Table 5 The threatened and near threatened waterbirds in China
From: Population trends, threats, and conservation recommendations for waterbirds in China
English name | Scientific name | Population trend | Level at the national key protected wildlife | Threatened level in China | Threatened level of the world | Threats | Distribution region | Residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Unk | II | NT | LC | Unk | Both | Migrant |
Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Unk | II | NT | LC | 2, 4, 8, 7 | Both | Migrant |
Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Unk | II | EN | LC | 1, 2, 4, 6 | Inland | Migrant |
Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | Dec | II | EN | NT | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Both | Migrant |
Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Dec | II | EN | VU | 2, 3, 4 | Both | Migrant |
Pelagic Cornorant | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | Sta | II | NT | LC | Unk | Coast | Migrant |
Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | Sta | II | VU | VU | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Coast | Migrant |
White-eared Night Heron | Gorsachius magnificus | Dec | II | EN | EN | 1, 2, 3, 5 | Both | Resident |
Malaysian Night Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | Unk | Â | NT | LC | Unk | Both | Resident |
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | Unk | II | NT | LC | Unk | Inland | Migrant |
Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Unk | I | VU | LC | 1, 2, 4 | Both | Migrant |
Oriental Stork | Ciconia boyciana | Dec | I | EN | EN | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Both | Migrant |
Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | Dec | II | CR | NT | 2, 3, 4 | Both | Migrant |
Crested Ibis | Nipponia nippon | Inc | I | EN | EN | 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 | Inland | Resident |
White Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Dec | II | NT | LC | 1, 2, 4, 6 | Both | Migrant |
Black-faced Spoonbill | Platalea minor | Inc | II | EN | EN | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 | Coast | Migrant |
Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | Dec | Â | VU | LC | Unk | Both | Migrant |
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Unk | II | NT | LC | 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 | Both | Migrant |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Unk | II | NT | LC | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 | Both | Migrant |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Unk | II | NT | LC | 1, 2, 4, 6 | Both | Migrant |
Swan Goose | Anser cygnoid | Dec | Â | VU | VU | 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 | Both | Migrant |
Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Sta | Â | VU | VU | 1, 3 | Both | Migrant |
Cotton Pygmy-goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | Unk | Â | EN | LC | Unk | Both | Migrant |
Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | Dec | II | NT | LC | 1 | Both | Migrant |
Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | Dec | Â | NT | NT | 3 | Both | Migrant |
Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | Inc | Â | NT | LC | 1, 3, 4, 6 | Both | Migrant |
Baer’s Pochard | Aythya baeri | Dec |  | CR | CR | 1, 2, 3 | Both | Migrant |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Dec | Â | NT | NT | 1, 3, 4, 8 | Inland | Migrant |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Unk | Â | EN | VU | 1, 3, 4, 6 | Both | Migrant |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Unk | Â | NT | LC | 2, 3, 4 | Both | Migrant |
Scaly-sided Merganser | Mergus squamatus | Dec | I | EN | EN | 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 | Both | Migrant |
White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | Dec | Â | CR | EN | 1, 2, 3 | Inland | Migrant |
Siberian Crane | Leucogeranus leucogeranus | Sta | I | CR | CR | 1, 2, 3, 8 | Both | Migrant |
White-naped Crane | Antigone vipio | Sta | II | EN | VU | 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 | Both | Migrant |
Common Crane | Grus grus | Dec | II | NT | LC | 1, 3, 4 | Both | Migrant |
Hooded Crane | Grus monacha | Sta | I | EN | VU | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 | Both | Migrant |
Black-necked Crane | Grus nigricollis | Sta | I | VU | VU | 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 | Inland | Migrant |
Red-crowned Crane | Grus japonensis | Dec | I | EN | EN | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 | Both | Migrant |
Swinhoe’s Rail | Coturnicops exquisitus | Dec | II | VU | VU | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Both | Migrant |
Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | Unk | Â | VU | LC | Unk | Coast | Resident |
Corncrake | Crex crex | Sta | II | VU | LC | 1, 2 | Inland | Migrant |
Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | Unk | Â | NT | LC | Unk | Both | Resident |
Band-bellied Crake | Zapornia paykullii | Unk | Â | VU | NT | 1 | Both | Migrant |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | Unk | Â | VU | LC | 1, 4, 5, 6 | Both | Resident |
Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | Dec | Â | NT | LC | Unk | Both | Migrant |
Ibisbill | Ibidorhyncha struthersii | Inc | Â | NT | LC | 2, 4, 8 | Both | Resident |
River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii | Unk | Â | NT | NT | Unk | Both | Resident |
Long-billed Ringed Plover | Charadrius placidus | Dec | Â | NT | LC | Unk | Both | Migrant |
Wood Snipe | Gallinago nemoricola | Dec | Â | VU | VU | 1, 2, 3 | Inland | Migrant |
Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Dec | Â | NT | NT | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Both | Migrant |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Dec | Â | NT | LC | 1 | Coast | Migrant |
Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Unk | II | NT | LC | 1, 2, 4 | Both | Migrant |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Unk | Â | NT | NT | 1, 3, 4, 6 | Both | Migrant |
Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Dec | Â | VU | VU | 1 | Both | Migrant |
Nordmann’s Greenshank | Tringa guttifer | Dec | II | EN | EN | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Coast | Migrant |
Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Dec | Â | VU | VU | 1, 2, 4, 5 | Coast | Migrant |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Dec | Â | VU | LC | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 | Coast | Migrant |
Spoon-billed Sandpiper | Calidris pygmaea | Dec | Â | CR | CR | 1, 5, 8 | Coast | Migrant |
Saunders’s Gull | Saundersilarus saundersi | Dec |  | VU | VU | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 | Coast | Migrant |
Relict Gull | Larus relictus | Dec | I | EN | VU | 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 | Both | Migrant |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Sta | II | NT | LC | 2, 4 | Both | Migrant |
Chinese Crested Tern | Thalasseus bernsteini | Unk | Â | CR | CR | 2, 3, 4, 7 | Coast | Migrant |
Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Sta | Â | NT | LC | 2, 3, 4 | Coast | Migrant |
River Tern | Sterna aurantia | Dec | II | NT | NT | 2 | Inland | Resident |
Black-bellied Tern | Sterna acuticauda | Dec | Â | EN | EN | 1, 3 | Inland | Resident |