Between 1988 and 2003, the Specialist Group published several issues of the “Specialist Group on Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills Newsletter”. In that period, the SIS-SG also produced additional documents where important bibliographic material and status reports of SIS species worldwide were catalogued. These are archived and available below for free.
Newsletter issues
1988, August. Volume 1. (Number 1)
(PDF)
Contents
- Letter from the chairman. Charles S. Luthin.
- Letter from the editors. Malcolm C. Coulter, A. Larry Bryan.
- Action plan for storks, ibises and spoonbills. Charles S. Luthin.
- Request for information.
- Attention: Asian SIS contacts.
- M. P. Kahl received MacArthur fellowship.
- Proceedings: Symposium on the conservation of the White Stork.
- Symposium on the ecology and conservation of storks.
- Symposium on the conservation of the Oriental White Stork (Ciconia boyciana) Qiqihar, People’s Republic of China.
- Workshop on the conservation and captive rearing of storks.
- Scarlet Ibis conservation workshop.
- Workshop on the 1988 breeding season for wading birds in southeastern United States.
- Storks, ibises and spoonbills of the world.
- Bibliography of the genus Eudocimus (Threskionithidae, Aves).
- Bibliography on storks, ibises and spoonbills.
- Recent literature.
1989, December. Volume 2. (Number 1/2)
(PDF)
Contents
- Introduction. Koen Brouwer, Malcolm Coulter.
- Call for information on Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the world.
- Call for information on Black-faced Spoonbills.
- Longevity and causes of death in captive and wild storks, ibises and spoonbills.
- Causes of death in European White Storks Ciconia ciconia, in the Netherlands.
- Leg-defecation by White Storks: analysis of a thermoregulatory behaviour and its importance for losses of ringed storks in the African wintering area.
- Blacknecked and Greater Adjutant Storks in India. Asad R. Rahmani.
- Adjutant Storks are risk in Assam, India. Prasanta Saikia, P. C. Bhattacharjee.
- Status of storks in the south Sumatra province, Indonesia. Wim J. M. Verheught.
- Milky Storks in Malaysia. Tunku Mohammad Nazim Yakob, Siti Hawa Yatim, Duncan Parish.
- Dwarf Olive Ibis found on Sao Tomé. Peter Jones.
- Waldrapp Ibis.
- First Oriental Crested Ibis raised in captivity.
- Black-faced Spoonbills in the Republic of Korea.
- Status and conservation of White Storks.
- Conservation and captive management of storks.
- Bibliography of storks, ibises and spoonbills. Malcolm Coulter.
- North Africa, the Middle East, and southwest Africa.
- Recent literature concerning storks, ibises and spoonbills.
1990, November. Volume 3. (Number 1/2).
(PDF)
Contents
- Letter from the co-chairs. Koen Brouwer, Malcolm Coulter.
- Nesting records of Greater Adjutant Storks in Assam, India. Prasanta Saikia, P. C. Bhattacharjee.
- Oriental Crested Ibis.
- A summary of the status of the Black-faced Spoonbill. Peter Kennerely.
- First nesting of spoonbills in Italy.
- Spoonbills in Yugoslavia.
- Milky Stork discovery.
- Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea) breeding success in captivity.
- The status of storks, ibises and spoonbills in Argentina. Carlos A. Perigo.
- Marking birds.
- Longevity of storks. Koen Brouwer.
- Meetings: Managing Mediterranean wetlands and their birds for the year 2000 and beyond. Simon Nash.
- Information requested on Plegadis ibises. Peter Boesman.
- SIS bibliography. Malcolm Coulter.
- Proceedings of the Scarlet Ibis workshop.
- Sharing of literature.
- New SIS literature: 1990 titles.
1991, May. Volume 4. (Number 1).
(PDF)
Contents
- Letter from the co-chairs. Malcolm C. Coulter, Koen Brouwer.
- European White Storks and other ciconiiformes in the Armenian Republic. M. S. Adamian.
- Status of ibises and spoonbills in Assam. Prasanta Saikia, P. C. Bhattacharjee.
- Storks in the Baltic states and the USSR. Heinrich Veromann.
- Stork, ibis and spoonbill bibliography. Malcolm C. Coulter.
- Captive Oriental White Stork workshop in Japan. Koichi Murata.
- Some notes on the ciconiiformes in the Paraguayan chaco. Daniel Brooks.
- Maguari Storks hatch at Discovery Island, Florida. Mary Healy.
- A record of the Milky Stork in Thailand. H. Morioka, C. Yano.
- Marabou Storks breed successfully at the Jacksonville zoo.
- Individual-oriented model of a wading bird colony. Wilfried Wolff.
- New Zealand’s population of Royal Spoonbills on the increase.
- A brief review of patagial wing tags on birds. Betsy Trent Thomas.
- Farewell to Seub Nakhasathien, guardian of the forest. Koen Brouwer.
- Waldrapp Ibis conference.
- Waldrapp Ibis in Morocco.
