Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97

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JOINT
NATURE __
CONSERVATION
COMMITTEE
JNCC Report No. 294
Checklist of birds listed
in the CITES appendices
and in EC Regulation 338/97
JNCC REPORT
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JOINT
NATURE
CONSERVATION
COMMITTEE
JNCC Report No. 294
Checklist of birds listed
in the CITES appendices
EC
and in Regulation 338/97
5th edition
1999
compiled by the
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 ODL
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Citation: WorldConservationMomtonngCentre(1999). Checklistofbirds listedin theCITES
AppendicesandmECRegulation338/97.JNCCReports. No 294.
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Contents
Acknowledgements
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Introduction
Explanatory' notes
Iniroductop/references
STRUTHIONIFORMES
Struthionidae
RHEIFORMES
Rheidae
CASUARIIFORMES
Casuariidae
TINAMIFORMES
Tinamidae
SPHENISCIFORMES
Spheniscidae
PODICIPEDIFORMES
Podicipedidae
PROCELLARIIFORMES
Diomedeidae
PELECANIFORMES
Pelecanidae
Sulidae
Fregatidae
CICONIIFORMES
Ardeidae
Balaenicipitidae
Ciconiidae
Threskiomithidae
Phoenicopteridae
ANSERIFORMES
Anatidae
FALCONIFORMES
Cathartidae
Pandionidae
Accipitridae
Sagittariidae
Falconidae
GALLIFORMES
Megapodiidae
Cracidae
Phasianidae
GRUIFORMES
Gruidae
Rallidae

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Acknowledgements Introduction
Thischecklistwascompiledb>'theWorld InApril 1991.theNatureConservancyCouncilfor
ConsenationMonitonng Centreundercontract England(EnghshNature). CountnsideCouncilfor
F76-01-214fromtheJomtNature Consenauon WalesandScottish NaturalRentage, actmg
Comnuttee. TheauthorwasTimInskipp. The togetherthroughtheJointNature Conservation
documentwasproducedb\ JulieRea> andGilhan Comnuttee. wereappointedbythe Secretarv of
Warluer. StatefortheEn\ironmentastheUnitedKmgdom's
ScientificAuthonty forAnimalsunderthe
The\olumebuildsonearliereditionsproducedby Comenlionon InternationalTrademEndangered
the Intemanonal CouncilforBirdPreservation SpeciesofWildFaunaandFlora(CITES). CITES
(now BirdLife International), andtheNature regulatesinternationaltradeinwildanimalsand
Conser\ationBureau. Thenumerouscontributorsto plantsandmproductsden\edfromthem, tohelpto
thoseeditionsare gratefullyacknowledged, ensuretheirconservationonaworld-widescale.
particularlytheauthors: JohnNortoa Simon Stuart
andTuTioth>-Johnson. Thepurposeofthisworkistopro\idealistofbird
speciesappearmgintheAppendicesto CITES, in
Martin Sneary isthankedfordevelopingthe the AimexesoftheEuropeanCommimity (EC)
databasefromwhichthischecklisthasbeen Regulation338/97, andtolisttheu-lUCN (World
generated ConservationUnion)conservationstatuscategory.
VinFlemingandAlisonLittlewoodoftheJNCC Thisdocuiientincorporatesadditionsand
CITESUnitarethankedforprovidingadviceand amendmentstothe CFTESappendicesuptoand
guidancethroughout. mcludingthosemadeatthe 10thConferenceofthe
PartiesinZimbabweinJune 1997(effectivefrom
18 September 1997). Foreachspeciesahstof
rangestatesisgiven. FortheworkingsofCITES.
Favre(1989)andWijnstekers(1992)are
recommended. Forinformationbycoimtryonthe
diversityandstatusofbirdsandothertaxonomic
groups, andforageneral reviewofbiodiversity
WCMC WCMC
readersarereferredto (1992)and
(1994).
Inapublicationofthisnatiu-e, itisinevitablethat
userswilldiscoverentriesthatneedcorrectingor
updating. Thepublisherswouldbegrateful iftheir
attentioncouldbedrawTitotheseentries, andthe
World ConservationMomtOiingCentrewouldbe
grateftil toreceivedetailsofsuchchangessothat
theycanbe incorporatedmthedatabasefrom
whichthispublicationisderi\'ed.
Explanatory Notes
Eachspeciesistypicallyrepresentedbyablockof abbreviationsfollowingAppendixIIIentriesdenote
text; includingscientificname(withalternatives), thecountneswhosegovernmentshaveplacedthe
commonnames inthethreeofficial CITES ta.\on mthisappendix,asfollows:
languages (wherea\ailable). geographicrange.
CITES Appendix. ECRegulation338/97Anne.v. CO
andRedListcategorv Wherea specieshas
componentpopulationsorformal subspecieswhich
aretreateddifferentlyby CFTES. the speciesentrj
issubdividedappropriately.
Scientific names
Following CITESpractice, nomenclatureofgenera
andspeciesfollows Sibley andMonroe (1990and
1993)withgeneraandspeciesarranged
alphabeticallywithinfamihes. Thenomenclature
andsequenceoffamiliesandhighertaxafollows
Morony. BockandFarrand(1975). Scientific
namesofspeciesinMoronyetal. whichdifferfrom
those inSibleyandMonroe (1990and 1993)have
beeninsertedassynonyms. Thecomprehensive
inde.xtofamihes. genera, speciesandEnglish,
SpamshandFrenchnamesshouldenableentriesfor
taxatobelocatedquickly.
