Table A1.

List of waterbird species and their categorical traits.

Code	Name	Species	Families	Residence	Breeding	Diet	Nest Site
1	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	PA	R	B	PIS	Float
2	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	PA	S	B	PIS	Float
3	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	PA	S	B	PIS	Cliff
4	Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	CG	R	B	PIS	Tree
5	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	CG	S	B	PIS	Grass
6	Great White Egret	Ardea alba	CG	S	B	PIS	Grass
7	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	CG	S	B	PIS	Grass
8	Black-crowned Night heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	CG	S	B	PIS	Tree
9	Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia	CG	S	B	PIS	Grass
10	Oriental Stork	Ciconia boyciana	CG	S	B	PIS	Grass
11	Common Crane	Grus grus	CG	W	NB	OMN	Grass
12	Siberian Crane	Leucogeranus	CG	P	NB	HER	Grass
13	Red-crowned Crane	Grus japonensis	CG	R	B	OMN	Grass
14	Eurasian/common Coot	Fulica atra	CG	S	B	OMN	Grass
15	Whooper Swan	Cygnus cygnus	PA	S	B	HER	Grass
16	Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons	PA	P	NB	HER	Shrub
17	Swan Goose	Anser cygnoid	PA	W	NB	HER	Grass
18	Bean Goose	Anser fabalis	PA	P	NB	HER	Shrub
19	Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	PA	S	B	OMN	Tree
20	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	PA	R	B	OMN	Grass
21	Chinese Spot-billed Duck	Anas zonorhyncha	PA	W	NB	OMN	Grass
22	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	PA	P	NB	OMN	Grass
23	Gadwall	Mareca strepera	PA	S	B	HER	Shrub
24	Ruddy Shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea	PA	S	B	HER	Tree
25	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	PA	S	B	HER	Shrub
26	Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	PA	P	NB	PIS	Tree
27	Falcated Duck	Mareca falcata	PA	S	B	HER	Shrub
28	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	PA	S	B	HER	Grass
29	Common Teal	Anas crecca	PA	S	B	HER	Grass
30	Baikal Teal	Anas formosa	PA	P	NB	HER	Shrub
31	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	PA	P	NB	OMN	Shrub
32	Common Pochard	Aythya ferina	PA	P	NB	OMN	Float
33	Goosander	Mergus merganser	PA	S	B	PIS	Tree
34	Smew	Mergellus albellus	PA	W	NB	PIS	Tree
35	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	PA	P	NB	HER	Grass
36	Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	Cha	S	B	OMN	Tree
37	Pacific Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva	Cha	P	NB	INS	Bare
38	Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Bare
39	Lesser Sand Plover	Charadrius mongolus	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Bare
40	Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	Cha	S	B	BEN	Bare
41	Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	Cha	S	B	BEN	Bare
42	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Cha	S	B	BEN	Grass
43	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	Cha	S	B	BEN	Bare
44	Far Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis	Cha	P	NB	CAR	Bare
45	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Grass
46	Little Curlew	Numenius minutus	Cha	P	NB	OMN	Bare
47	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Shrub
48	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	Cha	P	NB	OMN	Shrub
49	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Grass
50	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Grass
51	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Cha	P	NB	OMN	Bare
52	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Bare
53	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Bare
54	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Cha	S	B	BEN	Shrub
55	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	Cha	S	B	BEN	Grass
56	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Bare
57	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Bare
58	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Grass
59	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Grass
60	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	Cha	P	NB	BEN	Grass
61	Arctic/American Herring Gull	Larus smithsonianus	Lar	P	NB	CAR	Cliff
62	Slaty-backed Gull	Larus schistisagus	Lar	W	NB	CAR	Cliff
63	Black-tailed Gull	Larus crassirostris	Lar	S	B	CAR	Cliff
64	Pallas’s Gull	Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus	Lar	P	NB	CAR	Cliff
65	Mew Gull	Larus canus	Lar	W	NB	PIS	Grass
66	Relict Gull	Larus relictus	Lar	P	NB	PIS	Bare
67	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	Lar	S	B	CAR	Bare
68	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Lar	S	B	PIS	Float
69	Black-headed Gull	Larus ridibundus	Lar	S	B	CAR	Grass
70	Saunders’s Gull	Larus saundersi	Lar	S	B	INS	Bare
71	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	Lar	S	B	PIS	Float
72	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	Lar	S	B	PIS	Bare
73	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	Lar	S	B	PIS	Bare
74	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	Lar	S	B	CAR	Grass

Families: PA = Podicipediformes, Anseriformes, and Pelecaniformes; CG = Ciconiiformes and Gruiformes; Cha = Charadriiformes; Lar = Lariformes. Residence: S = Spring visitor; W = winter visitor; P = passage; R = residence. Breeding: B = breeding, NB = no breeding. Diet: HER = herbivores, INS = insectivores, CAR = carnivores, PIS = piscivores, BEN = benthivores, OMN = omnivores. Nest sites: Bare = bare ground, Cliff = cliff, Float = float on the water surface, GS = grass and shrub, Tree = tree.