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Table 1 Thirty breeding and 39 wintering Anatidae waterfowl species of China

From: Species distribution modeling in regions of high need and limited data: waterfowl of China

Common name

Scientific name

Models

Statusa

% protected breedingb

% protected winteringc

Lesser Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna javanica

BW

LC

7.5

4.4

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

B

LC

26.5

 

Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus

BW

LC

18.6

5.8

Tundra Swan

Cygnus columbianus

W

LC

 

4.4

Swan Goose

Anser cygnoides

BW

V

18.8

13.9

Bean Goose

Anser fabalis

W

LC

 

6.3

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

W

LC

 

5.0

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Anser erythropus

W

V

 

5.6

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

BW

LC

17.3

6.0

Bar-headed Goose

Anser indicus

BW

LC

41.8

7.4

Snow Goose

Anser caerulescens

W

LC

 

2.0

Brent Goose

Branta bernicla

W

LC

 

5.3

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

BW

LC

11.7

16.6

Common Shelduck

Tadorna tadorna

BW

LC

18.0

7.3

Cotton Pygmy Goose

Nettapus coromandelianus

BW

LC

4.7

4.2

Mandarin Duck

Aix galericulata

BW

LC

14.9

4.9

Gadwall

Anas strepera

BW

LC

18.5

8.9

Falcated Duck

Anas falcata

BW

NT

21.9

4.8

Eurasian Wigeon

Anas penelope

BW

LC

17.1

5.5

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

BW

LC

20.6

5.8

Spot-billed Duck

Anas poecilorhyncha

BW

LC

8.1

5.6

Northern Shoveler

Anas clypeata

BW

LC

20.5

9.0

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

BW

LC

15.8

8.8

Garganey

Anas querquedula

BW

LC

19.4

10.6

Baikal Teal

Anas formosa

W

LC

 

7.4

Common Teal

Anas crecca

BW

LC

17.0

11.3

Marbled Duck

Marmaronetta angustirostris

B

V

0.7

 

Red-crested Pochard

Rhodonessa rufina

B

LC

13.2

 

Common Pochard

Aythya ferina

BW

V

22.1

7.8

Ferruginous Pochard

Aythya nyroca

BW

NT

31.9

9.7

Baer’s Pochard

Aythya baeri

BW

CE

19.6

7.3

Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligula

BW

LC

17.9

7.8

Greater Scaup

Aythya marila

W

LC

 

4.4

Steller’s Eider

Polysticta stelleri

W

V

 

41.0

Long-tailed Duck

Clangula hyemalis

W

V

 

11.6

Black Scoter

Melanitta nigra

W

LC

 

14.3

White-winged Scoter

Melanitta fusca

W

LC

 

9.7

Common Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula

BW

LC

32.9

9.1

Smew

Mergellus albellus

BW

LC

1.8

8.7

Red-breasted Merganser

Mergus serrator

BW

LC

25.1

6.9

Scaly-sided Merganser

Mergus squamatus

BW

E

12.8

9.5

Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

BW

LC

22.7

10.0

  1. Habitat suitability models were developed at 1 km resolution for the season in which a species occurs in China (B breeding, W winter, BW breeding and wintering). Taxonomy and seasonal presence follows MacKinnon and Phillips (2000)
  2. aA species conservation status according to the IUCN (2017) is denoted as LC least concern, V vulnerable, NT near threatened, E endangered, CE critically endangered
  3. bThe percent of suitable breeding habitat within Chinas protected areas
  4. cThe percent of suitable wintering habitat within Chinas protected areas