International action plan for

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INTERNATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR  

THE SLENDER-BILLED CURLEW (Numenius tenuirostris) 

 

 

 

Compiled by: 

 

ADAM GRETTON (BirdLife International, U.K.) 

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INTERNATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR  

THE SLENDER-BILLED  CURLEW (Numenius tenuirostris)

 

 

 

 

Compiled by: 

 

ADAM GRETTON (BirdLife International, U.K.) 

 

 

 

With contributions from: 

(including those involved as national coordinators in the BirdLife International (then ICBP) 

project 1988–1990) 

 

F. Ayache (Ministry of Environment and Land Use Planning, Tunisia) 

N. Baccetti (Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica, Italy) 

S. Baris (Society for the Protection of Nature, Turkey) 

V. Belik (Russian Bird Conservation Union, Rostov) 

B. Chalabi (Institut National Agronomique, Algeria) 

M. Dakki (Institut Scientifique, Morocco) 

A. Errahioui (Eaux et Forêts, Morocco) 

T. Gaultier (Laboratoire d'Ornithologie, Tunisia) 

V. Goutner (Thessaloniki University, Greece) 

B. Heredia (BirdLife International, U.K.)

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D. Hoffmann (BirdLife International/CPCN, Morocco) 

P. Iankov (Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds) 

A. Ignatov (Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds) 

H. Kachiche (Eaux et Forêts, Morocco) 

G. Kovács (Hortobágy National Park, Hungary) 

A. Kovshar (Zoological Institute, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan) 

M. Lambertini (Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli) 

G. Magnin (Society for the Protection of Nature, Turkey) 

F. Márkus (Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society) 

R. Martí (SEO?BirdLife Spain) 

A. Mikityuk (Ukranian Union for Bird Conservation) 

A. Mischenko (Russian Bird Conservation Union, Moscow) 

V. Morozov (Russian Bird Conservation Union, Moscow) 

D. Munteanu (Romanian Ornithological Society) 

J. Muzinic (Institute for Ornithology, Croatia) 

S. Nagy (Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society) 

L. Profirov (Ministry of Environment, Bulgaria) 

L. Rose (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK) 

C. Urdiales (Doñana National Park, Spain) 

                    

 

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 now ICONA, Spain 

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D. Vangeluwe (Institut Royal Sciences Naturelles de Belgique) 

M. Yarar (Society for the Protection of Nature, Turkey) 

A. K. Yurlov (Institute of Systematics and Animal Ecology, Novosibirsk, Russia) 

 

 

Timetable 

Workshop: 

January 1994 - Merja Zerga, Morocco 

First draft: 

August 1994 

This version:  February 1996 

 

Reviews 

This action plan should be reviewed and updated by BirdLife International every two years. An 

emergency review will be undertaken if sudden major environmental changes, liable to affect the 

population, occur within the species' range. 

 

Geographical scope 

The action plan needs implementation in: Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Iran, 

Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Croatia 

and former Yugoslavia. 

 

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 CONTENTS 

 

SUMMARY.................................................................................................................................. - 4 - 

 

INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... - 5 - 

 

PART 1. 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION................................................................ - 6 - 

 

Distribution and population........................................................................................................... - 6 - 

 

Life history..................................................................................................................................... - 7 - 

 Breeding ............................................................................................................................ - 7 - 

 Feeding.............................................................................................................................. - 7 - 

 Habitat 

requirements......................................................................................................... - 7 - 

 

Threats and limiting factors........................................................................................................... - 8 - 

 Habitat 

loss........................................................................................................................ - 8 - 

 Hunting.............................................................................................................................. - 8 - 

 

Breakdown of social behaviour patterns.......................................................................... - 9 - 

 Other 

factors...................................................................................................................... - 9 - 

 

Conservation status and recent conservation measures ............................................................. - 10 - 

 

PART 2. 

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ............................................................................ - 15 - 

 

AIMS  - 15 - 

 

OBJECTIVES............................................................................................................................ - 16 - 

 

1. 

POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE..................................................................................... - 16 - 

 

2. 

SPECIES AND HABITAT PROTECTION ................................................................. - 17 - 

 

3. 

MONITORING AND RESEARCH.............................................................................. - 18 - 

 

4. 

PUBLIC AWARENESS ................................................................................................ - 20 - 

 

REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................... - 21 - 

 

ANNEX 1. 

RECOMMENDED CONSERVATION ACTIONS BY COUNTRY ...... - 23 - 

 

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