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Asian WaterbIRD Census – India
2016 GUIDANCE AND FORMS

BACKGROUND

The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) is an international programme that focuses on monitoring the status of waterbirds and wetlands. It also aims to increase public awareness on issues related to wetland and waterbird conservation. The census is carried out each January as a voluntary activity at national and local level. The AWC is co-ordinated by Wetlands International as part of global programme, the “International Waterbird Census”. In India, the AWC is jointly coordinated by the Bombay Natural History Society and Wetlands International; and at the state level by AWC state coordinators (contacts details on http://bit.ly/1kvV0kP).


The census has three major objectives:

1. to obtain information on an annual basis of waterbird populations at wetlands in the region during the non-breeding period of most species (January), as a basis for evaluation of sites and monitoring of populations

2. to monitor on an annual basis the status and condition of wetlands

3. to encourage greater interest in waterbirds and wetlands amongst people, and thereby promote the conservation of wetlands and waterbirds in the region.


Data collected for the AWC is being used to provide information on wetlands and waterbirds and to encourage local or national conservation measures for important wetlands. The primary role of Wetlands International in co-ordinating the census is to raise awareness on the importance of waterbirds and wetlands at international level and for this it collates information at regional level. The census is primarily carried out by volunteers from all walks of life: university and school staff and students, nature club members, amateur and professional ornithologists, government and non-governmental agencies and others. Sites covered include rivers, lakes, reservoirs, tanks, swamps, coastal sites, mangrove and mudflats, reefs, sandy beaches, etc. All species of waterbirds associated with wetlands are entered onto standardised count forms.

Further information on the AWC is available on www.wetlands.org/awc


COUNT PROCEDURE AND GUIDELINES

  1. Count at the most important waterbird sites (including wetland sanctuaries, Ramsar sites, IBAs and Flyway Network sites). A reference list of internationally important sites covered during the census which can be accessed on the website: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16EgY41A4CSpx7AYIg27RiN2Em5fmuBvNeLD8-zuzWmU/edit?usp=sharing

  2. For each count, kindly complete the two forms accompanying this guidance.

  3. The standard AWC Methodology to undertake the counts is downloadable on the AWC website http://bit.ly/1YWmSfi  

  4. Please try to count all waterbirds present. Also, give a count for a single day.

  5. Give that figure of each species which you consider the best estimate and avoid giving ranges, e.g. 100-200.Terms such as “hundreds” and “thousands” are not very helpful.

  6. If you fail to find any waterbirds at a wetland which is known to have held significant numbers of birds in the past, please complete a census form anyway, and note that no birds were present. If possible, give the reason for the absence of birds (e.g. wetland completely dry, wetland frozen over or site much disturbed by fishermen/hunters).

  7. It is very important that you try to visit all the sites that you visited last year, try to use the same name for them and please do not amalgamate several sited which were previously counted separately. Kindly visit the sites visited in previous year(s).

  8. Try to avoid duplication of effort. In previous years, we often received two or more census forms from the same site on different dates. Whenever possible, counters should liaise together and agree on ONE census form which gives the results of your combined efforts.

  9. Please double-check all your entries on the count forms. In particular check to see that you have not inadvertently inserted a figure on the wrong line, or confused species names.

  10. If you experience difficulties with the bird names on the count form, please mention this in the Comments section. Some English and Latin names vary for the same species depending on the guide book used. We have largely adopted the global standard set by BirdLife International (2014).

  11. If you see any species of waterbird which is not listed on the count form, please add this in the space provided at the end of the list and give some additional information on its identification in the Comments section; photos may be submitted.

  12. Please be sure to give your full name, address and email on the Waterbird Count Form. Otherwise we might not be able to email you a copy of the final Report.

  13. Threatened wetlands - if you feel that the wetland at which the count is conducted is under severe threat of destruction or degradation, please inform your State or National Co-ordinator, who can advise on whether action could be taken.

  14. Please rename the form for each site and year before submission. For eg. Kanha National Park Jan2016

  15. If you have any query in filling the form, kindly mail us at awc@wetlands.org and ibabnhs@gmail.com.


Many thanks for your participation.
Please return the filled forms to your AWC state coordinator and cc awc@wetlands.org and ibabnhs@gmail.com by end of February 2016

Asian WaterbIRD Census – India SITE FORM 2016


NAME OF SITE:

District:

Nearest Large Town/City:

State:

ALTITUDE:

AREA:

DATE:

COORDINATES deg min N/S

deg min E






STATUS: (Please circle the relevant figures)

  1. National Park 2. Wildlife Sanctuary 3. Bird Sanctuary, 4. Community Reserve, 5. Ramsar Site

Name of protected area(s): List all appropriate names. For e.g. Keoladeo National Park; Keoladeo Ramsar Site.