- International Waldrapp Ibis meeting, 20 March, 1991, Zürich, Switzerland. Koen Brouwer.
- European White Stork conference to be held in Hungary in 1991.
- New literature.
1991, October. Volume 4. (Number 2)
(PDF)
Contents
- Letter from the co-chairs. Malcolm C. Coulter, Koen Brouwer.
- Histoplasmosis, a disease sometimes associated with birds. James A. Comer.
- Oriental White Storks wintering in Hong Kong, 1990/1991. Simba Chan.
- Oriental White Stork in Japan.
- Additional records of Oriental White Storks from Lake Utonaito, Japan. Koji Ohata.
- Oriental White Storks banded in the Soviet Far East. Sergei Smirenskii.
- European White Storks in Mali.
- White Storks with colored rings seen in the Netherlands: a call for information. Dick A. Jonkers.
- Black Stork project.
- Scarlet Ibis in French Guiana.
- White-shouldered Ibis rediscovered. Jonathan Eames.
- Waldrapp Ibis conservation meeting: June 1991. Koen Brouwer.
- New book on Waldrapp Ibis.
- AAZPA Taxonomic Advisory Group on ibises, spoonbills and herons. Koen Brouwer.
- Census of storks in captivity.
- Bibliography for storks, ibises and spoonbills.
- Change of address. Malcolm C. Coulter.
- Biology and conservation of the Oriental White Stork. Available soon.
- Body mass data needed.
- Upcoming meetings:
- European White Stork meeting. Hungary: 18-23 October, 1991.
- Wetland and waterfowl conservation in south and west Asia. Pakistan: 14-20 December, 1991.
- New literature.
1992, November. Volume 5. (Number 1/2)
(PDF)
Contents
- Letter from the co-chairs. Malcolm Coulter, Koen Brouwer.
- Population viability analysis. T. W Clark, G. N. Backhouse, R. C. Lacy, Lynn A. Maguire.
- Protecting the gem of the Orient – Oriental Crested Ibis. Zhang Zhiyen.
- First Oriental Crested Ibises raised in captivity. Li Fulai.
- The international symposium on European White Storks held in Hungary. Dick A. Jonkers.
- Spoonbill populations in Croatia. Martin Schneider-Jacoby.
- Status of storks, ibises and spoonbills in Saudi Arabia. Asad R. Rahmani, Mohamed Shobrak.
- Cliff storks (Ciconia ciconia) in Iran. Ellen Vuosalo-Tavakoli.
- Rabat Waldrapp Ibis conference. Koen Brouwer.
- New records of the Waldrapp Ibis. Holger Schulz.
- Some waterbird populations in the former Soviet Union.
- Black Stork conference.
- Black Stork census in the Ukraine. Vytaliy Grishchenko.
- Autumn concentration of Black Storks in Romania. A. M. Poluda.
- Latvian Black Stork project.
- The Oriental White Stork (Ciconia boyciana) in southwest China: a new record. Zhang Yinsun, He Fenqui.
- Workshop on Amur River: international cooperation for the Oriental White Stork. Malcolm Coulter.
- Storm’s Stork hatched at Zoo Negara. Tunku Mohammad Nazim Yaakob.
- The Eastern Regional Stork Working Group replaces the Stork Working group of the former Soviet Union. Vytaliy Grishchenko.
- Focus on the European White Stork – a new institute for grassland conservation.
- North American Zoo Advisory Group formed.
- Letters to save the Black-faced Spoonbill.
- The SIS library and bibliography of storks, ibises and spoonbills. Malcolm Coulter.
- New literature.
1993, November. Volume 6. (Number 1/2)
(PDF)
Contents
- Letter from the co-chairs. Malcolm Coulter, Koen Brouwer.
- Giant Ibis Pseudibis gigantea rediscovered.
- Action plans for storks, ibises and spoonbills. Malcolm Coulter, Koen Brouwer.
- Status of storks, ibises and spoonbills in Africa. Malcolm Coulter.
- First international Black Stork conference is a success. Catherine E. King, Koen Brouwer.
- Population monitoring of Black and White Storks in the Ukraine. Vytaliy Grishchenko.
- White Stork satellite-tracking in Europe and Africa: a progress report. P. Berthold, E. Nowak, U. Querner.
- Jabiru Stork and wading bird stronghold discovered in Nicaragua. Peter Frederick.
- Estuarine Crocodile catches a Lesser Adjutant Stork. Vivash Pandav.
- New breeding site for Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in India. J. K. Tiwari.
- Status of storks, ibises and spoonbills in Nepal. Hem Sagar Baral.
- Black-faced Spoonbills in the north of Viet Nam 1992-1993. Le Dien Duc, Le Dinh Thuy, Hoang Van Thang.
- Spoonbills in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, China. Wang Hui.
- Milky Stork banding at Pulau Rambut, West Java, Indonesia. Yus Rusila Noor, Tulus Th. Sibuea.
