Newsletters
Below are the Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group (TWSG) newsletters. Search for specific terms using Ctrl + f to be directed to the relating newsletters. Direct links to newsletters are on the right.
TWSG News 1 download
No. 1, November 1991
- The Nene Branta sandvicensis recovery initiative
- Report on the Dusky Canada Goose Branta canadensis occidentalis
- Notes on the status of some threatened Anatidae in Argentina and Brazil
- The Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in the Marismas del Guadalquivir, Spain
- Status of some threatened Anatidae in the Communidad Valenciana, Spain
- Bar-headed Geese Anser indicus in the Punjab, Pakistan
- Notes on Bar-headed Geese Anser indicus in China
- Status of the Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus in the Soviet Far East
- Report on Asian races of Bean Goose Anser fabalis serrirostris and A.f. middendorfi in Japan and Kamchatka
- The endemic wildfowl of Madagascar.
TWSG News 2 download
No. 2, June 1992
- Conservation plan for the White-winged Wood Duck Cairina scutulata. TWSG News 2:3-4.
- Le statut de L’Erismature a Tete Blanche Oxyura leucocephala et du Fuligule Nyroca Aythya nyroca dans le complexe d’El Kala, Algeria, de 1990 a 1992
- Habitat changes threaten the White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala in Punjab, Pakistan
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in southern Alicante, Spain
- Taxonomic and conservation status of Indonesian Teal Anas gibberifrons gibberifrons
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris and White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
- Status of the Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
- Spectacled Eiders Somateria fischeri and Steller’s Eiders Polysticta stelleri in danger?
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea in the Cayman Islands
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides and Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata on Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East
- Status of Baikal Teal Anas formosa in the southern Far East of Russia
- Presencia de la Malvasia Cariblanca Oxyura jamaicensis en Andalucia.
TWSG News 3 download
No. 3, January 1993
- The spread of the Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis in Spain and its impact on the White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
- Is the Crested Shelduck Tadorna cristata extinct?
- Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri in the Far East of Russia
- The Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata in the Bolschekhekhtsirskij Reserve, Far East Russia
- A nesting site of the White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Assam
- The occurrence of the Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in Greece
- The Radjah Shelduck Tadorna radjah radjah in Seram, Maluku, Indonesia
- The status of the Laysan Teal Anas laysanensis
- A survey of the Madagascar Teal Anas bernieri.
TWSG News 4 download
No. 4, August 1993
- An international Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis workshop
- An international conservation plan for the Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
- A recovery plan for the Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in Valencia, Spain
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris breeding in Punjab, Pakistan
- The White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala at Burdur Golu, Turkey
- Andean Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris andium and Colombian Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis andina at Lake Otun, Colombia
- The status of the Aleutian Canada Goose Branta canadensis leucopareia
- The status of African Black Ducks Anas sparsa sparsa, White-backed Ducks Thalassornis leuconotus leuconotus and Maccoas Oxyura maccoa in Zimbabwe
- The Swedish Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus project
- A survey of White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Thailand
- The White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Dangori Reserved Forest, Assam
- A survey of White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Way Kanan, Sumatra, Indonesia
- Excellent news for the Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
- Survey and capture of Madagascar Teal Anas bernieri
- Anatidae 2000 conference
- Appeal for work on field identification of Anatidae.
TWSG News 5 download
No. 5, March 1994
- Progress in the conservation of New Zealand’s threatened waterfowl
- A survey of the White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in India.
- Decline of Spectacled Eiders Somateria fischeri nesting in Western Alaska
- The Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri on the Indigirka River delta, Sakha, Russia
- The Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa as a threatened taxon
- Observations on the West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea in the Bahamas
- The current status of the Brazilian Merganser Mergus octosetaceus in Argentina.
TWSG News 6 download
No. 6, September 1994
- Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis – population decline
- Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus – TWSG Special Publication No. 1.
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in the Murcia Region, south-eastern Spain
- Primer reunion sobre la Cerceta Pardilla Marmaronetta angustirostris
- The Nene Branta sandvicensis Recovery Initiative – update
- Distribucion actual de la Malvasia Oxyura leucocephala en Espana
- The White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata at Phu Jong Nayong National Park, Thailand
- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata survive in central Lao P.D.R.
