China–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement

The China–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (CAMBA) is a treaty between Australia and China to minimise harm to the major areas used by migratory birds which migrate between the two countries. CAMBA was first developed on October 20, 1986 and came into force on September 1, 1988.[1] Eighty-one bird species are listed in the agreement, as per the table below.

Bird species listed in CAMBA
No. Common name Species name
1 Streaked shearwater Puffinus leucomelas (Calonectris leucomelas)
2 Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus
3 Leach's storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
4 White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
5 Red-footed booby Sula sula
6 Brown booby Sula leucogaster
7 Great frigatebird Fregata minor
8 Andrew's frigatebird / Christmas frigatebird Fregata andrewsi
9 Least frigatebird / Lesser frigatebird Fregata ariel
10 Western cattle egret & Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis (Ardeola ibis)
11 Great egret Egretta alba
12 Eastern reef egret / Pacific reef heron Egretta sacra
13 Yellow bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
14 Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
15 Garganey Anas querquedula
16 Northern shoveler Anas clypeata
17 White-bellied sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
18 Sarus crane Grus antigone
19 Red-legged crake Rallina fasciata
20 Corn crake Crex crex
21 Pheasant-tailed jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
22 Painted snipe / Greater painted snipe Rostratula benghalensis
23 Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
24 Lesser golden plover / American golden plover Pluvialis dominica
25 Ringed plover / Common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula
26 Little ringed plover Charadrius dubius
27 Mongolian plover / Lesser sand plover Charadrius mongolus
28 Large sand-plover / Greater sand plover Charadrius leschenaultii
29 Caspian plover Charadrius asiaticus
30 Little curlew & Eskimo curlew Numenius borealis (Numenius minutus)
31 Whimbrel / Eurasian whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
32 Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata
33 Eastern curlew / Far Eastern curlew Numenius madagascariensis
34 Black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa
35 Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica
36 Redshank / Common redshank Tringa totanus
37 Marsh sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
38 Greenshank / Common greenshank Tringa nebularia
39 Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
40 Common sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos
41 Grey-tailed tattler & Wandering tattler Tringa incana (Tringa brevipes)
42 Terek sandpiper Xenus cinereus (Tringa terek)
43 Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
44 Asian dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
45 Latham's snipe Capella hardwickii (Gallinago hardwickii)
46 Pin-tailed snipe Capella stenura (Gallinago stenura)
47 Swinhoe's snipe Capella megala (Gallinago megala)
48 Red knot Calidris canutus
49 Great knot Calidris tenuirostris
50 Red-necked stint Calidris ruficollis
51 Long-toed stint Calidris subminuta
52 Sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata
53 Dunlin Calidris alpina
54 Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
55 Sanderling Crocethia alba (Calidris alba)
56 Broad-billed sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
57 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
58 Red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
59 Grey phalarope / Red phalarope Phaloropus fulicarius
60 Oriental pratincole Glareola maldivarum
61 Pomarine jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
62 White-winged tern Chlidonias leucoptera
63 Black tern Chlidonias niger
64 Caspian tern Hydropogne tschegrava (Hydroprogne caspia)
65 Common tern Sterna hirundo
66 Black-naped tern Sterna sumatrana
67 Bridled tern Sterna anaethetus
68 Little tern Sterna albifrons
69 Lesser crested tern Thalasseus bengalensis (Sterna bengalensis)
70 Common noddy / Brown noddy Anous stolidus
71 Oriental cuckoo / Himalayan cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
72 White-throated needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
73 Fork-tailed swift / Pacific swift Apus pacificus
74 Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
75 Greater striated swallow / Striated swallow Hirundo striolata
76 Yellow wagtail / Western yellow wagtail Motacilla flava
77 Yellow-headed wagtail / Citrine wagtail Motacilla citreola
78 Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea
79 White wagtail Motacilla alba
80 Great reed-warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
81 Arctic willow warbler / Arctic warbler Phylloscopus borealis
"CAMBA" redirects here. For the indigenous population of Bolivia, see Camba. For CamBA (brain analysis software), see Cambridge Brain Analysis.

See also

References
  1. "Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Protection of Migratory Birds and their Environment [1988] ATS 22". www.austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 17 June 2020.


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