Title
The importance of Myanmar Coast for water birds
Author(s)
Zockler, C.;Naing, T. Z.;Moses, S.;Soe, Y. N.;Hla, T. H.
Published
2014
Publisher
Stilt
Abstract
Surveys of water birds at eight sites along the 3000 km long coast of Myanmar from 2008-2013 have shown that the country hosts a number of significant intertidal mudflat areas. It regularly provides home to more than 150,000 wintering and migrating water birds of 80 different species. The large majority of these birds occur in the Gulf of Mottama and in the adjacent Ayeyarwaddy Delta. Together with other sites, the Myanmar coast proved to be important for many water birds, and included a total of 10 globally threatened species. The waders were most prominent with 39 species being recorded. Among those was the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmeus) for which coastal habitats in Myanmar hold more than 50% of the world population. Also, the Endangered Nordmann’s Greenshank (Tringa guttifer) has been found in significant numbers and is one of 24 species where at least 1% of the global population is occurring on Myanmar’s coast. Often, the combination of the intertidal mudflats with adjacent mangroves proved to be crucial for several water bird species, as shown in the case of the Vulnerable Lesser Adjutant Stork. (Leptopti
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