- Review of distribution of the White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Doomdooma, Assam
- Status of the Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca in Saudi Arabia
- Comments on “A survey of White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in India” in TWSG Newsletter 5.
- Call for assistance – Nettapus research at Wildlife Conservation Park/Bronx Zoo, U.S.A.
The Scaly-sided Merganser in Russia and China. Special Publication download
No. 1, December 1994. The Scaly-Sided Merganser Mergus squamatus in Russia and China
- Introduction
- The scaly-sided Merganser in the Bikin River basin, Far-east Russia
- The Scaly-sided Merganser in the Iman Basin, Far-east Russia
- The Scaly-sided Merganser in the central Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Far-east Russia
- Current status and distribution of the Scaly-sided Merganser in China
- The breeding biology and foraging ecology of the Scaly-sided Merganser in China
TWSG News 7 download
No. 7, May 1995
- Report on the Anatidae 2000 conference
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala in Greece
- Current status of the White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala in Romania
- Control de Oxyura jamaicensis en Espana y consecuencias para Oxyura leucocephala
- Madagascar Teal Anas bernieri project, May-June 1994
- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Mehao and Pakhui sanctuaries, Arunachal Pradesh
- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Dibru-saikhowa Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris study at the Rangla complex, Pakistan
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in Uzbekistan
- Teaching Hawaiian Geese Branta sandvicensis predator avoidance behaviour
- Meller’s Duck Anas melleri in Mauritius
- Observations of Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca at Sidi Bou Ghaba, Morocco.
TWSG News 8 download
No. 8, October 1995
- IUCN-SSC Anatidae action plan
- BirdLife (Council of Europe) action plans
- Meeting to coordinate actions on Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in Spain
- Status of Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in Alicante, Spain
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides in south east Transbaikalia
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus on Novayazemlya and the Kanin peninsula
- Adaptive radiation and extinction of Anatidae in Hawaii
- Breeding status of White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala in Turkey
- Steller’s Eider Polysticta stelleri in Varangerfjord, Norway
- Further records of White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Lao PDR
- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Nameri Sanctuary, Assam
- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Doomdooma Reserved Forest, Assam
- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata survey plan for Sumatra
- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Mehao and Pakhui Sanctuaries, India.
TWSG News 9 download
No. 9, June 1996
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NEWS ROUNDUP
- Madagascar Teal Anas bernieri in Madagascar
- Sakalava Rail Amaurornis olivier in Madagascar
- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Cambodia
- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Lao P.D.R.
- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in the Mekong Basin
- Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri and Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca in Myanmar
- Baikal Teal Anas formosa in South Korea
- Lesser White-fronted Geese Anser erythropus in Scandinavia
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in Spain
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea in the Cayman Islands
- Spectacled Eiders Somateria fischeri in the Bering Sea
- Nene Branta sandvicensis in Hawaii
- Campbell Island Teal Anas nesiotis in New Zealand
FEATURES
- Update on the IUCN-SSC Anatidae action plan
- Wetlands International and its Specialist Groups
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea in the Dominican Republic
- Update on Alaska-Pacific coast geese
- Rapid decline of White-headed Ducks Oxyura leucocephala at Burdur Golu, Turkey
- The declining White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala: a call for information
- White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Thamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, Myanmar
- Ducklings of White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata in Indonesia
- Surveys of Andaman Teal Anas gibberifrons albogularis in winter 1995/96
- Baikal Teal Anas formosa in Hovsgol, northern Mongolia
- The status of Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca in Azerbaijan
- The Brazilian Merganser Mergus octosetaceus – nearly extinct?
- Horned Coot Fulica cornuda en la laguna de Pululos y otras cercanas, puna arida del noroeste de Argentina
- Winter counts of threatened species in Azerbaijan, 1996.
TWSG News 10 download
No. 10, June 1997
NEWS ROUNDUP
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in Morocco
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca in Sudan
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca, Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris and White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala in Tunisia
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala in Israel
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca and Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in Uzbekistan
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala in Greece
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca, White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala, Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus and Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis in Romania
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris and White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala in Spain
- Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in Spain
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis in Spain
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala in Turkey
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus and Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis in the Ukraine
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West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea in Jamaica.
