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Andaman and Nicobar Common Name Scientific Name
Andaman and Nicobar Common name Scientific name ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Cotton Pygmy-Goose Nettapus coromandelianus Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Garganey Spatula querquedula Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Northern Pintail Anas acuta Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Andaman Teal Anas albogularis Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula GALLIFORMES: Megapodiidae Nicobar Scrubfowl Megapodius nicobariensis GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Blue-breasted Quail Synoicus chinensis Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Jungle Bush-Quail Perdicula asiatica Painted Bush-Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus Gray Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Andaman and Nicobar COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae Rock Pigeon Columba livia Andaman Wood-Pigeon Columba palumboides Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Andaman Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia rufipennis Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica Andaman Green-Pigeon Treron chloropterus Green Imperial-Pigeon Ducula aenea Nicobar Imperial-Pigeon Ducula nicobarica Pied Imperial-Pigeon -
A 2010 Supplement to Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard Papers in the Biological Sciences 2010 The World’s Waterfowl in the 21st Century: A 2010 Supplement to Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World Paul A. Johnsgard University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biosciducksgeeseswans Part of the Ornithology Commons Johnsgard, Paul A., "The World’s Waterfowl in the 21st Century: A 2010 Supplement to Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World" (2010). Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard. 20. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biosciducksgeeseswans/20 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Papers in the Biological Sciences at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The World’s Waterfowl in the 21st Century: A 200 Supplement to Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World Paul A. Johnsgard Pages xvii–xxiii: recent taxonomic changes, I have revised sev- Introduction to the Family Anatidae eral of the range maps to conform with more current information. For these updates I have Since the 978 publication of my Ducks, Geese relied largely on Kear (2005). and Swans of the World hundreds if not thou- Other important waterfowl books published sands of publications on the Anatidae have since 978 and covering the entire waterfowl appeared, making a comprehensive literature family include an identification guide to the supplement and text updating impossible. -
Buceros Vol-9 No-3 Year-2004
Buceros Vol. 9, No. 3 (2004) A bibliography of the Anatidae of south Asia Aasheesh Pittie 8-2-545 Road No. 7, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034, India. Email: [email protected] INTRODUCTION This bibliography has been extracted from my larger a distribution pattern of the Anatidae.Accuracy in bibliographic database (Pittie 2005) and covers the transcribing is a basic tenet of bibliography and though political boundaries of the following south Asian great care has been taken to ensure it, mistakes may countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the have crept in and pertinent papers, notes, reports, books, Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri etc., may have been inadvertently left out.This is the Lanka. Tibet is also covered. It comprises papers, popular more likely in that I have not seen all the entries listed articles, books, published and un-published reports, and below in the original, but have freely taken them second chapters, in which members of the avian family, Anatidae hand from the ‘References’ or ‘Further Reading’ sections (ducks, geese, swans), find mention. It covers a period of papers and books. of over two and a half centuries, from 1750 up to 2004. Authors have been arranged alphabetically and their Of the 49 genera and 158 species that comprise the work chronologically. Multi-author papers have been family Anatidae worldwide (Dickinson 2003), 19 genera listed under the name of the senior author(i.e., the first and 46 species are found in south Asia. Of these, the author, not the oldest). Separate entries have not been Pink-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea is made for co-authors. -
Cavity-Nesting Ducks: Why Woodpeckers Matter Janet Kear
Cavity-nesting ducks: why woodpeckers matter Janet Kear Goosander Mergus merganser Rosemary Watts/Powell ABSTRACT This paper poses a number of related questions and suggests some answers.Why were there no resident tree-hole-nesting ducks in Britain until recently? Why is the Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius not found in Britain? Could the supply of invertebrate food items, especially in winter, be responsible for the distribution of woodpeckers in western Europe? It is concluded that, in Europe, only the Black Woodpecker can construct holes large enough for ducks to nest in, and that this woodpecker does not occur in Britain & Ireland because of the absence of carpenter ants Campanotus. A plea is made for the global conservation of dead and dying timber, since it is vital for the biodiversity of plants, insects, woodpeckers and ducks. irdwatchers, at least in Britain, tend to surface-feeding ducks (Anatini), including think of ducks as nesting in the open and those which we used to call ‘perching ducks’, Bon the ground, but cavity-nesting is actu- and in the seaducks (Mergini). ally normal, if not obligatory, in almost one- Because ducks are incapable of making holes third of the 162 members of the wildfowl family for themselves, however, they must rely on (Anatidae). Geffen & Yom-Tov (2001) suggested natural agents for the construction of nest cavi- that hole-nesting has evolved independently at ties, and this dependence has profound implica- least three times within the group. I think that it tions for their lifestyles, breeding productivity is more likely to have arisen five or six times; and conservation. -
