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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Yellow-billed Duck | Canar à bec jaune | Anas undulata | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Whooper Swan | Cygne chanteur | Cygnus cygnus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
White-Headed Duck | Érismature à tête blanche | Oxyura leucocephala | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
White-Faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygne veuf | Dendrocygna viduata | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
White-Backed Duck | Dendrocygne à dos blanc | Thalassornis leuconotus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Velvet Scoter | Macreuse brune | Melanitta fusca | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Tundra Swan | Cygne siffleur | Cygnus columbianus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Tufted Duck | Fuligule morillon | Aythya fuligula | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Steller's Eider | Eider de Steller | Polysticta stelleri | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Spur-winged Goose | Oie-armée de Gambie | Plectropterus gambensis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Southern Pochard | Nette brune | Netta erythrophthalma | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
South African Shelduck | Tadorne à tête grise | Tadorna cana | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Smew | Harle piette | Mergellus albellus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorne casarca | Tadorna ferruginea | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Red-crested Pochard | Nette rousse | Netta rufina | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Red-breasted Merganser | Harle huppé | Mergus serrator | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Red-Breasted Goose | Bernache à cou roux | Branta ruficollis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Red-billed Teal | Canard à bec rouge | Anas erythrorhyncha | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Pink-footed Goose | Oie à bec court | Anser brachyrhynchus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Northern Shoveler | Canard souchet | Spatula clypeata | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Northern Pintail | Canard Pilet | Anas acuta | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Mute Swan | Cygne tuberculé | Cygnus olor | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Marbled Teal | Marmaronette marbrée | Marmaronetta angustirostris | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Mallard | Canard colvert | Anas platyrhynchos | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Maccoa Duck | Érismature maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Long-tailed Duck | Harelde kakawi | Clangula hyemalis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Lesser White-fronted Goose | Oie naine | Anser erythropus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
King Eider | Eider à tête grise | Somateria spectabilis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Hottentot Teal | Sarcelle hottentote | Spatula hottentota | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Greylag Goose | Oie cendrée | Anser anser | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Oie rieuse | Anser albifrons | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Greater Scaup | Fuligule milouinan | Aythya marila | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Goosander | Grand Harle | Mergus merganser | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Garganey | Sarcelle d'été | Spatula querquedula | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Gadwall | Canard chipeau | Mareca strepera | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygne fauve | Dendrocygna bicolor | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Ferruginous Duck | Fuligule nyroca | Aythya nyroca | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Eurasian Wigeon | Canard siffleur | Mareca penelope | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Egyptian Goose | Ouette d'Égypte | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Common Teal | Sarcelle d'hiver | Anas crecca | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Common Shelduck | Tadorne de Belon | Tadorna tadorna | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Common Scoter | Macreuse noire | Melanitta nigra | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Common Pochard | Fuligule milouin | Aythya ferina | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Common Goldeneye | Garrot à oeil d'or | Bucephala clangula | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Common Eider | Eider à duvet | Somateria mollissima | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Cape Teal | Canard du Cap | Anas capensis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Brent Goose | Bernache cravant | Branta bernicla | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Bean Goose | Oie des moissons | Anser fabalis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
Barnacle Goose | Bernache nonnette | Branta leucopsis | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
African Pygmy-goose | Anserelle naine | Nettapus auritus | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |
African Comb Duck | Canard à bosse | Sarkidiornis melanotos | Anatidae | AEWA , CMS |