The endemic wildfowl of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands: an annotated bibliography 4th Edition, 2014 H. Glyn Young saving species from extinction Photo: Lance G Woolaver 01/10/2014 The endemic wildfowl of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands: an annotated bibliography The endemic wildfowl of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands: An annotated bibliography th 4 Edition The islands that comprise the Malagasy Faunal Region host ten extant, resident species of wildfowl Anatidae; all in Madagascar. A further five described and one undescribed species are extinct including all endemic species (four) from the Mascarene Islands. Madagascar today hosts the only surviving endemics: Madagascar White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus insularis, Madagascar or Bernier’s Teal Anas bernieri, Meller’s Duck Anas melleri and Madagascar Pochard or White-eye Aythya innotata. Two sheldgeese endemic to Madagascar (Centrornis majori and Alopochen sirabensis), sheldgeese from Réunion (Alopochen (Mascarenachen) kervazoi) and Mauritius (Alopochen mauritiana), a small duck, possibly a grey teal, (Anas theodori) from Mauritius and Réunion and an undescribed Aythya have become extinct since human colonisation of these islands. Anas melleri has been introduced to Réunion and Mauritius and Northern Mallard Anas platyrhynchos to Mauritius, islands within the native faunal region of the former species. A small number of migrant and vagrant wildfowl have been recorded in the region with most records from Seychelles where no resident species are known. All surviving endemic ducks are currently threatened with extinction: A. innotata is Critical; A. bernieri, A. melleri and T. l. insularis are Endangered. Madagascar Pochard (from c.1920s-1940s and again since October 2009), Meller’s Duck and Madagascar Teal (one in 1920s and since 1993) are currently held in captivity. The endemic race of White-backed Duck is not currently held in captivity but has been in the past. In this bibliography I have attempted to include all references containing mention of the endemic wildfowl, with the exception of world bird lists. General works on the order Anseriformes and regional ornithologies have been included. News media notes of the rediscovery of A. innotata (1991 and 2006), capture of A. bernieri (1993), capture of A. innotata (2009) and first captive breeding of A. bernieri (1998) have also been omitted unless they included original data and/or photographs. General accounts on the species Thalassornis leuconotus have been omitted unless including details of the Madagascan race. Where subject matter is not obvious by the title the reference has been annotated, occasionally simply with the species included. Sources are given for references not checked by me. It is intended that this bibliography will be of use in study of the endemic wildfowl of the Malagasy Region and for those involved in conservation or captive management. I would be grateful for any information concerning references omitted and of any material published after October 2014. This bibliography will continue to be updated. 1 01/10/2014 The endemic wildfowl of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands: an annotated bibliography Acknowledgements I am indebted to the late Janet Kear, Linda Birch (Alexander Library, EGI), Roger Buisson (MERG), Nigel Collar (BirdLife International), Frank Hawkins (IUCN), Olivier Langrand (Island Conservation), Richard Lewis (Durrell), Michael Putnam (University of Wisconsin), Roger Safford (BirdLife International), James Underwood (Durrell) and Lance Woolaver (Durrell) for advice and help in the collection of material. H. Glyn Young 2 01/10/2014 The endemic wildfowl of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands: an annotated bibliography Bibliography ANDREWS, C.W. (1897): On some fossil remains of carinate birds from central Madagascar. Ibis (ser. 7) 3: 343-359. Includes Centrornis majori and melleri ANDRIAMAMPIANINA, J. (1976): Madagascar. In: SMART, M. (Ed.) Proceedings International Conference on the Conservation of Wetlands and Waterfowl, Heiligenhafen, Federal Republic of Germany, 2-6 December 1974. 125-126. IWRB, Slimbridge, England. bernieri, notes ‘rediscovery’ ANDRIANARIMISA, A. (1992): Inventaire de l’avifaune du Lac Bemamba. Unpublished Report to PNUD (UNESCO). bernieri ANDRIANARIMISA, A. (1992): La Sarcelle de Bernier (Anas bernieri) un canard endémique à protéger. Working Group on Birds in the Madagascar Region. News. 2(1): 6-7. bernieri ANON (1990): In the field: The search for the lost duck. Animals 1(1): 2. innotata ANON (1991): Rediscovery of ‘extinct’ duck. Animals 2(3): 9. innotata. ANON (1992): Imperial College/Oxford University expedition to Madagascar 1992: Preliminary Report. Unpublished Report. 