Conservation of Birds of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Conservation of birds of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands Lalitha Vijayan Vijayan, L. 2009. Conservation of birds of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Indian Birds 5 (4): 103–107. Lalitha Vijayan, Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore 641108, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: [email protected] Abstract The Andaman and Nicobar Islands have a rich variety of flora and fauna with many rare and endemic species. Realising the importance of the need for conservation of the biodiversity of this fragile island ecosystem, the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History undertook several studies with a focus on birds and their habitats. An overview of these studies, a summary of the results, and conservation perspectives are presented here. A total of 288 avian spp., including subspecies, are recorded from these islands. Five species were studied in detail, namely Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis, Narcondam Hornbill Aceros narcondami, Andaman Teal Anas albogularis, Andaman Crake Rallina canningi, and Edible-nest Swiftlet Collocalia fuciphaga, and species-specific measures for the conservation of these birds, and their habitats, were recommended. Introduction and distribution of some of the species, especially the endemics, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, one of the major island and also ecology of the target species were studied following archipelagos of India, are well known for their rich biodiversity standard methods (Pettingill 1985; Bibby et al. 1992). Studies of (Saldanha 1989; Vijayan et al. 2000; Jayaraj & Andrews 2005). target species covered different seasons, except for the Narcondam However, island communities are a most vulnerable biota, and Hornbill. Habitat characterisation of the Andaman Islands, and island ecosystems are not only very fragile, but also harbour a identification of high bird diversity areas were done by bird counts higher proportion of endemics with greater chances of extinction and using remote sensing and GIS techniques following Roy et (Castellata et al. -
Bird Community Response to Tsunami-Affected Wetlands of South Andaman Island, India
RAJAN & PRAMOD: South Andaman Island 125 Bird community response to Tsunami-affected wetlands of South Andaman Island, India Rajan P. & P. Pramod Rajan P., & Pramod, P., 2017. Bird community response to Tsunami-affected wetlands of South Andaman Island, India. Indian BIRDS 13 (5): 125–131. Rajan P., Sàlim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore 641108, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: [email protected] P. Pramod, Sàlim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore 641108, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received on 26 August 2016. Abstract The mega undersea earthquake, and the resulting tsunami of December 2004 in the Indian Ocean, inundated agricultural fields in the Andaman Islands of India, and created many natural wetlands through land subsidence, most of which, for all practical purposes, were abandoned by the people living there earlier. In a study undertaken five year later, between November 2009 and February 2010, it was observed that tsunami-affected changes of three wetlands on South Andaman Island provided new feeding ground for waterbirds, including migratory waders. Of the 63 species observed here, migratory birds comprised 23 species. Resident waterbirds preferred wetlands with more grass patches, as in Stewart Gunj, than the other wetlands. The Andaman Teal Anas gibberifrons albogularis has been reported to be declining at an alarming rate during the twentieth century, and this Vulnerable species was observed as relatively abundant in this study. This study recorded high human activities such as hunting of birds, fishing, and cattle grazing in these wetlands, which may have a negative impact on the birds and need to be monitored. -
Final Vol 11(2&3).Pmd