Name of Important Bird Area and Biodiversity Area (IBA):

(enter the name of the IBA if known)





WETLAND TYPE: (Please circle the relevant figures/alphabets)

0 Open seas, bays, straits 6 Reservoirs, barrages, tanks

1 Estuaries, tidal mudflats, salt marshes 7 Gravel pits, mineral workings, mining pools

2 Brackish or saline lakes, lagoons, salt pans 8 Fish ponds, shrimp ponds

3 Rivers, streams, canals, drains 9 Grassland, arable land

4 Freshwater marshes, flooded areas 10 Mangrove, nipah

5 Freshwater lakes, ponds 11 Freshwater swamp forest, Peat swamp forest

DESCRIPTION OF SITE: (Please circle the relevant figures/alphabets)
a. Months of maximum flooding ___________________

b. Annual rainfall _________ mm

c. Source: 0. unknown 1. local rains 2. river/stream 3. sea 4. other_______________

d. Maximum depth of water (in meters) ___________

e. Tidal variation: 1. present 2. absent 0. unknown

f. Salinity: 1. freshwater 2. brackish 3. saline 4. unknown

g. Is the site: 1. permanent 2. temporary 0. unknown

h. Vegetation cover of wetland: 1. none 2 half area 3. complete 4. recently cleared 0. unknown

i. Vegetation type: 1. growing on bank 2. submerged in water 3. free floating 4. floating-leaved rooted 5. emergent 0. unknown

k. Fishing: 1. None 2. little 3. moderate 4. large scale 0. unknown

l. Hunting/trapping/poaching of birds: 1. none 2. little 3.moderate 4. large scale 0. unknown

m. Agriculture: 1. None 2. little 3. moderate 4. large-scale 0. unknown

n. Cattle grazing: 1. None 2. little 3. moderate 4. large-scale 0. unrecorded

o. Are there signs of pollution? If so with what (e.g. foam, coloured water, solid waste)___________________



MAP: Outline map of wetland count unit (limit of the area covered by the count) with important geographical features (cities, roads, rivers, hills included). Please enclose a copy of map.


ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:


PARTICIPANT(S) NAME(S), ADDRESS(ES), Tel. No(s) AND EMAIL(s):

Please return the filled forms to your AWC state coordinator and cc awc@wetlands.org and ibabnhs@gmail.com by end of February 2016



Asian WaterBIRD Census – India COUNT FORM 2016
Name of Site: District:

Nearest Large Town: State:

Date: ________________Time of Count: START:___________AM/PM END:_____________AM/PM

ENTER YOUR COUNTS HERE:


Count

GREBES




Little Grebe /Tachybaptus ruficollis




Red-necked Grebe / Podiceps grisegena




Black-necked Grebe / P. nigricollis




Great Crested Grebe / P. cristatus




Unidentified grebes




PELICANS




Great White Pelican / Pelecanus onocrotalus




Dalmatian Pelican / P. crispus




Spot-billed Pelican / P. philippensis




Unidentified pelicans




CORMORANTS & DARTER




Great Cormorant / Phalacrocorax carbo




Little Cormorant / P. niger




Indian Shag / P. fuscicollis




Unidentified cormorants




HERONS, EGRETS & BITTERNS




Grey Heron / A. cinerea




Purple Heron / Ardea purpurea




White-bellied Heron / A. insignis




Goliath Heron / A. goliath




Great White Egret / Ardea alba




Median Egret / Mesophoyx intermedia




Little Egret / Egretta garzetta




Cattle Egret / Bubulcus ibis




Western Reef Egret / E. gularis




Indian Pond Heron / Ardeola grayii




Brown-crowned Night Heron / Nycticorax nycticorax




Striated Heron / Butorides striatus




Malayan Night Heron / Gorsachius melanolophus




Unidentified herons and egrets




Eurasian Bittern / Botaurus stellaris




Yellow Bittern / Ixobrychus sinensis




Black Bittern / Dupetor flavicollis




Cinnamon Bittern / I. cinnamomeus




Unidentified Bitterns




STORKS




Painted Stork / Mycteria leucocephala




Asian Openbill / Anastomus oscitans




Black Stork / Ciconia nigra




White Stork / C. ciconia




White-necked Stork / C. episcopus




Oriental Stork /C. boyciana




Black-necked Stork / Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus




Lesser Adjutant / Leptoptilos javanicus




Greater Adjutant / L. dubius




Unidentified storks

Count

IBISES & SPOONBILL




Black-naped Ibis / Pseudibis papillosa




Eurasian Spoonbill / Platalea leucorodia




Black-headed Ibis / Threskiornis melanocephalus




Glossy Ibis / Plegadis falcinellus




FLAMINGOS




Greater Flamingo / Phoenicopterus ruber




Lesser Flamingo / Phoeniconaias minor




Unidentified flamingos




GEESE & DUCKS




Large Whistling Duck / Dendrocygna bicolor




Lesser Whistling Duck / D. javanica




Bar-headed Goose / Anser indicus




Greylag Goose / A. anser




White-fronted Goose / A. albifrons




Unidentified geese




Brahminy (Ruddy) Shelduck / Tadorna ferruginea




Common Shelduck / T. tadorna




White-winged Duck / Cairina scutulata




Cotton Teal / Nettapus coromandelianus




Mallard / Anas platyrhynchos




Northern Pintail / A. acuta




Common Teal / A. crecca




Spot-billed Duck / A. poecilorhyncha




Garganey / A. querquedula




Marbled Teal/ Marmaronetta angustirostris




Common Pochard / Aythya ferina




Ferruginous Pochard / A. nyroca




Baer’s Pochard / A. baeri




Tufted Pochard / A. fuligula




Common Goldeneye / Bucephala clangula




White-headed Duck / Oxyura leucocephala




Comb Duck / Sarkidiornis melanotos




Eurasian Wigeon / Mareca penelope




Gadwall / M. strepera




Falcated Teal / M. falcata




Northern Shoveler / Spatula clypeata




Red-crested Pochard / Rhodonessa rufina




Common merganser / Mergus merganser




Unidentified ducks




CRANES




Black-necked Crane / Grus nigricollis




Siberian Crane / Leucogeranus leucogeranus




Common Crane / G. grus




Sarus Crane / G. antigone




Demoiselle Crane / G. virgo




Unidentified cranes

Count

RAILS, GALLINULES & COOT




Water Rail / Rallus aquaticus




Slaty-legged Crake / Rallina eurizonoides




Ruddy-breasted Crake / P. fusca




Slaty-breasted Rail / Gallirallus striatus




Baillon’s Crake / Porzana pusilla




Brown Crake / Amaurornis akool




Watercock / Gallicrex cinerea




Purple Swamphen / Porphyrio porphyrio




White-breasted Waterhen / A phoenicurus




Common Moorhen / Gallinula chloropus




Common Coot / Fulica atra

Count

FINFOOT & JACANAS




Masked Finfoot / Heliopais personata




Bronze-winged Jacana / Metopidius indicus




Pheasant-tailed Jacana / Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Count

