Over his career, Mike Lubbock has pioneered many research and avicultural techniques resulting in 17 World First and 15 North American First breeding successes for many of the world's threatened waterfowl species.

WORLD FIRST BREEDING AWARDS

Falkland Island Steamerduck
Southern Versicolor Teal
Greater Bahama Pintail
Spectacled Eider
Black-headed Duck
Pink-eared Duck
White-winged Wood Duck
Maccoa Duck
White-headed Duck
Hartlaub’s Duck
Abyssinian Yellow-billed Duck
Argentine Cinnamon Teal
King Eider
Greater Brazilian Teal
African Pygmy Goose
European Black Scoter
Argentine Ruddy Duck


NORTH AMERICAN FIRST BREEDING AWARDS

New Zealand Gray Teal
Meller's Duck
Australian Gray Duck

European Eider

Australian Shoveler
Baer’s Pochard
Old World Comb Duck
New World Comb Duck
Black-headed Duck
Smew
African White-backed Duck
South Georgia Pintail
Abyssinian Yellow-billed Duck
Freckled Duck
Madgascar Teal

 White-winged Wood Duck hatchling--one of the world's most endangered birds

 

 

IWWA WATERFOWL BREEDERS HALL OF FAME

In 1994, Mike and Ali Lubbock were inducted into the International Wild Waterfowl Association’s Hall of Fame.

This prestigious honor pays tribute to persons who, through extra-ordinary achievement and dedicated service, have contributed significantly to the preservation and collective knowledge of waterfowl.

 
 

JEAN DeLACOUR CONSERVATION AWARD

This special honor was given to Mike Lubbock at the 2000 International Wild Waterfowl Association (IWWA) Convention along with this introduction:

  "His avicultural accomplishments on both sides of the Atlantic are legendary. He has brought many new species and new bloodlines in from the wild. He has accomplished many first breedings and    he has been a source of bird and      breeding advice to many."

The award was also presented to Ali Lubbock in 2005 along with this comment:

"In recognition of her long work in preserving and protecting some of the world's most endangered waterfowl."

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