BUCEROS ENVIS Newsletter: Avian Ecology and Inland Wetlands Vol.11. No.2&3 (2006) ENDEMIC BIRDS OF INDIA BY Girish A. Jathar and Asad R. Rahmani Bombay Natural History Society 2006 BNHS Mission Conservation of nature, primarily biological diversity, through actions based on research, education and public awareness Buceros Vol. 11, No. 2 & 3 (2006) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We are grateful to Dr. D. B. Bastawade for his kind assistance in getting references from the Zoological Survey of India, Pune. We are grateful to Dr. Ajit Deshmukh for providing the photo for the cover page. We are thankful to Mr. Varad Giri for designing the cover page. We would like to thank Mr. Shahid Ali for comments. We thank Mr. Vithoba Hegde, Senior Field Assistant, BNHS Collection for his kind help in going through the specimens of endemic birds. We are thankful to Dr. Usha Hemmadi for editing the manuscript. We like to thank Mrs. Sharvari Bapat, Librarian, Ms. Pragati Nathgosavi Assistant Librarian, Mr. Tarendra Singh and Mr. Sadanand Shirsat, Library assistant for their kind assistance during referencing and utilising the library facility. 3 Buceros Vol. 11, No. 2 & 3 (2006) CONTENT 1. Introduction..............................................................................5-6 2. Species Account......................................................................7-45 3. Main References......................................................................46 4. Annexure I...............................................................................47-51 5. Index.......................................................................................52-53 4 Buceros Vol. 11, No. 2 & 3 (2006) INTRODUCTION “An endemic species is one that evolved in factors. The status of certain species could not be determined and has remained restricted to a particular place” due to unavailability of authentic information. The Large- (Quammen 1996). Rasmussen and Anderton (2005) say billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus is classic example. -
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS UNION TERRITORY BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN PREPARED UNDER THE NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN- INDIA GOI/UNDP MoEF, Government of India ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM 2003 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS UNION TERRITORY BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN NBSAP Executing Agency: Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India. NBSAP Funding Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) / Global Environment Facility. NBSAP Technical Coordination Agency: Technical Policy Core Group (TPCG) coordinated by Kalpavriksh. NBSAP Administrative Agency: Biotech Consortium India Ltd., New Delhi BSAP Nodal Agency: Andaman and Nicobar Island Environmental Team (ANET) Nodal Agency personnel: Mr. Harry Andrews Dr. Rauf Ali Mr. Manish Chandi Mrs. Aparna Singh Steering Committee Members: The Secretary, Environment & forests Chairman Andaman and Nicobar Administration The Chief Conservator of Forests Vic-Chairman Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Chief Wildlife Warden Member Secretary Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Director of Fisheries Member Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Director of Agriculture Member Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Director, AH & VS Member Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Representative, CARI Member Andaman and Nicobar Islands Deputy Director, BSI Member Andaman and Nicobar Islands Officer- in- Charge, ZSI Member Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Representative, ANET Member Working Group Members: The Deputy Conservator of Forests (WL- 1), A & N Dept. Environment & Forests. The Assistant Conservator of Forests Planning), A & N Dept. Environment & Forests The Director Information Publicity & Tourism, Port Blair Dr. Mukhopadhyaya Anthropolocical Survey of India, Port Blair Dr. Prasant Mohanraj Central Agricultural Research Institute Dr. P. V. Shreekumar Botanical Survey if India, Port Blair Dr. P. -
Avifaunal Survey of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, January 2007 Editorial Board S
Indian Birds Vol. 3 No. 5 September-October 2007 ISSN 0973-1407 Editor Emeritus Zafar Futehally Editor Aasheesh Pittie Email: [email protected] Contents Associate Editor V. Santharam Avifaunal survey of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, January 2007 Editorial Board S. Pande, N. Sant, S. Ranade, S. Pednekar, P. Mestry, P. Deshpande, Maan Barua Anwaruddin Choudhury S. Kharat & V. Deshmukh Bill Harvey Farah Ishtiaq 162 Rajah Jayapal Madhusudan Katti Taej Mundkur A bibliography of the ornithology of Andaman & Nicobar Islands Rishad Naoroji Suhel Quader Aasheesh Pittie 181 Harkirat Singh Sangha C. Sashikumar S. Subramanya K. Gopi Sundar Contributing Editors Short notes 198 Praveen J. Ragupathy Kannan Lavkumar Khachar Contributing Photographer Clement Francis Arpit Deomurari Layout & Design K. Jayaram Office P. Rambabu NEW ORNIS FOUNDATION Registration No. 314/2004 URL: www.indianbirds.in Trustees Zafar Futehally Aasheesh Pittie V. Santharam, PhD. Rishad Naoroji Taej Mundkur, PhD. S. Subramanya, PhD. Suhel Quader, PhD. Aims & Objectives • To publish a newsletter that will provide a platform to birdwatchers for publishing notes and observations primarily on birds of South Asia. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus, Hut Bay, Little Andaman Is. Photo: Satish Pande • To promote awareness of bird watching amongst the general public. • To establish and maintain links/liaison with other Date of publication: 26 November 2007 associations or organized bodies in India or abroad whose objectives are in keeping with the objectives of the Trust (i.e. to support amateur Front cover: Narcondam Hornbill Aceros narcondami (male), Narcondam Is. birdwatchers with cash / kind for projects in Photographer: Niranjan Sant. ornithology). Indian Birds Vol. 3 No. 5 (September–October 2007) 161 Avifaunal survey of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, January 2007 Satish Pande, Niranjan Sant, Satish Ranade, Shivkumar Pednekar, Premsagar Mestry, Prashant Deshpande, Sanjay Kharat & Vaibhav Deshmukh Pande, Satish., Sant, N., Ranade, S., Pednekar, S., Mestry, P., Deshpande, P., Kharat, S. -
