Harteman Wildfowl Aviaries
Spread the bird!
Welcome to Harteman Wildfowl Aviaries, a private facility in the Netherlands with a focus on the aviculture and conservation of waterfowl. Harteman Wildfowl contributes to the global knowledge and conservation of the world's Anseriformes by sharing hands-on experience and participating in international ex-situ breeding programmes.
Highlights
Aviornis features White-winged duck
2025-10-15 22:11
Two stories of the white-winged duck published in Aviornis magazine
October 15th, 2025 | 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐤.
The first article summarises its natural history and conservation status, history in aviculture, and the current status in public and private collections.
The second article is about my personal experience with this ama...
Waterfowl downlisted on Red List
2025-10-10 16:38
Four species of waterfowl downlisted on IUCN Red List
October 10th 2025 | BirdLife International published the 2025 Red List Update*. It reveals a record number of species in decline, but shows how habitat restoration can help even the most threatened species to recover.
The 2025 Red List update includes reassessments of 1,360 bird species and completes the eighth comprehensive assessment of all 11,185 bird species. Overall, 61% of bird s...
Children visit our birds
2025-09-11 13:45
School visit in our garden
September 11th 2025 | Today we received over 30 primary school children, to visit our aviaries and birds. It was much fun to tour them around and answer their genuine questions.
Our aviaries house over twenty species of birds, including species that are threatened with excinction. We participate in several breeding programmes such as EAZA's Endangered Species Programme for white-winged duck, Baer's pochard and M...
Best practise guidelines
2025-08-05 19:52
EAZA's WWD Best Practice Guidelines
Amsterdam, August 5th 2025 | 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗔𝗭𝗔 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲-𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲!
The white-winged duck (WWD), Asarcornis scutulata, is one of the most threatened duck species in the world. Its population has largely disappeared in the last century and the species is likely to be reclassified as "Critically Endangered" category in the light of the latest field surveys.
The EAZA...
