Fairly wide-spread across the islands. Not uncommon to encounter flocks of 500+ individuals in areas like Sippighat and Ograbraj wetlands in the South Andamans. Also reported in smaller congregations from Middle Andamans and North Andamans, Baratang, around Mayabunder, Interview Island and Diglipur.
There were apprehensions ofloos of habitat after the Tsumani in 2005 because of salt water incursion into the wetlands. But the population seems to be stable with at least 2000 individuals across its range. An emerging threat is wetland reclamation in South Andamans.
Very little is known about the breeding biology of the species apart from their preference for tree cavities for nesting. Urgent research to understand the ecology of the bird is necessary for their effective conservation. Recently I came across a flock of this species feeding in a shallow sea grass medow near Mayabundar. It is unclear if the birds were feeding on the sea grass or the micro-fauna associated with the seagrass.
Given this background, I agree with the downlisting from Vulnerable to NT
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 12 February 2024. We will now analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 12 February 2024, when discussions will re-open.
Many thanks to those who commented on the discussion above. Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2024 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 18 February 2024, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2024 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in December 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a final decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 26 February 2024.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed. Andaman Teal is recommended to be listed as Near Threatened, approaching the thresholds for listing as threatened under Criterion D1.
Many thanks for everyone who contributed to the 2024.1 GTB Forum process. The final 2024 Red List categories will now be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
Fairly wide-spread across the islands. Not uncommon to encounter flocks of 500+ individuals in areas like Sippighat and Ograbraj wetlands in the South Andamans. Also reported in smaller congregations from Middle Andamans and North Andamans, Baratang, around Mayabunder, Interview Island and Diglipur.
There were apprehensions ofloos of habitat after the Tsumani in 2005 because of salt water incursion into the wetlands. But the population seems to be stable with at least 2000 individuals across its range. An emerging threat is wetland reclamation in South Andamans.
Very little is known about the breeding biology of the species apart from their preference for tree cavities for nesting. Urgent research to understand the ecology of the bird is necessary for their effective conservation. Recently I came across a flock of this species feeding in a shallow sea grass medow near Mayabundar. It is unclear if the birds were feeding on the sea grass or the micro-fauna associated with the seagrass.
Given this background, I agree with the downlisting from Vulnerable to NT
Just to support the fact that S. Andaman Is. alone might support more than 1,000 individuals.
On the same day, same set of observers counted 500 in Sippighat
https://ebird.org/checklist/S158004499 and
600 in Ograbarj
https://ebird.org/checklist/S158243858
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 12 February 2024. We will now analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 12 February 2024, when discussions will re-open.
Preliminary proposal
Many thanks to those who commented on the discussion above. Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2024 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 18 February 2024, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2024 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in December 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a final decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 26 February 2024.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
The final categorisation for this species has not changed. Andaman Teal is recommended to be listed as Near Threatened, approaching the thresholds for listing as threatened under Criterion D1.
Many thanks for everyone who contributed to the 2024.1 GTB Forum process. The final 2024 Red List categories will now be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.