsabong Kanchanasaka (National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Thailand), Thattaya Bidayabha, Philip Round, Ingkayut Saar and Wicha Narungsri (Bird Conservation Society of Thailand), and Le Trong Trai (Viet Nature Conservation Centre). In India, we are grateful to the following network of sub-national/state coordinators (current and past): Humayun Taher and M. Shafaat Ulla, Birdwatcher Society of Andhra Pradesh; Prasanta Saikia and P. C. Bhattacharya, Gauhati University, Assam; Arvind Mishra, Mandar Nature Club, Bihar; A.K. Bharos, Chhattisgarh Wildlife Society; Tarun K. Roy, Delhi; B. M. Parasharya, Bird Conservation Society, Gujarat; Pronoy Baidya and Heinz Lainer, Goa Bird Conservation Network; Suresh C. Sharma, Haryana; Pankaj Chandan, World Wide Fund for Nature – India, Jammu & Kashmir;
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