FEATURES
- Analysis of globally threatened anatidae in relation to threats, distribution, migration patterns and habitat use
- The status of the Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis in Azerbaijan
- Ducks Unlimited and Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos conservation
- Funding boost for Brown Teal Anas chlorotis conservation
- Urgent action needed to save the White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
- Call for help to save Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris in Alicante, Spain
- Request for help: movements of Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Ecology of the Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris and Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca in the Göksu Delta, Turkey
- Status of the Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca in Uzbekistan
- Steller’s Eiders Polysticta stelleri breeding in western Taimyr and north-east European Russia
- Threatened waterfowl in the Lower Yana River, Yakutia, Russia
- Le râle d’olivier Amaurornis olivier au Lac Bemamba, Madagascar
- Statut a conservation des Anatidés menacées en Tunisie.
TWSG News 11 download
No. 11, July 1998
NEWS ROUNDUP
- Record count of Lesser White-fronted Geese at Dongting Lake, China
- A good and bad year for Marbled Teal in Spain
- White-winged Ducks in trade over the Cambodia-Thai border
- Recent massive decline of the Ferruginous Duck in Moldova
- Globally threatened wildfowl at Burdur Gölü, Turkey, in 1997
- Logging threat on Sakhalin, Russia
- Ruddy Duck control starts in France
- Nameri Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, to be upgraded to a National Park
- New Ramsar sites help conserve the Ferruginous Duck in Hungary
- New and extended Turkish Ramsar Sites
- Information on threatened waterfowl in the former USSR
- Internet Update
- New Science Co-ordinator at Wetlands International
- Specialist Groups Workshop, January 1998.
FEATURES
- Studies on the Ferruginous Duck in Bulgaria
- The status of the Ferruginous Duck in Poland
- Ferruginous Ducks at Draganić fish-ponds, NW Croatia, and a population estimate for Croatia
- The status and biology of threatened waterfowl in Morocco
- Marbled Teal and Ferruginous Duck breeding in south-west Uzbekistan
- The status of Marbled Teal in Azerbaijan
- The status of Marbled Teal in Iraq
- Status of globally threatened wildfowl on central Anatolian lakes, Turkey
- Record count of White-headed Ducks wintering in Greece
- Breeding status of the White-headed Duck on the Central Plateau, Turkey
- White-headed Ducks in the north Caspian region
- Monitoring of Red-breasted Geese in Bulgaria in the 1990s.
TWSG News 12 download
No. 11, July 1998
NEWS ROUNDUP
- Record count of Lesser White-fronted Geese at Dongting Lake, China
- A good and bad year for Marbled Teal in Spain
- White-winged Ducks in trade over the Cambodia-Thai border
- Recent massive decline of the Ferruginous Duck in Moldova
- Globally threatened wildfowl at Burdur Gölü, Turkey, in 1997
- Logging threat on Sakhalin, Russia
- Ruddy Duck control starts in France
- Nameri Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, to be upgraded to a National Park
- New Ramsar sites help conserve the Ferruginous Duck in Hungary
- New and extended Turkish Ramsar Sites
- Information on threatened waterfowl in the former USSR
- Internet Update
- New Science Co-ordinator at Wetlands International
- Specialist Groups Workshop, January 1998.
FEATURES
- Studies on the Ferruginous Duck in Bulgaria
- The status of the Ferruginous Duck in Poland
- Ferruginous Ducks at Draganić fish-ponds, NW Croatia, and a population estimate for Croatia
- The status and biology of threatened waterfowl in Morocco
- Marbled Teal and Ferruginous Duck breeding in south-west Uzbekistan
- The status of Marbled Teal in Azerbaijan
- The status of Marbled Teal in Iraq
- Status of globally threatened wildfowl on central Anatolian lakes, Turkey
- Record count of White-headed Ducks wintering in Greece
- Breeding status of the White-headed Duck on the Central Plateau, Turkey
- White-headed Ducks in the north Caspian region
- Monitoring of Red-breasted Geese in Bulgaria in the 1990s.