13pp. Sightings of T. l. insularis (Ihotry) and melleri (Alarobia) ANON (1993): Teal or rice? World Birdwatch 15(1): 5. JWPT/WWT expedition to Bemamba (1992). Includes photograph of flying bernieri ANON (1995): Female bats and teal captured. On The Edge (JWPT Newsletter) 74: 1-2. JWPT expedition to Bemamba (1995). Includes photographs of bernieri and personnel ANON (1996): Actes de L’atelier sur les Zones D’importance Pour la Conservation des Oiseaux a Madagascar (Zicoma). ANGAP/BirdLife International. Report on important sites; includes inventory of important wetlands and wildfowl populations ANON (1997): Endangered Species: Madagascar teal – Anas bernieri. The Dodo Dispatch 43: 4-5. Several photographs and poster (Busson photograph from Bemamba) ANON (1998): Ducklings galore!: Madagascar Teal breed in captivity for the first Time. On The Edge (JWPT Newsletter) 83: 8. 3 photographs of ducklings ANON (2007): A rare duck resurfaces. In HIRSCHFELD, E. (Ed.). Rare Birds Yearbook 2008, pp. 36-41. MagDig Media, Shrewsbury, UK. innotata APPERT, O. (1996): A contribution to the ornithology of the region of Morondava, Western Madagascar. Working Group on the Birds in the Madagascar Region Newsletter 6(1): 18-54. bernieri observed W. Beroboka and Andranokolo, June and July, 1974. ARNOLD, L. (1980): Pathology report. Dodo, Journal Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust 17: 96-104. melleri BALDASARRE, G.A. & BOLEN, E.G. (2006): Waterfowl Ecology and Management. 2nd Edition. Krieger Publishing Co, Malabar, Florida. Includes details of extinct species. 3 01/10/2014 The endemic wildfowl of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands: an annotated bibliography BAMFORD, A.J., SAM, T.S., RAZAFINDRAJAO, F., ROBSON, H., WOOLAVER, L.G. & RENÉ de ROLAND, L.-A. (2014): The status and ecology of the last wild population of Madagascar Pochard Aythya innotata. Bird Conservation International: 1-14 BANGS, O. (1918): Vertebrata from Madagascar. 3 – Aves. Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 489-511. Notes on collection of F. R. Wulsin. melleri, innotata and T.l. insularis BARRÉ, N. & BARAU, A. (1982): Oiseaux de la Réunion. Imprimerie Arts Graphiques Modernes, St. Denis, Réunion. bernieri and melleri. BARRÉ, N., BARAU, A. & JOUANIN, C. (1996): Oiseaux de la Réunion. Editions du Pacifique, Paris. As above BENEDICT, B. (1957): The immigrant birds of Mauritius. Avicultural Magazineazine 63: 155-157. melleri BENSON, C.W., COLEBROOK-ROBJENT, J.F.R. & WILLIAMS, A. (1976): Contribution à l’ornithologie de Madagascar. Oiseau et R.F.O. 46: 103- 134. Ref. In Dee (1986), melleri and innotata VON BERLEPSCH, H. (1898): Systematisches verzeichnis der von Dr. Alfred Voeltzkow in Ost-Afrika und auf Aldabra (Indischer Ocean) gesammelten Vogelbälge. Abhandl. Sencken bergischen naturforsch. Ges. 21(3): 473- 496. Ref. In Dee (1986), bernieri BERLIOZ, J. (1946): Oiseaux de la Réunion. Faune de l’Empire Français 4: 1-83. Ref. in Rountree et al.(1952), melleri BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL (2000): Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge. BONHOTE, J.L. (1907): Some notes on the hybridising of ducks. Proceedings 4th International Ornithological Congress, London, 1905 (Ornis 14): 255-264. melleri BONHOTE, J.L. (1909): Exhibition of and remarks upon examples of hybrid ducks. Proceedings Zoological Society of London: 598-599. Ref. in Gray (1958). melleri BRICKNELL, N. (1988): Ducks, Geese and Swans of Africa and Outlying Islands. Frandsden, Sandton (South Africa). All taxa, poor – no recent data CALLAGHAN, D.A. & GREEN, A.J. (1993): Wildfowl at risk, 1993. Wildfowl 44: 149-169. melleri and bernieri CARIÉ, P. (1916): L’acclimatation a L’ile Maurice; mammiferes et oiseaux. Bulletin de la Société Nationale d’Acclimatation de France: 1-62. melleri CHARLTON, J.S. & STEFFEE, N.D. (1986): Field checklist of the birds of the Mascarene Islands. Russ’s Nat. Hist. Books Inc., Florida. melleri CHEKE, A.S. (1987): An ecological history of the Mascarene Islands, with particular reference to extinctions and introductions of land vertebrates. In: DIAMOND, A.W. (Ed.): Studies of Mascarene Island birds Cambridge University, Cambridge. 5-89. melleri, Anas theodori, and sheldgeese CHEKE, A. (1987): Review of Dee, T.J.(1986), The Endemic Birds of Madagascar. Ibis 129 (4): 574. Comments on inaccuracies of note on introductions of melleri to Mauritius and Réunion 4 01/10/2014 The endemic wildfowl of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands: an annotated bibliography CHEKE, A. & HUME, J. (2008): Lost Land of the Dodo: An Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion & Rodrigues. T. & A.D. Poyser, London. Alopochen spp., Anas theodori and Aythya sp. COLLAR, N.J. & ANDREW, P. (1988): Birds to Watch: The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publications 8. ICBP, Cambridge. bernieri and innotata