White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi, Ethiopia Suliformes Sulidae Masked Sula dactylatra melanops, W Indian Ocean Afrotropic - Eastern & Southern Charadriiformes Laridae Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris tenuirostris, Indian OceanIslands to E Africa Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus nubilosus, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, E to Pacific African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris, Eastern & Southern Africa Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii gracilis, Seychelles & Mascarenes Gruiformes Rallidae African Rail Rallus caerulescens, Southern & Eastern Africa Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans elegans, NE, Eastern & Southern Africa Afrotropic - Southern Anseriformes Anatidae Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha, Madagascar Charadriiformes Laridae Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii dougallii, Southern Africa and Madagascar Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata tristanensis, Tristan da Cunha & Gough/South Africa Gruiformes Rallidae White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi, Southern Africa Afrotropic - Sub-Saharan Charadriiformes Charadriidae Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris, Central & Eastern Africa Ciconiiformes Ardeidae Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus payesii, Sub-Saharan Africa Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii, Sub-Saharan Africa Gruiformes Rallidae Striped Crake Amaurornis marginalis, Sub-Saharan Africa African Crake Crex egregia, Sub-Saharan Africa Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata, Sub-Saharan Africa Afrotropic - Western and Central
Figure 15. Changes in population trends between two assessments Table 3. Populations that were thought to increase in CSR4 and shown as declining in CSR7 Greylag Goose Anser anser rubrirostris, Western Siberia/Caspian & Iraq Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa, Southern Africa Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna, Western Asia/Caspian & Middle East Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo, North-west Europe Grebe Podiceps nigricollis nigricollis, Western Asia/South-west & South Asia Grey Heron Ardea cinerea cinerea, Central & Eastern Europe Grey Heron Ardea cinerea cinerea, Northern & Western Europe Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ibis, South-west Europe Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ibis, Southern Africa Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta, Western Europe, NW Africa Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo, Kalmykia/North-east Africa Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris, Southern & Eastern Africa Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea, Western Siberia/West Africa Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus, Central & E Europe/SW Europe & W Mediterranean Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus vetula, Coastal Southern Africa Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graellsii, Western Europe/Mediterranean & West Africa Hartlaub’s Gull Larus hartlaubii, Coastal South-west Africa Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus, North & West Europe More than half of the auk and crane populations are declining Taxonomic groups with a particularly high proportion (over 50%) of declining populations include the shoebills (Balaenicipitidae - a mono-specific population), the penguins (Spheniscidae), cranes (Gruidae) and
Figure 34. Changes of populations between categories and columns on Table 1 of the AEWA Action Plan. This figure only includes populations whose definition has not changed between the 4th and the 7th editions. 5. Populations moved from Column C to Column A due to improved population size estimates Arctic Loon Gavia arctica arctica, Central Siberia/Caspian Bean Goose Anser fabalis johanseni, West & Central Siberia/Turkmenistan to W China Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator, North-west & Central Europe (win) Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus, N Europe/Southern Europe, North & West Africa Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpres, Northern Europe/West Africa Table 6. Populations that moved from Column C to Column A because of being listed as globally threatened or Near Threatened on the IUCN Global Red List Common Pochard Aythya ferina, North-east Europe/North-west Europe Common Pochard Aythya ferina, Central & NE Sea & Mediterranean Common Eider Somateria mollissima mollissima, Norway & Russia Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis, Iceland & Greenland (bre) Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis, Western Siberia/North Europe (bre) Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus, Europe/South & West Europe & NW Africa Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica taymyrensis, Central Siberia/South & SW Asia & Eastern Africa Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata arquata, Europe/Europe, & West Africa Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea, Western Siberia/West Africa Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea, Central Siberia/SW Asia, E & S Africa Razorbill Alca torda islandica, Iceland, Faeroes, Britain, Ireland, Helgoland, NW France