- Feeding areas of spoonbills Platalea leucorodia in north Holland (The Netherlands): present situation, problems and improvement.
- Status of storks, ibises and spoonbills in the Matabeleland area of Zimbabwe. D. A. Ewbank.
- Saddlebill Storks in the Okavango, Botswana. George Archibald.
- International White Stork symposium.
- ICBP takes a new name: BirdLife International.
- Storks, ibises and spoonbills of the world. Recently Published. Malcolm Coulter.
- P. Kahl has generously donated his library to SIS. Malcolm Coulter.
- SIS bibliography and library. Malcolm Coulter.
- New literature.
1993, November. Volume 6. SIS Newsletter Supplement
(PDF)
Contents
Conservation Assessment and Management Plans (CAMPs) and Global Captive Action Plans (GCAPs). U. S. Seal, S. Ellis, T. J. Foose, A. P. Byers.
1995, July. Volume 7. (Number 1/2)
(PDF)
Contents
- Letter from the co-chairs. Koen Brouwer, Malcolm C. Coulter.
- Announcement
- SIS CAMP to be held.
- Black Stork meeting. Juan J. Ferrero, Koen Brouwer.
- SIS Action Plan. Malcolm C. Coulter, Koen Brouwer.
- Photo-identification of Saddlebill Storks. Alan Kemp.
- Marabou Storks nesting in Kruger National Park.
- Blackfaced Spoonbill colony discovered in South Korea.
- Blackfaced Spoonbill Action Plan. Malcolm C. Coulter, Koen Brouwer.
- SIS surveys in Cambodia. Taej Mundkur.
- Other SIS sightings in northeastern Cambodia. Jeb Barzen.
- Records of large waterbirds in Laos PDR in 1995.
- Black Stork banding in China. Ma Ming.
- News from West Bengal, India. Tarun Kr. Roy.
- Bird surveys in Assam, India.
- Regional management of American Wood Storks. Malcolm C. Coulter.
- Jabiru Storks in Costa Rica.
- SIS news from Mexico. Ilia Hartasanchez.
- Wild (?) European White Storks seen in the New World. P. W. Smith.
- International forum on reintroduction of Oriental White Storks to Toyooka, Japan. Catherine E. King, Koen Brouwer.
- Nighttime foraging by SIS and by other waterbirds. Mauro Fasola.
- Captive programs and breeding programs
- Shoebill Storks. G. Schleussner.
- Openbill Storks. G. Scheres, D. Rimlinger.
- Saddlebill Storks. C. Falzone, C. Siebel.
- Oriented Crested Ibises.
- Hihag regional collection plan. Anna Marie Lyles.
- Oriental White Stork international studbook.
- Milky Stork reintroduction project progress. T. N. Yaacob.
- SIS bibliography and library. Malcolm C. Coulter.
- Recent literature.
2003, September. Volume 8. (Number 1)
(PDF)
Contents
- A renewed newsletter. Wim Van den Bossche, Malcolm C. Coulter.
- Botulism epidemic kills Black-faced Spoonbills in Tainan County, Taiwan. Chris Weng.
- Website on Black-faced Spoonbill. Kai-Michael Thomsen.
- Newsletter Northern Bald Ibis.
- Publications.
- Conferences: Announcement 4th international Black Stork conference.
- Question: Investigations of dietary calcium requirements in growing storks. E. S. Dierenfeld, A. L. Fidgett.
- Notes from Africa
- East Africa: Eithiopia. D. A. Ewbank.
- Saddlebill Stork in Zimbabwe.
Other documents
1983, Summer. World Working Group on Storks, Ibises, and Spoonbills Report 1
(PDF)
Contents
- World Working Group on Storks, Ibises, and Spoonbills.
- Biogeography of threatened and endangered Storks, Ibises, and Spoonbills.
- Preliminary status report and conservation priorities for Storks, Ibises, and Spoonbills.
- Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Taxonomy.
- Zoogeographical distribution of Storks, Ibises, and Spoonbills.
1984. World Working Group on Storks, Ibises, and Spoonbills Report Report 2
(PDF)
Contents
- Research and conservation priorities: Storks, Ibises, and Spoonbills.
- Americas: Species status reports.
- Europe, Middle East, Africa: Species status reports.
- Europe, Middle East, Africa: Regional reports.
- Asia: Species status reports.
- Asia: Regional reports.
1984. Report 2 Supplement. Selected bibliography on Storks, Ibises, and Spoonbills.
(PDF)
Luthin, C. S. 1985. Survey methods on countries – an overview.
(PDF)
Luthin, C. S. 1986. Specialist group on Storks, Ibises, and Spoonbills – a 3-year review.
(PDF)
Coulter, M. C. et al. 1989. Conservation and captive management of storks.
(PDF)
Coulter, M. C. et al. 1991. A bibliography of Storks, Ibises, and Spoonbills.
(PDF)
Byers, O. et al. 1995. Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill conservation assessment and management plan workshop: working document.