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TWSG News 13 TWSG News No. 13, December 2001 ABOUT THE GROUP The Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group (formerly Threatened Waterfowl Research Group) was established in October 1990 and is co-ordinated from The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust 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. We also cover other waterbird families not covered by other Specialist Groups (Anhimidae, Heliornithidae, non-marine Laridae). Membership is worldwide and includes 880 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 TWSG NEWS below. The bulletin Regional Chair for North America Chair Dr. Tom Rothe of the Dr. Baz Hughes Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust 333 Raspberry Road Slimbridge Anchorage THREATENED WATERFOWL SPECIALIST GROUP Glos. GL2 7BT, UK Alaska 99518-1599, USA Tel: +44 1453 8901916 Tel: +1 907 267 2206 Fax: +44 1453 890 827 Fax: +1 907 267 2433 [email protected] [email protected] Regional Assistant Chair for Regional Chair for Africa, Oceania Eurasia, Middle-East Dr. Murray Williams Dr. Andy Green Department of Conservation Estación Biológica de Doñana P.O. Box 10-420 Avenida María Luisa s/n Wellington, New Zealand Pabellón del Perú Tel: +65 4 471 0726 41013 Sevilla, Spain Fax: +65 4 471 3279 Tel: +34 5 4232340 [email protected] Fax: +34 5 4621125 [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). To subscribe, e-mail with "subscribe twsg-forum" (without quotes) in the body of your [email protected] e-mail message. To unsubscribe, simply replace the word “subscribe” with “unsubscribe”. To circulate a message to the Forum, send it to: . When submitting [email protected] information please note that we may include such items in future issues of TWSG News. No. 13, December 2001 TWSG Web Site: http://www.wwt.org.uk/threatsp/twsg/ This issue of TWSG News was edited by Baz Hughes with assistance from John Fullard. Illustrations from the WWT image library are by Joe Blossom, Mark Hulme, Paul Johnsgard, Libby Millington, Peter Scott and Helen Shackleton and Baz Stewart. TWSG News No. 13, December 2001 TWSG News No. 13, December 2001 EDITORIAL THREATENED WATERFOWL SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES Since the last issue of TWSG News 16 months ago, our membership has grown from 735 In the following list of globally threatened and near threatened Anseriformes species and contacts in 115 countries to 880 in 137 countries. This has followed two rounds of strategic subspecies, species categorisations follow the 2000 Red List (BirdLife International 2000) invitations, to known threatened waterfowl conservationists who were not already TWSG whilst sub-species were categorised during the compilation of the IUCN-SSC Anseriformes members, and to all BirdLife International Partners, Partner-Designates and Representatives. Action Plan (still in draft form but due to be completed in 2002). The TWSG would welcome During the same time, membership of the TWSG-Forum list-server has grown from 85 to comment on this list of threatened Anseriformes, especially notification of new data which 290. On the administrative front, we have finally taken the plunge and switched our may lead to re-categorisation of any taxa. databases to Microsoft software, however from the number of computer viruses I now receive (the joys of running a global list server!), we probably won’t be following suit with our e-mail client! SPECIES We continue our efforts to provide information and assistance to threatened waterfowl conservationists worldwide, especially those in global hotspots for threatened waterfowl, such as South America, Eastern Europe, Far-east and South-east Asia. As part of the COMMON NAME LATIN NAME Wetlands International initiative to implement a target driven, objective-led approach to working, we have produced a work plan for the next three years outlining our forward strategy. This includes ongoing support for White-headed Duck, Marbled Teal, Ferruginous Duck, and White-winged Duck, and a major new initiative with BirdLife International to save EXTINCT SINCE A.D. 1600 the Brazilian Merganser. We will be working closely with BirdLife, Wetlands International and New Zealand Swan Cygnus sumnerensis the Ramsar Bureau on a project to identify key sites for threatened waterfowl and to provide Mauritius Sheldgoose Alopochen mauritania Ramsar Contracting Parties with guidance on designating such sites for threatened species. Réunion Island Sheldgoose Mascarenachen kervazoi We will also complete the IUCN Anseriformes Action Plan in 2002 (at last!). Chatham Island Shelduck Pachyanas chathamica Mauritius Duck Anas theodori Sincere thanks to TWSG Assistant