Migratory Shorebird Conservation Plan

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1 Migratory Shorebird Conservation Plan Bena Smith Conservation Manager, Regional Wetlands June 2013 Michel Roggo / WWF-Canon Photo: Bena Smith 1

2 WWF Hong Kong Migratory Shorebird Conservation Shorebird Research (colour marking, satellite tracking, high-tide roost studies) Wetland Management Training (Chinese coastal wetlands) Migratory Shorebird Conservation Plan Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund (Shorebird funding category) Wetland Demonstration Sites (Important shorebird sites in YSR x 2)

3 Objective Objective A Conservation Plan is: 1.guiding WWF Hong Kong s work in the EAA Flyway; and 2.influencing governments, conservationists, ENGOs and researchers across the EAA Flyway, to implement priority actions that conserve migratory shorebird populations most at risk of extinction within the flyway. Neil Fifer Rubin Chau

4 Information Phase 1 Prioritization of migratory shorebird species (1 st draft in circulation) Phase 2 Conservation Plan (by Jan 2014) Advisory Group David Melville, David Lawrie, Doug Watkins, Evgeney Syroyechkovsky, Ken Gosbell, Nils Warnock, Richard Fuller, Simba Chan, Nial Moores, Lew Young Consultants Phase 1 Warren lee Long; Yvonne Verkuil & Jesse Conklin Phase 2 -?

5 - 52 species, 63 populations considered in the process Global Scale - The global populations of 16 species are confined to the EAAF. - 7 species appear on the IUCN global Red List; 5 of these are endemic to the EAA Flyway. - Global populations of 29 species are considered to be declining, 11 are stable, 10 are unknown, and only 2 are thought to be increasing. Flyway Scale - 32 of 63 populations (51%) are endemic to the EAA Flyway. - Of 25 populations with known trends, 24 are declining and only 1 is increasing (Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus) populations primarily use coastal habitats outside the breeding season (13 are considered coastal obligates), whereas 36 use primarily non-coastal habitats. - In 13 populations, more than 50% of individuals are thought to depend upon coastal habitats in the Yellow Sea region.

6 Data Limitations -Many population estimates are not current. -Many population estimates are extremely imprecise, and are based on opinion rather than census data. -Insufficient data to confidently establish population trend in most cases (60%). -Some recognized declines are based on expected impacts on critical habitats rather than observed decreases in abundance. Species Selection -Method 1 : IUCN Red List criteria. -Method 2 : Numerically weighted priority scores (degree of decline, degree of endemism, population size).

7 Common Name Species Subspecies Population Endemic to EAAF Global Red List Status Regional Red List Status Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus CR CR 1 Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus stegmanni C EN 2 Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus mongolus C EN 3 Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer EN EN 4 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea C EN 17T Red Knot Calidris canutus rogersi C VU 5T Red Knot Calidris canutus piersmai C VU 5T Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica menzbieri (anadyrensis) C VU 8T Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica baueri C VU 8T Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris VU VU 8T Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii leschenaultii C VU 11 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola squatarola C VU Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpres C VU 17T Dunlin Calidris alpina actites LC VU Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis VU NT 5T Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus (Tringa) brevipes C NT 12T Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus variegatus LC NT 12T Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa melanuroides NT NT 14 Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus NT NT 16 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata orientalis NT NT Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus LC LC 17T Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii LC LC 17T Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus LC LC 15 Numerical Weighting Ranking

8 Site No. of priority species supported in Country Site Name Code internationally important numbers 119 Australia Roebuck Bay China Deep Bay South Korea Dongjin River Estuary South Korea Geum River Estuary Thailand Inner Gulf of Thailand South Korea Mangyung River Estuary China North Bo Hai Wan China Yancheng Nature Reserve Indonesia Banyuasin Delta 9 40 Australia Eighty Mile Beach South Korea Namyang Bay China Shi Jiu Tuo/Daqing He South Korea Yeongjong Island South Korea Asan Bay Russia Daursky Nature Reserve China Huang He Delta Nature Reserve Australia SE Gulf of Carpentaria South Korea Ganghwa Island Myanmar Gulf of Martaban Malaysia Kapar Power Station China Yalu Jiang National Nature Reserve Indonesia Bagan Percut China Chongming Dongtan National Nature Reserve South Korea Han River Estuary Russia Lososei Bay Russia Moroshechnaya River Estuary South Korea Nakdong Estuary China Shuangtaizihekou NNR 6 53 Australia Hunter Estuary 5 94 Australia Moreton Bay Australia Shoalwater Bay and Broad Sound South Korea Songdo Tidal Flat 5

9 Country Species AUS BAN CAM CHI IND JAP MAL MYN NZE NKO PNG PHI RUS SKO THA USA VIE TOTAL* Asian Dowitcher Bar-tailed Godwit (baueri) 6 (13) (1) (1) 11 (1) (14) 4 21(30) Bar-tailed Godwit (menzbieri) 2(2) (13) (1) (1) (1) (14) 2(32) Black-tailed Godwit (melanuroides) Curlew Sandpiper Dunlin (actites) (25) (9) (9) 0(43) Eurasian Curlew Far Eastern Curlew Great Knot Greater Sand Plover Grey Plover Grey-headed Lapwing Grey-tailed Tattler Latham s Snipe 1 1 Lesser Sand Plover (mongolus) (6) (8) (2) (2) (4) (15) 0(37) Lesser Sand Plover (stegmanni) (6) (8) (2) 5 (2) (4) (15) 5(37) Long-billed Plover 1 1 Red Knot (piersmai) 3 1 (1) (3) (3) 1 5(7) Red Knot (rogersi) 2(3) 1(8) 8 (3) (3) 8(17) Ruddy Turnstone 16 5(8) Spoon-billed Sandpiper Spotted Greenshank Whimbrel

10 Country No. of important sites No. of priority species/subspecies supported in internationally important numbers Additional no. of priority subspecies potentially supported in internationally important numbers* Australia Bangladesh 23 3 Cambodia 1 1 China Indonesia Japan Malaysia Myanmar 5 7 New Zealand 14 3 North Korea 1 1 Papua New Guinea 2 2 Philippines Russia South Korea Thailand USA 5 2 Vietnam 8 8 * based on an interpretation of "unknown population" counts in that country using known ecology and migration routes for the subspecies

11 Species accounts for each priority population Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer - Taxonomy - Population - Distribution - Ecology (Life history, Habitat, Diet) - Major Threats - Knowledge Gaps - Distribution maps - Table of internationally important counts - Priority / critical areas (to be completed)

12 Invite comment from the SWG - -Final list of priority species/subspecies Asks from the SWG -Data set; > High counts for priority species > Any additional 1% or 0.25% counts for priority species? -Species accounts; > Distributions of subspecies > Improve information - Conservation Plan bsmith@wwf.org.hk

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