English names
Theseareprimarilytakenfrom SibleyandMonroe
(1990and 1993),butsomeothercommonlyused
namesaregivenassynonyms. Well-defined
subspeciestreatedby someauthorsasseparate
species, aregiveninparenthesesfollowingthe
speciesnameinthislist CorrespondingEnghsh
namesarealsogiveninparenthesestodenotethat
thenamerefersonlytoaparticularform ofthe
species.
Spanish and French names
SpanishnamesaretakendelHoyoetal. (1992-
1997). Frenchnamesareprimarilytakenfrom
Commissionmtemationaledesnomsfranfaisdes
oiseaux(1993).
Otherinformation
Thethreecolumnsheaded 'CITES', 'EC Reg", and
'RL" listthefollowinginformationforeachtaxoa
CITES
Geographical range Each country is followedbyastatuscategory in
parentheses:
The geographical rangeofeachtaxon isgiven m
termsofpolitical units arrangedalphabeticail\'. Br = Breeding
Small island dependenciesarealso listed Countries in which aspecies isknown orpresumed
alphabetically. to breed. Muchofthe informationon tropical
species is based on sightevidence only, butsuch
Place-namesand namesofcountriesfollowthe species are presumed to be breedingby virtueof
TimesAlias (19%)and UnitedNations(1993). theirsedentary nature.
It should be notedthat, when aspecies is listedas N-Br = Non-breeding
occurringwithin acountry', itmay notoccur Countries in which aspeciesoccursasaregular
throughout thecountry.andmas beconfinedto non-breedingvisitororpassagemigrant.
only oneorafew localities. This isparticularly 1=1
true formigratoryspecies. 'agranl
Countries in which aspecies hasbeen recorded, but
onlvas arare orirregularvisitor.
Aquestion mark '"!' inparentheses has been used
following acountry to indicatethatthere is some Where no status category is includedthis indicates
uncertainty in thestatusofthe species inthat probable, butunconfirmed, breeding inthecountry
country.
concerned.
A counto.'wherethe species isknowntobeextinct
isdenotedby '(ex)',orby "(ex?)" wherethereis
still asmall possibilitythatthespecies survives, or
where recent searcheshave been unsuccessful.
"[int]" denotesarangestate wherethe specieshas
been introduced, '[re-int]' denotesarangestate
where the specieshasbeen re-introduced.
Namesofcountriesand dependent territories
Thischecklist has been madeas compact as possibleby listing somenamesofcountriesanddependentterritories
in the shorterforms givenby UnitedNations (1993).
Countries forwhich shorterformsofnamesare used andtheirshortenedform:
Brunei Darussalam Brunei
Democratic People's Republic ofKorea North Korea
Falkland Islands and Dependencies Falkland Islands
Islamic Republic ofIran Iran
Lao People's Democratic Republic Laos
Libyan ArabJamahiriya Libya
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Marianas
Republic ofKorea South Korea
Saint Vincentand the Grenadines Saint Vincent
Syrian Arab Republic Syria
United RepublicofTanzania Tanzania
United Kingdom ofGreat Britain andNorthern Ireland United Kingdom
United StatesofAmerica USA
In thetext, parent countriesofislandgroupsordependentterritoriesareomitted. Theseare listed below:
American Samoa. USA Johnston Atoll. USA
Anguilla. United Kingdom Macao. Portugal
Aruba. Netherlands Macquarie Island. Australia
Ascension Islands, United Kingdom Madeira. Portugal
Azores, Portugal Marshall Island's. USA
Bermuda. United Kingdom Martinique. France
Bouvet Island, Norway Mayotte. France
British Antarctic Territor). United Kingdom Montserrat. United Kingdom
British Indian Ocean Territory, United Kingdom Netherlands Antilles. Netherlands
British Virgin Islands. United Kingdom New Caledonia. France
Canary Islands, Spain Niue, NewZealand
Canton and EnderburyIslands. Kiribati Norfolk Island, Australia
Cayman Islands, United Kingdom Northern Marianas. USA
Channel Islands, United Kingdom Palau. USA
Christmas Island, Australia Panama Canal Zone, USA
Clipperton Atoll, France Pitcaim Islands. United Kingdom
Cocos(Keeling) Islands, Australia Puerto Rico. USA
Cook Islands, New Zealand Queen Maud Land,Norway
Falkland Islands, United Kingdom Reunion. France
Faeroe Islands, Denmark Saint Helena. United Kingdom
Federated StatesofMicronesia, USA Saint Pierre and Miquelon. France
FrenchGuiana, France Saint Vincent, United Kingdom
French Polynesia, France South Orkney Islands. United Kingdom
French Southern andAntarcticTerritories, France South Sandwich Islands. United Kingdom
Gibraltar, United Kingdom South Georgia, United Kingdom
Greenland, Denmark South Shetland Islands, United Kingdom
Guadeloupe, France Svalbard andJan Mayen Islands, Norway
Guam, USA Tokelau, New Zealand
Guernsey, United Kingdom Tristan daCunha Islands, United Kingdom
Hawaiian Islands, USA Turks andCaicos Islands, United Kingdom
Heardand Macdonald Islands, Australia Virgin Islandsofthe United States, USA
IsleofMan, United Kingdom Wallisand Futuna, France
Jersey, United Kingdom
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