This may be of interest to some on the list. Cheers, Carl Clifford Begin forwarded message: > From: “Mundkur, Taej” <Taej.Mundkur@wetlands.org> > Date: 8 November 2013 22:04:13 AEDT > To: orientalbirding@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [OB] FW: Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2012 > > Dear all, > > The attached publication may be of interest to many of you. It provides an overview of all of New Zealand’s birds and their conservation status, recognising nationally critical species. > > One statement caught my eye and which puts migratory species in a new perspective is In this review, however, we treated two Arctic migrant waders-eastern bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica baueri and lesser knot Calidris canutus rogersi -as ‘resident’ rather than ‘migrant’ because greater than 25% of the population of each taxon spends more than 50% of their life cycle in New Zealand, even though they don’t breed in New Zealand. > > With best regards, Taej > > Taej Mundkur, Ph.D. > Programme Manager – Flyways, Wetlands International Headquarters > Visiting address: Horapark 9 (2nd floor), 6717 LZ Ede, The Netherlands > Office Tel: +31 318 660910 (Direct 660940), Cell: +31 614987324 Fax: +31 318 660950 > E-mail: taej.mundkur@wetlands.orgtaej.mundkur@wetlands.org> Website: www.wetlands.org Skype: taejmundkur > “Wetlands International works to sustain and restore wetlands, their resources and biodiversity.” > Subscribe to our: Press Releases & Global Newsletter RSS Feeds Twitter YouTube > Save the environment and print this e-mail only if you really need to. > Spaar het milieu en print deze e-mail alleen indien echt nodig. > > Check out our latest waterbird and wetland work here > > From: Glyn Young [mailto:Glyn.Young@durrell.org] > Sent: 08 November 2013 09:43 > Subject: Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2012 > > Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2012 > > By Hugh Robertson, John Dowding, Graeme Elliott, Rod Hitchmough, Colin Miskelly, Colin O’Donnell, Ralph Powlesland, Paul Sagar, Paul Scofield, Graeme Taylor > > New Zealand Threat Classification Series 4. 22 p. > > What’s it about? > > The first complete audit of the conservation status of the 473 taxa of birds that have been recorded in New Zealand since first human contact (about 1000 years ago) was carried out. Using the same ranking criteria, the assessments made in the audit were compared with those made in 2008 for the 428 taxa recorded post-1800. A total of 20 taxa moved to a more threatened status, while the status of 12 taxa improved, mainly as a result of successful conservation management. Overall, 77 species were assessed as being threatened with extinction, the same as in 2008; however, 25 rather than 24 taxa were now classified as being Nationally Critical. A list of all 473 bird taxa and their conservation status in 2012 is presented. > > *************************************************************************************************************** > > The above new publication is now available and can be downloaded from: > http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs4entire.pdf (620 KB) > > Please note: long URLs (web page addresses) break in some email packages. 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