Captive Conservation Breeding
Captive breeding programmes in order to wildfowl conservation
** This is an incomplete list of captive breeding programmes and reïntroduction efforts **
** Work in progress to compile a complete list -- update, June 2019 **
Please note: explanation of abbreviations at the bottom of the page
| ENGLISH NAME | IUCN (2016) | EAZA (2017) | AZA (2017) | Project | Reïntro-ductions | ZIMS (2016) |
| Screamers (Anhimides) | ||||||
| Screamers (Anhimidae) | ||||||
| Horned screamer | LC | 0 | ||||
| Northern screamer | NT | 18 | ||||
| Crested screamer | LC | AZA | 348 | |||
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| Ducks, geese and swans (Anserides) | ||||||
| Magpie goose (Anseranatidae) | ||||||
| Magpie goose | LC | 213 | ||||
| Whistling ducks (Dendrocygnidae) | ||||||
| White-faced whistling duck | LC | PAP | Trinidad | 500+ | ||
| Black-bellied whistling duck | LC | PAP | 500+ | |||
| Spotted whistling duck | LC | AZA | 123 | |||
| West-Indian whistling duck | VU | AZA | 273 | |||
| Fulvous whistling duck | LC | PAP | 500+ | |||
| Plumed (Eyton's) whistling duck | LC | 238 | ||||
| Wandering whistling duck | LC | 130 | ||||
| Lesser whistling duck | LC | 151 | ||||
| White-backed duck | LC | 50 | ||||
| Stiff-tailed ducks (Oxyurinae) | ||||||
| Ruddy duck | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Andean ruddy duck | LC | 0 | ||||
| Lake duck (Argentine ruddy duck) | LC | 86 | ||||
| Australian blue-billed duck | NT | 43 | ||||
| Maccoa duck | NT | 78 | ||||
| White-headed duck | EN | Spain Hungary Italy |
324 | |||
| Masked duck | LC | IWWA | 0 | |||
| Musk duck | LC | 3 | ||||
| Black-headed duck | LC | 40 | ||||
| Freckled duck | LC | 80 | ||||
| Geese and swans (Anserinae) | ||||||
| Swan goose | VU | AZA | IWWA | 423 | ||
| Greylag goose | LC | 397 | ||||
| Bean goose | LC | 40 | ||||
| Pink-footed goose | LC | 41 | ||||
| Bar-headed goose | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Greater white-fronted goose | LC | IWWA | 127 | |||
| Lesser white-fronted goose | VU | Sweden | 264 | |||
| Emperor goose | NT | 184 | ||||
| Snow goose | LC | 267 | ||||
| Ross' goose | LC | 152 | ||||
| Canada goose | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Cackling goose | LC | IWWA | 108 | |||
| Hawaiian goose (Nene) | VU | AZA | Hawaii | 500+ | ||
| Brant goose (Brent goose) | LC | IWWA | 39 | |||
| Barnacle goose | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Red-breasted goose | VU | AZA | 500+ | |||
| Cape Barren (Cereopsis) goose | LC | 287 | ||||
| Coscoroba swan | LC | AZA | 224 | |||
| Black-necked swan | LC | 396 | ||||
| Black swan | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Mute swan | LC | 433 | ||||
| Trumpeter swan | LC | IWWA | 153 | |||
| Whooper swan | LC | 133 | ||||
| Tundra swan | LC | 80 | ||||
| Spur-winged goose (Plectropterinae) | ||||||
| Spur-winged goose | LC | 101 | ||||
| Shelducks and relatives (Tadorninae) | ||||||
| African Comb duck | LC | 240 | ||||
| South American Comb duck | LC | 40 | ||||
| Blue-winged goose | VU | 71 | ||||
| Egyptian goose | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Orinoco goose | NT | AZA | IWWA | 139 | ||
| Andean goose | LC | 52 | ||||
| Magellan (Upland) goose | LC | 140 | ||||
| Kelp goose | LC | 0 | ||||
| Ashy-headed goose | LC | 33 | ||||
| Ruddy-headed goose | LC | 61 | ||||
| Common shelduck | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Radjah shelduck | LC | 259 | ||||
| Ruddy shelduck | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Cape shelduck | LC | 111 | ||||
| Paradise shelduck | LC | 58 | ||||
| Australian shelduck | LC | 106 | ||||
| Pink-eared duck | LC | 8 | ||||
| Torrent duck | LC | IWWA | 0 | |||
| New-Zealand blue duck | EN | IWWA | Nw Zl | 32 | ||
| Flying steamer duck | LC | 19 | ||||
| Falkland steamer duck | LC | 0 | ||||
| Magellanic steamer duck | LC | 13 | ||||
| White-headed steamer duck | VU | 0 | ||||
| Ducks (Anatinae) | ||||||
| White-winged wood duck | EN | ESB | AZA | IWWA | 394 | |
| Muscovy duck | LC | PAP | 301 | |||
| Hartlaub's duck | LC | 19 | ||||
| Maned goose (Australian wood duck) | LC | 163 | ||||
| North American wood duck | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Mandarin duck | LC | 500+ | ||||
| African pygmy goose | LC | AZA | 90 | |||