SHOREBIRDS - WADERS




Greater Painted Snipe / Rostratula benghalensis




Crab Plover / Dromas ardeola




Ibisbill / Ibidorhyncha struthersii




Avocet / Recurvirostra avosetta




Eurasian Oystercatcher / Haematopus ostralegus




Black-winged Stilt / Himantopus himantopus




Great Stone Plover / Esacus recurvirostris




Oriental Pratincole / Glareola maldivarum




Small Pratincole/ G. lactea




Collared Pratincole/ G. pratincola




Northern Lapwing / Vanellus vanellus




Yellow-wattled Lapwing/ V. malabaricus




White-tailed Lapwing / V. leucurus




Red-wattled Lapwing / V. indicus




River Lapwing / V. duvaucelii




Sociable Lapwing / V. gregarius




Grey-headed Lapwing / V. cinereus




Pacific Golden Plover / Pluvialis fulva




Grey Plover / P. squatarola




Long-billed Plover / Charadrius placidus




Little Ringed Plover / C. dubius




Kentish Plover / C. alexandrinus




Greater Sand Plover / C. leschenaultii




Lesser (Mongolian) Plover / C. mongolus




Black-tailed Godwit / Limosa limosa




Bar-tailed Godwit / L. lapponica




Asiatic Dowitcher / Limnodromus semipalmatus




Whimbrel / Numenius phaeopus




Eurasian Curlew / N. arquata




Spotted Redshank / Tringa erythropus




Marsh Sandpiper / T. stagnatilis




Spotted (Nordmann’s) Greenshank / T. guttifer




Wood Sandpiper / T. glareola




Common Redshank / T. totanus




Common Greenshank / T. nebularia




Green Sandpiper / T. ochropus




Common Sandpiper / Actitis hypoleucos




Red-necked Phalarope / Phalaropus Iobatus




Red Phalarope / P. fulicaria




Eurasian Woodcock / Scolopax rusticola




Solitary Snipe / Gallinago solitaria




Swinhoe’s Snipe / G. megala




Pintail Snipe / G. stenura




Common Snipe / G. gallinago




Terek Sandpiper / Xenus cinereus




Ruddy Turnstone / Arenaria interpres




Jack Snipe / Lymnocryptes minimus




Great Knot / Calidris tenuirostris




Little Stint / C. minuta




Temminck’s Stint / C. temminckii




Long-toed Stint / C. subminuta




Curlew Sandpiper / C. ferruginea




Sanderling / C. alba




Dunlin / C. alpina




Spoonbilled Sandpiper / C. pygmeus




Broad-billed Sandpiper / Limicola falcinellus




Ruff / Philomachus pugnax




Unidentified shorebirds

Count

GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMER




Sooty Gull / Larus hemprichii




Pallas’s Gull / L. ichtyaetus




Black-headed Gull / L. ridibundus




Lesser Black-backed (Heuglin's) Gull / L. fuscus heuglini




Caspian Gull / L. cachinnans




Brown-headed Gull / L. brunnicephalus




Slender-billed Gull / L. genei




Unidentified gulls




Whiskered Tern / Childonias hybridus




White-winged Black Tern / C. leucopterus




Gull-billed Tern / Gelochelidon nilotica




Caspian Tern / Sterna caspia




Common Tern / S. hirundo




Little Tern / S. albifrons




Saunders’ Tern / S. saundersii




Sandwich Tern / S. sandvicensis




River Tern / S. aurantia




Great Crested Tern / S. bergii




Lesser Crested Tern / S. bengalensis




Unidentified terns




Indian Skimmer / Rynchops albicollis










WETLAND DEPENDENT BIRDS

Count

HAWKS, EAGLES, OSPREY & FALCONS




White-bellied Sea-Eagle / Haliaeetus leucogaster




White-tailed Sea Eagle / H. albicilla




Pallas’s Fish-Eagle / H. leucoryphus




Lesser Fish-Eagle / Ichthyophaga humilis




Greater Fish-Eagle / I. ichthyaetus




Western Marsh-Harrier / Circus aeruginosus




Eastern Marsh-Harrier / C. spilonotus




Eastern Imperial Eagle / A. heliaca




Peregrine Falcon / Falco peregrinus




Brahminy Kite / Haliastur indus




Greater Spotted Eagle / Aquila clanga




Osprey / Pandion haliaetus

Count

OWLS




Brown Fish-Owl / Ketupa zeylonensis




Buffy Fish-Owl / K. ketupu




Tawny Fish-Owl / K. flavipes

Count

KINGFISHERS




Blyth’s Kingfisher / Alcedo hercules




Small Blue Kingfisher / A. atthis




Blue-eared Kingfisher / A. meninting




Stork-billed Kingfisher / Halcyon capensis




White-breasted Kingfisher / H. smyrnensis




Ruddy Kingfisher / H. coromanda




Black-capped Kingfisher / H. pileata




Brown-winged Kingfisher / H. amauroptera




Collared Kingfisher / Todiramphus chloris




Lesser Pied Kingfisher / Ceryle rudis




Greater Pied Kingfisher / Megaceryle lugubris




Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher / Ceyx erithacus

Count

SWALLOWS




Common Swallow / Hirundo rustica




Wire-tailed Swallow / H. smithii




Red-rumped Swallow / H. daurica

Count

WAGTAILS & PIPITS




White Wagtail / Motacilla alba




White-browed Wagtail / M. maderaspatensis




Yellow Wagtail / M. flava




Citrine Wagtail / M. citreola




Grey Wagtail / M. cinerea




Red-throated Pipit / Anthus cervinus




Water Pipit / A. spinoletta

Count

DIPPERS




White-throated Dipper / Cinclus cinclus




Brown Dipper / C. pallasii

Count

ADDITIONAL SPECIES OF WATERBIRDS

(include English and Latin name)



































ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

VISIT INFORMATION: (Please circle the relevant number/s or alphabet/s)


Disturbance of birds during count: Provides an indication of whether disturbance of the birds may have affected your counts, e.g. were there any fishermen or hunters causing any disturbance.

  1. No effect 2. Little effect 3. Moderate effect 4. Strong effect 5. Disturbed (unqualified)




Weather: Provides an indication of negative effects of weather conditions (wind, rain, fog) on counts.

  1. No effect 2. Little effect 3. Moderate effect 4. Strong effect



KEY SITE INFORMATION:
Condition Of Wetland: 1 Wet; 2. Totally dry; 3. Totally frozen
Area Coverage: V- 1-25%; W- 25-50%; X- 50-75%; Y- 75-99% Z- 100%
Threats And Uses: 0. Unknown; 1. None; 2. Sedimentation, 3. Excessive growth of vegetation; 4. Cutting/ clearance of vegetation, 5. Eutrophication; 6. Agriculture along drying margins; 7. Cattle grazing; Pollution by: 8.domestic sewage; 9. solid waste A. industrial waste; B. oil; C. pesticides; D. fertilizers; E. Mining; F. Hunting/ trapping/poaching of birds; G. little fishing; H. Large scale fishing; I. Partial reclamation J. Complete reclamation; K. Dam/ barrage construction. L. Tourism/recreation
Many thanks for your participation.
Please return the filled forms to your AWC state coordinator and cc awc@wetlands.org and ibabnhs@gmail.com by end of February 2016

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