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Tracking Nordmann’s Greenshanks from Schaste Bay, Russian Far East with Druid Nano GPS devices
Summary During the boreal summer of 2021, the project team tagged 10 Nordmann’s Greenshank (Tringa guttifer) with 3.5 g Nano GPS tracking devices developed by Druid Technology Co., Ltd (Image 1) on their breeding grounds in western Schaste Bay, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East. The team was awarded these tracking devices from a competition at […]
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Bridled Tern
Common name: Bridled Tern Scientific name: Onychoprion anaethetus Local names: Бурокрылая крачка(Russian), 褐翅燕鸥 (Simplified Chinese), 褐翅燕鷗 (traditional Chinese), 에위니아제비갈매기 (Korean), マミジロアジサシ(Japanese), Dara laut kendal (Indonesian), Camar Batu (Malayu), Nhàn lưng nâu (Vietnamese), นกนางนวลแกลบคิ้วขาว(Thai) Conservation status: IUCN – Least Concern Bridled Tern is a widespread seabird found in warm oceans around the world. They are […]
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“Crane Rice” – an initiative to improve local livelihoods and conserve the threatened Sarus Crane in Cambodia
The Ministry of Environment of Cambodia, in collaboration with NatureLife Cambodia and BirdLife International, has now established a new ‘Crane Rice’ initiative, aimed at improving local livelihoods and better conserving the stately Sarus Crane. ‘Crane Rice’ will involve wildlife-friendly rice farming practices which will benefit the cranes and other waterbirds in Anlung Pring Protected landscape, […]
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Little Tern
Little Tern ©Kenneth Lam Common name:Little Tern Scientific name: Sternula albifrons Local names: Малая крачка(Russian), Хурган хараалай(Mongolian), 白额燕鸥 (Simplified Chinese), 白額燕鷗/小燕鷗 (traditional Chinese), 쇠제비갈매기 (Korean), コアジサシ(Japanese), Dara laut kecil (Indonesian), Camar Kecil (Malayu), Nhàn nhỏ (Vietnamese), นกนางนวลแกลบเล็ก (Thai). Conservation status: IUCN – Least Concern The Little Tern is one of the smallest tern species in EAA […]
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EAAFP Brochure and Reports
The electronic version of the latest EAAFP Information Brochure are available for download in English and in Korean. All files are in pdf format. Download the Adobe Acrobat reader. 2023 – For Partners: English (10.1MB) Korean (10MB) Japanese (14.1MB) 2020 – For General Public: English (11.4MB) Korean (3.24MB) Chinese (10.2MB) / For Partners: Japanese (19.6MB) […]
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Join 2022 “Year of the Terns” Photo Contest
Official Photo Contest website: https://woobox.com/dsmyac Photo Contest Guidelines PDF: English / Bahasa Indonesia / Chinese [Simplified / Traditional] / Japanese/ Korean For more in Japanese, visit the Wild Bird Society of Japan (WBSJ) website: https://www.wbsj.org/activity/event/terns-photocontest-2022/ Learn more about the “Year of the Terns” campaign, click here. EAAFP Year of The Terns Photo Contest There […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2022
What is World Migratory Bird Day? Established and initiated by the Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (UNEP-AEWA) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) in 2006, World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is an annual awareness-raising campaign aimed at people living in all major […]
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Endangered Black-faced Spoonbill breaking the record of over 6000
EAAFP Black-faced Spoonbill Working Group reported another record high of 6,162 for the global population of Black-faced Spoonbills (Endangered under IUCN Red List), with an increase of 18% (i.e. 940 individuals) compared to last year (5,222 individuals in 2021), based on the results of the International Black-faced Spoonbill Census 2022. The census was conducted from […]
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Chinese Crested Tern
Common name: Chinese Crested Tern Scientific name: Thalasseus bernsteini Local names: 中华凤头燕鸥 (Simplified Chinese), 中華鳳頭燕鷗/黑嘴端鳳頭燕鷗（Traditional Chinese), 뿔제비갈매기 (Korean), ヒガシシナアジサシ(Japanese), Dara-laut Cina (Indonesian), Camar Cina Berjambul (Malayu), Nhàn mào Trung Quốc (Vietnamese). Conservation status: IUCN – Critically Endangered, CMS – Appendix I The Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) is one of the rarest seabirds in […]
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Seabird Training Webinars for Southeast Asia
The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (HKBWS, an EAAFP Partner) has been engaging with an international team established for the conservation of the Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern since 2009. Since 2016, the team started fieldwork in the wintering ground of the Chinese Crested Tern in Maluku, eastern Indonesia. From 2018 satellite tracking of Greater […]
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