| Cotton (Indian) pygmy goose | LC | AZA | 29 | |||
| Green pygmy goose | LC | 17 | ||||
| Brazilian duck | LC | 301 | ||||
| Salvadori's duck | VU | 0 | ||||
| Ringed teal | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Crested duck | LC | 102 | ||||
| Bronze-winged duck (Spectacled duck) | NT | 59 | ||||
| Gadwall | LC | 184 | ||||
| Falcated duck | NT | 214 | ||||
| Chiloé wigeon | LC | 500+ | ||||
| European wigeon | LC | 346 | ||||
| American wigeon | LC | 97 | ||||
| Mallard duck | LC | 500+ | ||||
| American black duck | LC | 57 | ||||
| Mottled (Florida) duck | LC | 0 | ||||
| Hawaiian duck (Koloa) | EN | 41 | ||||
| Laysan teal (Laysan duck) | CR | WWT | 301 | |||
| Philippine duck | VU | 177 | ||||
| Indian spot-billed duck | LC | 322 | ||||
| Chinese spot-billed duck | LC | 61 | ||||
| Pacific black duck | LC | 322 | ||||
| Meller's duck | EN | EEP | 187 | |||
| Yellow-billed duck | LC | 219 | ||||
| African Black duck | LC | 79 | ||||
| Garganey | LC | 158 | ||||
| Puna teal | LC | 180 | ||||
| Versicolor (Silver) teal | LC | 107 | ||||
| Hottentot teal | LC | 240 | ||||
| Blue-winged teal | LC | 176 | ||||
| Cinnamon teal | LC | 271 | ||||
| Northern shoveler | LC | 334 | ||||
| Cape shoveler | LC | 19 | ||||
| Australian shoveler | LC | 104 | ||||
| Red shoveler | LC | 172 | ||||
| Madagascar teal (Bernier's teal) | EN | AZA | 272 | |||
| Cape teal | LC | 308 | ||||
| Andaman teal | NT | 0 | ||||
| East Indian grey teal (Sunda teal) | NT | 14 | ||||
| Australian grey teal | LC | 67 | ||||
| Chestnut teal | LC | 230 | ||||
| New Zealand brown teal | EN | IWWA | 38 | |||
| Auckland Island flightless teal | VU | 2 | ||||
| Campbell Island flighless teal | EN | 6 | ||||
| Northern pintail | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Eaton's pintail | VU | 2 | ||||
| Yellow-billed pintail | LC | 124 | ||||
| Bahama (White-cheeked) pintail | LC | PAP | Trinidad | 500+ | ||
| Red-billed Pintail | LC | 134 | ||||
| Yellow-billed teal (Speckled teal) | LC | 235 | ||||
| Andean teal | LC | 0 | ||||
| Baikal teal | LC | 243 | ||||
| Common teal | LC | 345 | ||||
| Marbled teal | VU | AZA | Mallorca | 500+ | ||
| Red-crested pochard | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Rosy-billed pochard | LC | 489 | ||||
| Southern pochard | LC | 114 | ||||
| Canvasback | LC | 160 | ||||
| Common pochard | VU | 418 | ||||
| Redhead | LC | 406 | ||||
| Australian White-eye duck | LC | 66 | ||||
| Madagascar pochard | CR | WWT | Madagascar | 0 | ||
| Ferruginous pochard | NT | 500+ | ||||
| Baer's pochard | CR | ESB | AZA | 269 | ||
| New Zealand scaup | LC | 73 | ||||
| Ring-necked duck | LC | 74 | ||||
| Tufted duck | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Greater scaup | LC | 165 | ||||
| Lesser scaup | LC | 63 | ||||
| Common eider | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Spectacled eider | LC | 42 | ||||
| King eider | LC | 12 | ||||
| Steller's eider | VU | 0 | ||||
| Harlequin duck | LC | 42 | ||||
| Common (black) scoter | LC | 27 | ||||
| American (black) scoter | NT | 1 | ||||
| Surf scoter | LC | 1 | ||||
| Velvet scoter | VU | 14 | ||||
| White-winged scoter | LC | 7 | ||||
| Siberian scoter | LC | 0 | ||||
| Long-tailed duck (Oldsquaw) | VU | 52 | ||||
| Bufflehead | LC | 271 | ||||
| Common goldeneye | LC | 449 | ||||
| Barrow's goldeneye | LC | 136 | ||||
| Smew | LC | 380 | ||||
| Hooded merganser | LC | 500+ | ||||
| Brazilian merganser | CR | IWWA | 0 | |||
| Red-breasted merganser | LC | 38 | ||||
| Scaly-sided (Chinese) merganser | EN | ESB | AZA | 67 | ||
| Common merganser (Goosander) | LC | 125 |
AZA = Association of Zoos and Aquaria
EAZA = European Endangered Species Programme
EEP = European Endangered Species Programme by the EAZA
ESB = European StudBook by the EAZA
IWWA = International Wild Waterfowl Association
PAP = Point-à-Pierre Wildfowl Trust, Trinidad
WWT = The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Latest news and additions
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| Aviornis International Netherlands |
International Wild Waterfowl Association |
IUCN Species Survival Commission Threatened Waterfowl Specialists Group |
EAZA | European Studbook and Baer's pochard |
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity |
EAZA Silent Forest Campaign |