People's Republic of Bangladesh
Summary
- EAAFP Member since: 2010
- Number of EAAFP Flyway Network Sites: 6
- Focal Point Contact:
- Md. Jahidul Kabir
Deputy Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife and Nature Conservation Circle), Bangladesh Forest Department, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Email: jahidulkabirbfd@gmail.com Tel: +880 1778454499
- Md. Jahidul Kabir
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- Ms. Fa-Tu-Zo Khaleque Mila
Wildlife & Biodiversity Conservation Officer, Bangladesh Forest Department, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Email: mila_zohra1720@yahoo.com Tel: +880 1726503634
- Ms. Fa-Tu-Zo Khaleque Mila
Bangladesh has been a Partner since 2010. It now has 6 Flyway Network Sites, the most recent designation being 2018, September. It is an important country for non-breeding individuals of incredibly rare Spoon-billed Sandpiper, and is also part of the breeding range of the endangered Masked Finfoot, among many other waterbirds which includes Key Species of the EAAFP.
Flyway Network Sites
Site Information
EAAF SITECODE | NAME OF SITE | SITE INFORMATION SHEET | YEAR SIS UPDATED | SITE PHOTOS | VIEW IN GOOGLE EARTH |
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EAAF102 | Nijhum Dweep National Park | SIS | 2011 | View | View |
EAAF103 | Sonadia | SIS | 2011 | View | View |
EAAF104 | Hakaluki Haor | SIS | 2011 | View | View |
EAAF105 | Tanguar Haor | SIS | 2011 | View | View |
EAAF106 | Hail Haor | SIS | 2011 | View | View |
EAAF141 | Ganguirar Char | SIS | 2018 | View |
Site Details
Key Species of EAAFP in Bangladesh |
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Shorebird |
Anatidae |
Crane |
Seabird |
Others |
Curlew Sandpiper |
Baer's Pochard |
Greater Adjutant |
Black-bellied Tern |
Masked Finfoot |
Red Knot |
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Great Knot |
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Asian Dowitcher |
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Eurasian Curlew |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper |
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Spotted Greenshank |
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Wood Snipe |
Nijhum Dweep National Park
Location: Noakhali
Coordinates (lat, long): 22.05020, 91.01000
Area: 16352.2 ha
Date of joining: 2011 September 29
Status: National Park
Other listings: No listings
Important for Shorebirds
Important species
Calidris pygmaea (Spoon-billed Sandpiper), Limnodromus semipalmatus (Asian Dowitcher), Tringa erythropus (Spotted Greenshank)
Sonadia
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Location: Kutubjom Union
Coordinates (lat, long): 21.51000, 91.89000
Area: 4924.0 ha
Date of joining: 2011 September 29
Status: Protected Area
Other listings: No listings
Important for Shorebirds
Important species
Calidris pygmaea (Spoon-billed Sandpiper), Tringa erythropus (Spotted Greenshank), Calidris tenuirostris (Great Knot)
Hakaluki Haor
Location: North-Eastern Bangladesh
Coordinates (lat, long): 24.45000, 92.08000
Area: 18000.0 ha
Date of joining: 2011 September 29
Status: Ecologically Critical Area
Other listings: Important Bird and Biodiversity Area
Important for Anatidae, and Others
Important species
Vanellus cinereus (Grey-headed Lapwing), Aythya baeri (Baer's Pochard), Aythya nyroca (Ferruginous Duck), Dendrocygna bicolor (Fulvous Whistling Duck), Dendrocygna javanica (Lesser Whistling Duck), Anas strepera (Gadwall), Anas acuta (Northern Pintail), Anas clypeata (Northern Shoveler), Podiceps cristatus (Great Created Grebe), Ardea modesta (Eastern Great Egret)
Tanguar Haor
Location: Dharmpasha
Coordinates (lat, long): 25.08333, 91.01667
Area: 25.05000, 91.01000
Date of joining: 2011 September 29
Status: Protected Area
Other listings: Ramsar, Important Bird and Biodiversity Area
Important for Shorebirds, Anatidae, and Others
Important species
Hydrophasianus chirurgus (Pheasant-tailed Jacana), Himantopus himantopus (Black-winged Stilt), Vanellus cinereus (Grey-headed Lapwing), Dendrocygna bicolor (Fulvous Whistling Duck), Anas strepera (Gadwall), Anas crecca (Common Teal), Anas formosa (Baikal Teal), Anas poecilorhyncha (Spot-billed Duck), Anas acuta (Northern Pintail), Anas querquedula (Garganey), Anas falcata (Falcated Duck), Aythya nyroca (Common Pochard), Aythya baeri (Baer's Pochard), Aythya nyroca (Ferruginous Duck), Podiceps cristatus (Great Created Grebe), Ardea modesta (Eastern Great Egret), Ardea intermedia (Intermediate Egret), Egretta garzetta (Little Egret), Fulica atra (Common Coot)
Hail Haor
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Location: Sylhet
Coordinates (lat, long): 24.37000, 91.70000
Area: 60000.0 ha
Date of joining: 1996 March 25
Status: Protected Area
Other listings: Important Bird and Biodiversity Area
Important for Anatidae, and Others
Important species
Philomachus pugnax (Ruff), Dendrocygna bicolor (Fulvous Whistling Duck), Ardea modesta (Eastern Great Egret)
Ganguirar Char
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Location: the east of Hatia upzila (sub-district), Noakhali
Coordinates (lat, long): 22°15'56.54”N, 91°20'13.78"E
Area: 6,971 Ha
Date of joining: September 25 2018
Status: Protected Area
Other listings: Important Bird and Biodiversity Area
Important for Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Great Knot, Spotted
Greenshank
Important species
Charadrius alexandrinus (Kentish Plover), Charadrius mongolus (Lesser Sand Plover), Charadrius leschenaultii (Greater Sand Plover), Limicola falcinellus (Broad billed Sandpiper), Xenus cinereus (Terek Sandpiper), and Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (Spoon-billed Sandpipers)
Resources
For pages and posts on the EAAFP site related to Bangladesh follow search: Bangladesh
- Reports/Articles:
- Habitat Management Plan and Conservation of Threaten WaterBirds in Sonadia Island (by Md. Golam Rabbi, Bangladesh Forest Department)=
- Biodiversity of Tanguar Haor: A Ramsar Site of Bangladesh Volume I: Wildlife (Published by IUCN; Alam, A.B.M.S., Chowdhury, M.S.M. and Sobhan, I. 2012. IUCN Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Pp. xi+234
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