AEWA covers 255 species of birds ecologically dependent on wetlands for at least part of their annual cycle, including many species of divers, grebes, pelicans, cormorants, herons, storks, rails, ibises, spoonbills, flamingos, ducks, swans, geese, cranes, waders, gulls, terns, tropic birds, auks, frigate birds and even the south African penguin.
All AEWA species cross international boundaries during their migrations and require good quality habitat for breeding as well as a network of suitable sites to support their annual journeys. International cooperation across their entire migratory range, as provided by AEWA, is therefore essential for the conservation and management of migratory waterbird populations and the habitats on which they depend.
Common name (En) | Common name (Fr) | Scientific name | Family | CMS Instruments |
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Egyptian Goose | Ouette d'Égypte | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Northern Pintail | Canard Pilet | Anas acuta | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Cape Teal | Canard du Cap | Anas capensis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Common Teal | Sarcelle d'hiver | Anas crecca | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Red-billed Teal | Canard à bec rouge | Anas erythrorhyncha | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Mallard | Canard colvert | Anas platyrhynchos | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Yellow-billed Duck | Canar à bec jaune | Anas undulata | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Oie rieuse | Anser albifrons | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Greylag Goose | Oie cendrée | Anser anser | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Pink-footed Goose | Oie à bec court | Anser brachyrhynchus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Lesser White-fronted Goose | Oie naine | Anser erythropus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Bean Goose | Oie des moissons | Anser fabalis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Common Pochard | Fuligule milouin | Aythya ferina | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Tufted Duck | Fuligule morillon | Aythya fuligula | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Greater Scaup | Fuligule milouinan | Aythya marila | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Ferruginous Duck | Fuligule nyroca | Aythya nyroca | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Brent Goose | Bernache cravant | Branta bernicla | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Barnacle Goose | Bernache nonnette | Branta leucopsis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Red-Breasted Goose | Bernache à cou roux | Branta ruficollis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Common Goldeneye | Garrot à oeil d'or | Bucephala clangula | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Long-tailed Duck | Harelde kakawi | Clangula hyemalis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Tundra Swan | Cygne siffleur | Cygnus columbianus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Whooper Swan | Cygne chanteur | Cygnus cygnus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Mute Swan | Cygne tuberculé | Cygnus olor | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygne fauve | Dendrocygna bicolor | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
White-Faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygne veuf | Dendrocygna viduata | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Eurasian Wigeon | Canard siffleur | Mareca penelope | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Gadwall | Canard chipeau | Mareca strepera | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Marbled Teal | Marmaronette marbrée | Marmaronetta angustirostris | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Velvet Scoter | Macreuse brune | Melanitta fusca | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Common Scoter | Macreuse noire | Melanitta nigra | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Smew | Harle piette | Mergellus albellus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Goosander | Grand Harle | Mergus merganser | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Red-breasted Merganser | Harle huppé | Mergus serrator | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Southern Pochard | Nette brune | Netta erythrophthalma | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Red-crested Pochard | Nette rousse | Netta rufina | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
African Pygmy-goose | Anserelle naine | Nettapus auritus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
White-Headed Duck | Érismature à tête blanche | Oxyura leucocephala | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Maccoa Duck | Érismature maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Spur-winged Goose | Oie-armée de Gambie | Plectropterus gambensis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Steller's Eider | Eider de Steller | Polysticta stelleri | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
African Comb Duck | Canard à bosse | Sarkidiornis melanotos | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Common Eider | Eider à duvet | Somateria mollissima | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
King Eider | Eider à tête grise | Somateria spectabilis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Northern Shoveler | Canard souchet | Spatula clypeata | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Hottentot Teal | Sarcelle hottentote | Spatula hottentota | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Garganey | Sarcelle d'été | Spatula querquedula | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
South African Shelduck | Tadorne à tête grise | Tadorna cana | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorne casarca | Tadorna ferruginea | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Common Shelduck | Tadorne de Belon | Tadorna tadorna | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
White-Backed Duck | Dendrocygne à dos blanc | Thalassornis leuconotus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |