eurasian curlew (apb agm minsk 30 jan 2011)

Eurasian Curlew

and its Rare Relative

Dr. Norbert Schäffer

Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

Key facts

2010 IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

FamilyScolopacidae (Sandp

ipers and allies)

Species name author (Linnaeus, 1758)

Population estimate770,000 - 1,065,000 Mature individuals

Population trend decreasing

Range estimate (breeding/resident)

12,600,000 km2

Country endemic? No

Wetland species

Eurasian Curlew

Current distribution

Predicted distribution

Drainage, Belarus, 1995

Management of wetlands, Sporovo, Belarus

Eurasian Curlew

Slender-billed CurlewYemen, 1984 by Richard Porter

Slender-billed Curlew and Eurasian Curlewby Brosselin, Brittany 1968

Slender-billed Curlewsby Brayton Holt, Merja Zerga Morocco, January 1994

Slender-billed Curlew with Whimbrel Ukraine, 1964

Slender-billed Curlew by Brosselin, Brittany 1968

Slender-billed curlew Numenius tenuirostris

Key facts

2010 IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and allies)

Species name author Vieillot, 1817

Population estimate 50 Mature individuals

Population trenddecreasing

Range estimate (breeding/resident)

-

Country endemic?No

The Quest for the Slender-billed Curlew

Slender-billed Curlew by Chris Gomersall, Merja Zerga, Morocco, 1995

Where to search?

How to search?

Which habitat?

When to search?

www.slenderbilledcurlew.net

Slender-billed curlew, Yemen 1984, R Porter

Slender-billed curlew, Merja Zerga, Morocco, January 1988 Arnoud van den Berg

Reasons to be optimistic: easily overlooked

Ukraine

So why resuscitate it now?

Reasons to be optimistic: volunteer enthusiasm

Egypt

Egypt

Egypt

Sudan

Tunisia

Morocco

some survey effort

1 survey

1 survey

main effort 2010 - 2011

significant international effort

Survey coverage 2009/10

Once a bird is found

• International Verification Panel

• Photographers

• Sound recordists

Slender-billed Curlew by Arnoud van den Berg, Merja Zerga, Morocco, January 1988

Satellite transmitter

Painting by Chris Rose

Eskimo Curlew by Donald Bleitz, Galveston Island, Texas, 1962

Great Auk

Slender-billed Curlewby Chris Gomersall, Merja Zerga, Morocco , February 1995

Thank you very much Dank !

Dr. Norbert Schäffer, RSPBNorbert.Schaffer@rspb.org.uk