TWSG News 13 download
No. 13, December 2001
NEWS ROUNDUP
- 2000: A boom year for the Laysan Duck
- Salvadori’s Duck research
- Alaska sea ducks’ habitat given federal protection
- White-headed Ducks in Spain in 2000
- White-headed Ducks in central Kazakhstan
- Habitat loss affects threatened waterfowl in Morocco
- Marbled Teal in Spain in 2001
- White-headed Ducks at Lake Vaya, Bulgaria
- White-headed Duck and Pygmy Cormorant in the Balkans
- Orinoco Geese in Venezuela
- Scaly-sided Merganser in China
- Threatened waterfowl in Tunisia in 2001
- Marbled Teal in Tunisia in 2001
- Reintroduction of the Crested Coot in eastern Spain
- Threatened waterfowl on the web
FEATURES
- Ecology and conservation of the White-winged Duck in Sumatra
- Pilot nest-box project for White-winged Ducks in Sumatra
- Survey methods for White-winged Ducks
- Status of the Baikal Teal in the Lower Indigirka Basin, Siberia
- Spatial dynamics of the Ruddy Duck and its impact on the White-headed Duck
- Population viability analysis for White-headed Duck reintroductions
- Genetic introgression of Ruddy Ducks in wild populations of White-headed Ducks
- Competition with Carp may limit White-headed Duck populations in Spain
- White-headed Duck reintroduction in Europe
- White-headed Ducks in Tunisia
- New records of White-headed Duck from Morocco
- Status of White-headed Ducks in Azerbaijan
- Status and distribution of the White-headed Duck in Uzbekistan
- Ferruginous Ducks at Durankulak Lake Complex, Bulgaria, 1995 – 2001
- Record counts of Ferruginous Duck in Sahelian Africa
- Action plan for Australian birds
- Status of threatened waterfowl in the South-east Caspian region of Turkmenistan
- Status of waterbirds in the Caspian region of Turkmenistan, 1970-2000.
- Russian-Japanese Swan Goose conservation programme
- Satellite telemetry of Steller’s Eider in Alaska
TWSG News 14 download
No. 14, October 2003
NEWS ROUNDUP
- BirdLife to Assess Environmental Impact of War in Iraq
- Blue Duck’s Threatened Status Increased to “Endangered”
- Brazilian Merganser Re-discovered in Argentina
- Brazilian Merganser Workshop
- Brazilian Merganser in Jalapão, Tocantins, Brazil
- Brazilian Merganser Study at Serra da Canastra
- Campbell Island Teal Can Go Home
- José Antonio Valverde, “El Padre de Doñana”
- International Action Plan for the Ferruginous Duck
- International Ferruginous Duck Workshop Proceedings
- Marbled Teal Diet in Southern Alicante, Eastern Spain
- Spatial and Temporal Variation in Marbled Teal Diet in the Western Mediterranean
- Red-Breasted Goose Monitoring in North-east Bulgaria
- Ruddy Duck Control in the UK
- UK Ruddy Duck Protected Status Removed
- Conservation of Swan Goose and Baikal Teal
- Global Flyways Conference, 2004
- Waterbird Population Estimates – Third Edition
- White-headed Duck in Central Asia
- White-headed Ducks in Eastern Turkey in Late Summer 2001
- Asian Waterbird Census
- White-winged Ducks in Myanmar
- For Sale: Italian Key Site for Ferruginous Duck
- Threatened Waterfowl on the Web
FEATURES
- Trends in the Bulgarian Ferruginous Duck Breeding Population, 1997-2002
- Distribución del Pato de Anteojos Anas specularis en la Región Patagónica de Argentina
- Recent Status of Marbled Teal in l’Albufera de Valencia, Eastern Spain
- Ecology of a Vulnerable Single Island Endemic: Salvadori’s Teal
- Scaly-sided Merganser Breeding Population Increase in Far East Russia
- Brazilian Merganser May Survive in Paraguay
- Brazilian Mergansers in Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
- Population Genetics of White-headed Ducks and North American Ruddy Ducks
- TWSG Triennial Report, 1999-2001
- White-headed Ducks in Spain in 2002
- Winter Status and Distribution of Ruddy Ducks in the UK
- UK Ruddy Duck Control Trial
- Ruddy Duck Control in Europe and North Africa
- White-headed Duck Breeding and Reintroduction Programme in Hungary, 1982-1992
- Food and Feeding Habitat of the White-winged Duck in Assam
- Status of White-winged Duck in Bangladesh
- Midway Atoll Possible Translocation Site for Laysan Duck
- 2004 Red List Changes for Waterfowl
- Status and Distribution of Baikal Teal
- Critical Situation at El Hondo Threatens Marbled Teal and White-headed Duck
TWSG News 15 download
No. 15, December 2006
NEWS ROUNDUP
- Madagascar Pochard re-discovered
- Campbell Teal return home
- New Zealand zoos win prestigious award
- Saving the Laysan Duck
- White-headed Duck Action Plan published
- White-headed Ducks in Manych wetland, Russia, April 2006
- Population structure and loss of genetic diversity in the endangered White-headed Duck Hybridization between White-headed Ducks and introduced Ruddy Ducks in Spain
- The Ruddy Duck in Europe: natural colonization or human introduction?
