The Eurasian Spoonbill International Expert Group (ESIEG) is a network of researchers that focuses on the research and protection of this iconic waterbird species. The group meets every three years. The X. International Workshop was delayed one year, because of the restriction related to the pandemic; however, the group members met online in October 2021.…Continue reading X. International Workshop of the Eurasian Spoonbill International Expert Group, Zadar, Croatia 3-7 October 2022
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2020 IUCN SSC Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill specialist group report
2020 IUCN SSC Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill specialist group report is available on the specialist group website or directly click this link: https://www.iucn.org/sites/dev/files/content/documents/2020_stork_ibis_and_spoonbill_sg_report_publication.pdf We thank Global Wildlife Conservation for its great support with an SSC Internal Small Grant to support the SIS-SG in 2020–2021,…… and beyond because of the money for value approach, we have…Continue reading 2020 IUCN SSC Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill specialist group report
A comprehensive summary of the history, current status and future perspectives of the northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita
Recently an article has been published which documents the current status of the full array of northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita populations and projects, providing a benchmark against which we can assess progress towards a goal of having wild, self-sustaining northern bald ibis populations across their former range, from North Africa, through Europe, and into the…Continue reading A comprehensive summary of the history, current status and future perspectives of the northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita
The Stork Ibis and Spoonbill Specialist Group at 4th IUCN SSC Leaders’ Meeting 2019
Eleven years after the first International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SCC) Leaders’ Meeting held in Al Ain in 2008, the leadership of the IUCN and SSC will meet again from 6 to 9 October in Abu Dhabi to discuss the functioning, growth and integration of species conservation work. You can…Continue reading The Stork Ibis and Spoonbill Specialist Group at 4th IUCN SSC Leaders’ Meeting 2019
International Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor Census 2019
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor is listed as “Globally Endangered” on the basis of a suspected very rapid population decline in the coming future owing to predicted loss of habitat primarily from development for land reclamation and pollution. An annual census is organised at wetland sites along the coastal area of East Asia since 1994. The 2019…Continue reading International Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor Census 2019
VII International Conference on Black Stork (Doñana National Park, Spain)
The 1st international Conference on Black Stork Ciconia nigra took place in Kemeri (Latvia) in 1993. Since then, a total of six international conferences on Black Stork have been organized: I International Conference on Black Stork in Kemeri (Latvia) 1993 II International Conference on Black Stork in Trujillo (Spain) 1996 III International Conference on Black…Continue reading VII International Conference on Black Stork (Doñana National Park, Spain)
IX Eurasian Spoonbill workshop in Djerba (Tunisia)
The Eurasian Spoonbill International Expert Group (ESIEG) is one of the first research network created on a waterbird species. It was formed in 1991 and then linked to Eurosite until 2013 when the group became an AEWA International Species Expert Groups (http://www.unep-aewa.org/en/workinggroup/aewa-international-species-expert-groups-iseg). From 14 to 18 November 2018, the IXth workshop of the group will take place…Continue reading IX Eurasian Spoonbill workshop in Djerba (Tunisia)
Australian Project using remote nest cameras and GPS satellite tracking to study Ibises and Spoonbills
Contributed by SIS-SG member Heather McGinness, CSIRO Australia. Featured image: H. McGinness Australia hosts three ibis and two spoonbill species: Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis), Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca), Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) and Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes). All of these species are thought to be primarily nomadic, due to the…Continue reading Australian Project using remote nest cameras and GPS satellite tracking to study Ibises and Spoonbills
Announcement of the 1st international workshop on Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
The 1st international workshop on Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus will be held between the 27th and 29th November 2017 at Doñana, a protected area in Southern Spain, where the species came back to breed in 1996, after many decades that the species was not reproducing in the country. Since then, the population showed a sharp…Continue reading Announcement of the 1st international workshop on Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Kushlan Research Award 2017 is to investigate the Glossy ibis
The Kushlan Research Award winner of this year is a proposal promoted by one of our members, Simone Santoro (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain), and Alejandro Centeno-Cuadros (Biotech Business International, Spain). The aim is investigating the glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) gene flow at a worldwide scale by combining nuclear and microsatellite markers. The project has…Continue reading Kushlan Research Award 2017 is to investigate the Glossy ibis