Progress in White-winged Wood Duck Cairina scutulata action plan project: a call for information

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust has begun a project to clarify the status of the White-winged Wood Duck Cairina scutulata in the wild and the conservation actions necessary to ensure its survival. The Trust first took an interest in this South-East Asian species in 1968, when concern over its rapid decline led it to be declared the subject of World Wildlife Fund Project 406. Since then protective measures have included a captive breeding programme at The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust and various centres in India, Thailand, Hong Kong and elsewhere. As yet, few nature reserves have been declared specifically to con­ serve White-winged Wood Duck and their habitat, although the Duck is found in at least six protected nature reserves declared to protect other animals.