ANSERIFORMES Taxon Advisory Group Regional Collection Plan 3Rd Edition • 2020 - 2025
ANSERIFORMES Taxon Advisory Group Regional Collection Plan 3rd Edition • 2020 - 2025 Edited by Photo by Pinola Conservancy Keith Lovett, Anseriformes TAG Chair Buttonwood Park Zoo Table of Contents Acknowledgements 03 TAG Operational Structure 04 TAG Steering Committee and Advisors: Table 1 05 TAG Definition 06 TAG Mission 06 TAG Vision 06 TAG Strategic Planning Overview 07 TAG Goals Sustainability 08 Conservation 09 Husbandry and Welfare 09 Educational Waterfowl Awareness and Program Support 10 TAG Taxonomy 11 TAG Taxonomy: Table 2 12 Conservation Status of Anseriformes Overview 13 Conservation Status of Anseriformes: Table 3 14 RCP History and Program Designation Program Management Designation 20 Additional Management Designation 21 Selection Criteria Selection Criteria Overview 22 Decision Tree Selection Criteria Categories 23 Proposed EAZA Waterfowl TAG European Endangered 24 Species Program (EEP) Species Anseriformes Decision Tree: Table 4 25 Anseriformes TAG Selection Criteria / Decision Tree: Table 5 26 Anseriformes TAG Selection Criteria / Decision Tree Summary 33 Space Assessment Space Assessment Overview 34 Space Survey Accountability:Responding Insititutions: Table 6 35 Space Survey Accountability: Non-responding Insititutions: Table 7 37 Space Survey Results and Target Size: Table 8 38 Regional Anseriformes Populations: Table 9 39 Summary Table 46 Non-Recommended Species Replacement Overview 47 Non-Recommended Species Replacement Chart: Table 11 48 Management Update: Table 12 51 SSP Five Year Goals and Essential Actions 53 -
Waterfowl at Risk JANET KEAR and GWYN WILLIAMS
Waterfowl at risk JANET KEAR and GWYN WILLIAMS This review of the waterfowl group Department. Appendix 1 (Endangered) con (Anseriformes) gives brief accounts of why tains animals that were considered by species or subspecies are considered to be delegates at the original Convention to be endangered, present numbers if known, threatened by extinction and which are or avicultural history, and any recent conserva may be threatened by trade, and Appendix 2 tion projects or proposals. The two main (Vulnerable) contains those that, although sources of information on which animals are not at the moment threatened with extinc believed to be at risk have been the Red tion, might become so unless trade is Data Book, and the Washington Conven regulated. Appendix 2 also contains the so- tion. In addition, we have included those called ‘look-alike’ species: those not island forms with small populations that, threatened themselves but being so similar although not endangered at present, could to a threatened species that they are included decline suddenly due to loss of habitat, dis to aid enforcement. Most contracting coun turbance, the introduction of predators, or tries have adopted legislation that controls natural disaster. the import and export of Appendix 1 birds Classification, and therefore the definition fairly tightly, but merely ‘records’ such of species and subspecies, follows A movements for Appendix 2 species. Coloured Key to the Wildfowl of the World, The bird lists of the Washington Conven by Peter Scott (1968 edition), except where tion already need revision, and do not always the Red Data Book or the Washington agree with the Red Data Book. -
TWSG News 15: 34- 1992 (F
TWSG News No. 15, December 2006 ABOUT THE GROUP The Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group (formerly Threatened Waterfowl Research Group) was established in October 1990 and is coordinated from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) at Slimbridge, UK, as part of the IUCN-SSC/Wetlands International Waterbird Network. The TWSG and its bulletin aim to identify Anatidae taxa that are threatened with extinction, to gather and exchange information on these taxa, and to promote their conservation. Membership is worldwide and includes 923 organisations, groups and individuals who are active or interested in threatened waterfowl research and conservation. Addresses of TWSG members, further information about the TWSG, this bulletin, and/or membership can be obtained from Baz Hughes at the address below. TWSG NEWS Chair Regional Chair for North America Dr. Baz Hughes Dr. Tom Rothe Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game The bulletin Slimbridge 333 Raspberry Road of the Glos. GL2 7BT, UK Anchorage Tel: +44 1453 891 172 Alaska 99518-1599, USA Fax: +44 1453 890 827 Tel: +1 907 267 2206 THREATENED WATERFOWL SPECIALIST GROUP [email protected] Fax: +1 907 267 2433 [email protected] Regional Chair for Africa, Regional Assistant Chair for Eurasia, Middle-East Oceania Dr. Andy Green Dr. Murray Williams Estación Biológica de Doñana School of Biological Sciences Avenida María Luisa s/n Victoria University of Wellington Pabellón del Perú P.O Box 600 41013 Sevilla, Spain Wellington, New Zealand Tel: +34 5 4232340 Tel: +64 4 463 7432 Fax: +34 5 4621125 Fax: +64 4 463 5331 [email protected] [email protected] TWSG-Forum: list-server of the Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group The TWSG-Forum list-server, maintained by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust from Slimbridge, UK, provides a vehicle for the on-line exchange of information about globally threatened or near threatened Anseriformes (ducks, geese, swans and screamers).