Coordinators Andy Green, Murray Williams and Tom Amsterdam Island Duck Anas marecula Rothe who continue to provide much appreciated assistance and support. We also owe a Labrador Duck Camptorhynchus labradorius debt of gratitude to WWT volunteer Graham Lawton who has single-handedly rebuilt the Auckland Islands Merganser Mergus australis TWSG and WWT threatened species web sites (see http://www.wwt.org.uk/threatsp ). Finally, I would like to thank all contributors to this issue of TWSG News, without whom it CRITICALLY ENDANGERED simply would not exist. The participants of the workshop on White-headed Duck Crested Shelduck Tadorna cristata conservation and reintroduction held in Italy in May 2001 kindly allowed us to publish their Campbell Island Teal Anas nesiotis workshop contributions. Nancy Drilling continues her ground-breaking work on White-winged Pink-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea Duck in Sumatra and we include important contributions on the status and distribution of Madagascar Pochard Aythya innotata threatened waterfowl from Africa, Eastern Europe, Russia and various CIS countries. Special Brazilian Merganser Mergus octosetaceus thanks to Stephen Garnett who allowed us to publish an extract from his action plan for Australian birds. ENDANGERED White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala Very best wishes for 2002. Do get in touch if I can provide any advice or assistance. Swan Goose Anser cygnoides White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata Baz Hughes Hawaiian Duck Anas wyvilliana Meller's Duck Anas melleri Madagascar Teal Anas bernieri Brown Teal Anas chlorotis 1 2 TWSG News No. 13, December 2001 TWSG News No. 13, December 2001 SPECIES SUB-SPECIES COMMON NAME LATIN NAME COMMON NAME LATIN NAME VULNERABLE ENDANGERED West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea Madagascar White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus insularis Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus New Zealand Grey Duck Anas superciliosa superciliosa Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis Tropical Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera tropica Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Andaman Teal Anas gibberifrons albogularis Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos Galapagos Pintail Anas bahamensis galapagensis Salvadori's Duck Salvadorina waiguensis Crozet Islands Pintail Anas eatoni drygalskii Eaton's Pintail Anas eatoni Colombian Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis andina Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis Philippine Duck Anas luzonica VULNERABLE Auckland Island Teal Anas aucklandica Recherche Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea Baikal Teal Anas formosa Middendorf's Bean Goose Anser fabalis middendorffi Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris Thick-billed Bean Goose Anser fabalis serrirostris Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri Tule Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons gambelli Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus Dusky Canada Goose Branta canadensis occidentalis Peruvian Torrent Duck Merganetta armata leucogenis LOW RISK (NEAR THREATENED) Colombian Torrent Duck Merganetta armata colombiana Northern Screamer Chauna chavaria Australian Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus albipennis Emperor Goose Anser canagicus Merida Teal Anas andium altipetens Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanopterus Kerguelen Pintail Anas eatoni eatoni Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata White-headed Steamer-duck Tachyeres leucocephalus LOW RISK (NEAR THREATENED) Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubi American Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotus sylvatica Bronze-winged Duck Anas specularis Florida Duck Anas fulvigula fulvigula Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Australian Black Duck Anas superciliosa rogersi Lesser Grey Duck Anas superciliosa pelewensis Andean Teal Anas andium andium SUB-SPECIES South Georgia Pintail Anas georgica georgica South American Pochard Netta erythropthalma EXTINCT SINCE A.D. (1600) Coue's Gadwall Anas strepera couesi Mariana Mallard Anas platyrhynchos oustaleti Rennell Island Grey Teal Anas gibberifrons remissa REFERENCES Chatham Island Teal Anas chlorotis ssp. nov. Niceforo's Pintail Anas georgica niceforo BirdLife International 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, UK. CRITICALLY ENDANGERED Borrero's Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera borreroi TWSG. In prep. Global Action Plan for the Conservation
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