Coordination initially provided by NO BirdLife Africa. Due to lack of Lesser Flamingo YES funding and capacity, AEWA IWG Secretariat is making efforts to find (Phoeniconaias minor) other interested coordinating organizations/experts. Eurasian Spoonbill Tour du Valat n/a YES IEG (Platalea leucorodia) Black-tailed Godwit Sovon n/a YES IWG (Limosa limosa) Lesser White-fronted AEWA n/a YES Secretariat Goose IWG (Anser erythropus) Efforts underway to find Maccoa Duck NO n/a coordinating organization/expert, Oxyura maccoa after which IWG will be convened. White-winged Flufftail BirdLife South n/a YES Africa IWG Sarothrura ayresi Coordination initially provided by BirdLife Africa. Due to lack of Madagascar Pond Heron YES NO funding and capacity, AEWA IWG Secretariat is making efforts to find Ardeola idae other interested coordinating organizations/experts. Slaty Egret BirdLife Due to lack of funding and capacity, YES Botswana currently no ongoing activities. IWG Egretta vinaceigula Bewick’s Swan The Wildfowl & n/a YES Wetlands Trust Cygnus columbianus IEG (WWT) bewickii Initial efforts to establish IEG not Greenland White-fronted n/a successful. Active Species Expert Goose NO Group exists: Greenland Anser albifrons flavirostris Goose Study (GWGS). Bulgarian Society n/a Red-breasted Goose YES for the Protection IWG Branta ruficollis of Birds (BSPB) NO Coordinating organization Sociable Lapwing YES withdrew, efforts underway to find IWG new coordinating Vanellus gregarius organization/expert AEWA under the European Goose Pink-footed Goose YES Secretariat Management Platform and the IWG Anser brachyrhynchus AEWA EGM IWG Efforts underway to find Shoebill NO n/a coordinating organization/expert, Balaeniceps rex after which IWG will be convened. Endangered n/a Wildlife Trust (EWT) in Grey Crowned-crane YES partnership with IWG Balearica regulorum the International Crane Foundation (ICF)
Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) YES IWG NO Coordination initially provided by BirdLife Africa. Due to lack of funding and capacity, AEWA Secretariat is making efforts to find other interested coordinating organizations/experts. Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) YES IEG Tour du Valat n/a Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) YES IWG Sovon n/a Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) YES IWG AEWA Secretariat n/a Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa NO n/a Efforts underway to find coordinating organization/expert, after which IWG will be convened. White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi YES IWG BirdLife South Africa n/a Madagascar Pond Heron Ardeola idae YES IWG NO Coordination initially provided by BirdLife Africa. Due to lack of funding and capacity, AEWA Secretariat is making efforts to find other interested coordinating organizations/experts. Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula YES IWG BirdLife Botswana Due to lack of funding and capacity, currently no ongoing activities. Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii YES IEG The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) n/a Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris NO n/a Initial efforts to establish IEG not successful. Active Species Expert Group exists: Greenland Goose Study (GWGS). Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis YES IWG Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) n/a Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius YES IWG NO Coordinating organization withdrew, efforts underway to find new coordinating organization/expert Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus YES IWG AEWA Secretariat under the European Goose Management Platform and the AEWA EGM IWG Shoebill Balaeniceps rex NO n/a Efforts underway to find coordinating organization/expert, after which IWG will be convened. Grey Crowned-crane Balearica regulorum YES IWG Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) in partnership with the International Crane Foundation (ICF) n/a
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