eurasian curlew (apb agm minsk 30 jan 2011)
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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
