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A review of the status of the Green Peafowl Pavo muticus and recommendations for future action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

P. J. K. McGowan ,
J. W. Duckworth ,
Wen Xianji ,
B. Van Balen ,
Yang Xiaojun ,
Mohd ,
Khan Momin Khan ,
Siti Hawa Yatim ,
Lalram Thanga  and
Iwan Setiawan
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P. J. K. McGowan
Affiliation:
Ecoscope Applied Ecologists, 9, Bennell Court, Comberton, Cambridge, CB3 7DS, U.K.
J. W. Duckworth
Affiliation:
BirdLife International Vietnam Programme, 293B Tay Son, Dong Da, Hanoi, Vietnam, (current postal address: c/o East Redham Farm, Pilning, Bristol, BS35 4JG, U.K.)
Wen Xianji
Affiliation:
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
B. Van Balen
Affiliation:
BirdLife International - Indonesia Programme, Jln. Jend. A. Yani 11, PO Box 310/B00, Bogor 16003, Indonesia, (current address: Tropical Nature Conservation & Vertebrate Ecology, Department Environmental Sciences, Wageningen Agricultural University, Bornsesteeg 69, 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Yang Xiaojun
Affiliation:
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
Mohd
Affiliation:
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
Khan Momin Khan
Affiliation:
No. 10, Jalan Bomoh, off Jalan Keramat Huyong, 56100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Siti Hawa Yatim
Affiliation:
Department of Wildlife and National Parks of Peninsular (PERHILITAN), Km. 10 Jalan Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 50664, Malaysia
Lalram Thanga
Affiliation:
DCF (Headquarters), Department of Environment and Forests, Government of Mizoram, Tuikhuahtlang, Aizawl, Mizoram 796991, India
Iwan Setiawan
Affiliation:
BirdLife International - Indonesia Programme, Jin. Jend. A Yani 11, PO Box 310/B00, Bogor 16003, Indonesia.
Rahul Kaul
Affiliation:
World Pheasant Association - South Asia Regional Office, WWF-India Secretariat, 172-B Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110 023, India
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The Green Peafowl has undergone a substantial decline throughout East Asia since the turn of the century and is now reported only from a few widely scattered localities in several countries. Its plight was highlighted in the IUCN Pheasant Action Plan where it was one of the highest priorities for conservation action. Recent surveys have clarified its status and distribution in at least part of several range countries and there is patchy information from elsewhere in its range. The current knowledge of the species was reviewed at a workshop in Malaysia in autumn 1997 at which representatives from most key countries were present. The species is extinct in Peninsular Malaysia, and almost lost from Bangladesh and north-east India. There is one large population remaining in Thailand and the species is thought to be in danger of extinction in Laos. China and Indonesia hold mostly small and scattered populations although the latter does contain two large protected populations. The status in Myanmar and Cambodia is unknown, although the presence of large tracts of apparently suitable habitat in eastern Cambodia suggest that this area may hold the largest populations of the species. Conservation recommendations fall into four categories: a strategic review, assessing status and understanding ecological requirements, investigating the human-Green Peafowl relationship and considering the possibility of reintroducing the species where appropriate.

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Bird Conservation International , Volume 8 , Issue 4: Special Issue: International Galliformes Symposium , December 1998 , pp. 331 - 348
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Copyright © Birdlife International 1998

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