- Brown Teal released at Port Charles, New Zealand
- Use of wing tags and other methods to mark Marbled Teal in Spain
- Survival of Marbled Teal released back into the wild
- Interspecific associations in habitat use between Marbled Teal and other waterbirds wintering at Sidi Bou Ghaba, Morocco
- Lead isotopes and lead shot ingestion in the globally threatened Marbled Teal and White-headed Duck
- Falcated Duck in Russia
- Ferruginous Duck Action Plan published
FEATURES
- What actually is the status of the Pink-headed Duck?
- Reproductive rate and development of ducklings of Brazilian Merganser at Serra da canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2001-2005
- Nesting survey of the White-backed Duck at Lake Antsamaka in western Madagascar
- Madagascar White-backed Duck: what is its true status?
- White-headed Duck and its protection in Uzbekistan
- Blue Ducks demand, and get, greater attention
- A survey of Madagascar Teal and other waterbirds in north-west Madagascar, November-December 2003
- Conservation of Andaman Teal
- Scaly-sided Merganser surveys in Primorye, Russia, 2003-05
- Physical condition and age structure of Red-breasted Geese wintering at Durankulak Lake, Bulgaria, February 2005
- Action plan for Australian Cotton Pygmy Goose
- Notes on the territory size of Salvadori’s Teal in Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea
- Baikal Teal wintering status and distribution in South Korea
- Aves de Laguna Registradas en 2006 en Galápagos
- WWF–China waterbird surveys in the lower Yangtze floodplain in 2004 and 2005
TWSG News 16 download
No. 16, December 2013
NEWS REPORTS
- New Zealand Brown Teal News
- Notes on Eaton’s Pintail from Kerguelen
- Conservation efforts for Red-breasted Goose in Romania
- White-headed Ducks in Manych Wetland, Russia, 2009
- International Single Species Action Plan for the conservation of the Red-Breasted Goose: 2011–2020
- International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Western Palearctic Population)
- International Single Species Action Plan for the conservation of the Maccoa Duck
- Review of waterbird re-establishment in the AEWA region
- Guidelines on the translocation of waterbirds for conservation purposes: complementing the IUCN guidelines
ARTICLES
- Capture and marking the Brazilian Merganser in the Serra da Canastra region of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Survey of White-headed Ducks and Red-breasted Geese at Manych Lake System, Russia
- Whio or Blue Duck, update 2008
- Campbell Island Teal: Has re-establishment been achieved?
- Brown Teal captive breeding comes under genetic scrutiny
- Artificial nest sites for Scaly-sided Merganser – a way to breeding habitat restoration
- Non-breeding season surveys for Scaly-sided Mergansers in Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, China
- Real stories of poaching of the Scaly-sided Merganser
- Survey of the breeding population of Scaly-sided Merganser in the Changbai Mountains, China, 2008
- White-headed Duck in region of Murcia, Spain
- Status of the White-headed Duck in Urumqi, China
- Declive y recuperacion de la Mavasia Cabeciblanca en España
- Ruddy Ducks in Europe and the UK eradication programme
- Lesser White-fronted Goose in the Lena and Olenek Rivers catchment, Siberia
- Marbled Teal on the Ounianga Lakes in Chad
- Middendorf’s Bean Goose on the Vilyuiskoe Plateau, Siberia