The Japan Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (JAMBA) is a treaty between Australia and Japan to minimise harm to the major areas used by birds which migrate between the two countries. JAMBA was first developed on February 6, 1974 and came into force on April 30, 1981.

JAMBA provides for cooperation between Japan and Australia on measures for the management and protection of migratory birds, birds in danger of extinction, and the management and protection of their environments, and requires each country to take appropriate measures to preserve and enhance the environment of birds protected under the provisions of the agreement.[1]

Listed species

The treaty lists 66 species of birds, as per the table below.

Birds listed in JAMBA
No. Common name Species
1 Streaked shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
2 Wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus
3 Flesh-footed shearwater Puffinus carneipes
4 Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus
5 Short-tailed shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris
6 Wilson's storm petrel Oceanites oceanicus
7 Leach's storm petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
8 White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
9 Brown booby Sula leucogaster
10 Masked booby Sula dactylatra
11 Red-footed booby Sula sula
12 Greater frigatebird Fregata minor
13 Lesser frigatebird Fregata ariel
14 Western cattle egret Bubulcus ibis
15 White egret / Great egret Egretta alba
16 Garganey teal / Garganey Anas querquedula
17 Ringed plover / Common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula
18 Mongolian sand-dotterel / Lesser sand plover Charadrius mongolus
19 Large sand-dotterel / Greater sand plover Charadrius leschenaultii
20 Oriental dotterel / Caspian plover Charadrius asiaticus
21 Eastern golden plover / American golden plover Pluvialis dominica
22 Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
23 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
24 Red-necked stint Calidris ruficollis
25 Long-toed stint & Least sandpiper Calidris minutilla (including Calidris subminuta)
26 Baird's sandpiper Calidris bairdii
27 Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos
28 Sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata
29 Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
30 Knot / Red knot Calidris canutus
31 Great knot Calidris tenuirostris
32 Sanderling Crocethia alba
33 Ruff (Reeve) Philomachus pugnax
34 Buff-breasted sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
35 Broad-billed sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
36 Little greenshank / Marsh sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
37 Greenshank / Common greenshank Tringa nebularia
38 Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
39 Grey-tailed tattler Tringa brevipes
40 Wandering tattler Tringa incana
41 Common sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos
42 Terek sandpiper Xenus cinereus
43 Black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa
44 Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica
45 Far Eastern curlew Numenius madagascariensis
46 Whimbrel / Eurasian whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
47 Little whimbrel / Little curlew Numenius minutus
48 Pin-tailed snipe / Swinhoe's snipe Gallinago megala
49 Japanese snipe / Latham's snipe Gallinago hardwickii
50 Red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
51 Oriental pratincole / Collared pratincole Glareola pratincola
52 South-polar skua / Great skua Stercorarius skua
53 Pomarine skua / Pomarine jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
54 Arctic skua / Parasitic jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
55 White-winged black tern / White-winged tern Chlidonias leucoptera
56 Greater crested tern Sterna bergii
57 Asiatic common tern / Common tern Sterna hirundo
58 Black-naped tern Sterna sumatrana
59 Bridled tern Sterna anaethetus
60 Little tern Sterna albifrons
61 Brown noddy Anous stolidus
62 Oriental cuckoo / Himalayan cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
63 Spine-tailed swift / White-throated needletail Chaetura caudacuta (Hirundapus caudacutus)
64 Fork-tailed swift / Pacific swift Apus pacificus
65 Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
66 Western yellow wagtail Motacilla flava

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment [1981] ATS 6". www.austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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