International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation - AEWA

Compiled by: Baz Hughes 1 , James Robinson 1, 2 , Andy Green 3 , David Li 4 & Taej Mundkur 5
1 The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Glos. GL2 7BT, UK.
2 Current address: RSPB Northern Ireland, Belvoir Forest Park, Belfast, BT8 4QT, UK.
3 Estación Biológica de Doñana, Avenida de María Luisa s/n, Pabellón del Perú, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.
4 Wetlands International, 3A39, Block A, Kelana Centre Point, SS7/19, Petaling Jaya, 47301, Selangor, Malaysia.
5 Wetlands International, A-25, 2nd Floor, Defence Colony, New Delhi - 110 024, India.
E-mail: baz.hughes@wwt.org.uk, james.robinson@rspb.org.uk, ajgreen@ebd.csic.es, david@wiap.nasionet.net,
taejmundkur.wi@vsnl.net.
with contributions from: A. K. Yurlov, Abdul Aleem Chaudhry, Alain Auve, Alberto Madroño, Alex Filatov, Alexander Solokha,
Alexander Yakovlev, Anatoli Ostachenko, Andrei Gavrilov, Andres Kalamees, Andrew Grieve, Antra Stīpniece, Attila Sándor,
Axel Bräunlich, Bahtiyar Kurt, Batdelger Dashnamjilyn, Behrouz Behrouzi-Rad, Bernard Deceuninck, Christian Perennou, D.
Salmakeyev, David Hoccom, David Lacina, Derek Scott, Elchin Sultanov, Eldar Rustamov, Elena Kreuzberg-Mukhina, Eva
Cepakova, Evgeniya Lanovenko, Fernando Ibáñez, Gerhard Adams, Goetz Eichhorn, Gordienko Nadejda Sergeevna, Gradimir
Gradev, Guven Eken, Guy Kirwan, Hamid Amini, Hans-Günther Bauer, He Fenqi, Hermann Hötker, Hichem Azafzaf, Holger
Schielzeth, Ingar Jostein Øien, Islom Abdusalamov, Jamie Skinner, Jean-Paul Jacob, Jean-Pierre Cantera, Jeff Gordon, Joerg
Ratayczak, Joost van der Ven, Jordi Muntaner, José Luis Echevarrías, José Torres Esquivias, Kashif Sheikh, Konstantin Kreiser,
Lars Lachmann, Lei Gang, Liutauras Raudonikis, Luba Balyan, Lucy Lovett, M. Zafar-ul Islam, Ma Ming, Manuela Nunes, Marc
van Roomen, Marcello Grussu, Maria Panayotopoulou, Mario Giménez, Marko Tucakov, Martin Schneider-Jacoby, Matías
García, Matthias Kestenholz, Michael Brombacher, Michael Dvorak, Micheál O'Briain, Mike Smart, Myrrhy Gauser, Nicky
Petkov, Niels Gilissen, Nyamba Batbayar, Ohad Hatzofe, Oleg Dudkin, Oskars Keišs, Pablo Almaraz García, Patric Lorgé, Paul
Isenmann, Pedro Geraldes, Rahat Jabeen, Rastislav Rybanič, Ruud van Beusekom, S. Gombobaatar, Sadegh Sadeghi Zadegan,
Sergey Bukreev, Sergey Dereliev, Sergey Yerokhov, Silvio Stucki, Slobodan Puzović, Thomas Heinicke, Tibor Mikuska, Timme
Nyegaard, Torsten Larsson, Tseveenmyadag Natsagdorj, Verena Keller, Vítor Encarnação, Vladislav Vasilyev, Ward Hagemeijer,
Werner Müller, Will Cresswell, Wim Van den Bossche, Yavar Shahbazi, Yehoshua Shkedy, Zulfiqar Ali.
Milestones in the Production of the Plan
First draft: June 2004, presented to the EU Member States, as well as the CMS and the AEWA Range States
Second draft: September 2004, presented to the EU Ornis Committee and the AEWA Technical Committee
Final draft: August 2005, approved by the AEWA 3 rd Meeting of Parties in October 2005 and the CMS 13 th Scientific Council
Meeting in November 2005
Geographical Scope
This International Single Species Action Plan requires implementation in the following countries regularly supporting Whiteheaded
Duck: Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, France, Georgia, Greece, Iraq, Islamic Republic of
Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia,
Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. It should be implemented in the following countries where the introduced North
American Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis occurs: Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United
Kingdom. Implementation is also required in any other countries within the range of the White-headed Duck where the Ruddy
Duck is found in captivity.
Reviews
This International Single Species Action Plan should be revised in 2015. An emergency review will be undertaken if there are
sudden major changes liable to affect the population.
Credits
The compilers wish to thank the following people who provided data and support during the production of this International
Single Species Action Plan: Lieuwe Haanstra, Sergey Dereliev, Simon Delany, Szabolcs Nagy, and Umberto Gallo-Orsi.
Recommended citation: Hughes, B., Robinson, J.A., Green, A.J., Li, Z.W.D. & Mundkur, T. (Compilers). 2006. International
Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala. CMS Technical Series No. 13
& AEWA Technical Series No.8. Bonn, Germany.
Picture on the cover: © Jorge Sierra / www.photolibrary.com
Drawing on the inner cover: © Juan Varela