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China's most endangered galliform

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Ben King  and
Li Guiyuan
Ben King
Affiliation:
c/o Ornithology Department, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA
Li Guiyuan
Affiliation:
Sichuan Agricultural College, Yaan, Sichuan, China
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Abstract

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The few remaining forests where the Sichuan hill-partridge lives are all being logged. This species, with its very restricted range, is one of China's most endangered birds and yet it has no protection at all. The authors say a reserve should be set aside for the partridge before it is too late; such action could save not only this species but others of restricted ranges, which also live in the same broad-leaved forests.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , October 1988 , pp. 216 - 217
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1988

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