Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report - IUCN

Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report
and Khounboline 1996), south B2 . Evergreen forest and tall
secondary growth particularly in areas with abundant
bamboo, up to at least 1040 m.
• Pitta nipalensis Blue-naped Pitta. Conservation Significance:
Globally Near-Threatened; Little Known in Lao PDR.
Documented Range and Habitat: Resident; north B9 . Evergreen
forest and secondary growth, including bamboo and
bananas, in hills up to at least 980 m. Records prior to 1997
were reviewed by Thewlis et al. (1998). Historical and recent
records (the latter from only four survey areas; Table
11) are scattered across the north of the country. It has only
once been described as common, at Ban Namkeung-Kao,
Bokeo Province (Delacour and Greenway 1940a).
• Pitta soror Blue-rumped Pitta. Conservation Significance:
Globally Near-Threatened; Potentially At Risk in Lao PDR;
endemic to Indochina, south-east Thailand and south China.
Documented Range and Habitat: Resident; north, centre,
south B14 . Evergreen forest and tall secondary growth, mostly
in lowlands, but locally up to 850 m. Status Information:
Records prior to 1997 were reviewed by Thewlis et al. (1998).
The species is widespread in south and central Lao PDR
(Table 11) and is common in at least some areas, notably Xe
Pian NBCA.
Pitta oatesi Rusty-naped Pitta. Resident; north B9 , centre B7 ,
south B2 . Evergreen forests and secondary growth, invariably
above 800 m.
Pitta cyanea Blue Pitta. Resident; north B9 , centre B10 , south B2 .
Evergreen forests and secondary growth, particularly in hills
and on plateaux.
• Pitta elliotii (= P. ellioti, ^K, ^T) Bar-bellied Pitta. Conservation
Significance: Globally Near-Threatened; Potentially
At Risk in Lao PDR; endemic to Indochina and east
Thailand. Documented Range and Habitat: Resident; north,
centre, south B2 . Evergreen and, locally, dense mixed deciduous
forest and secondary growth (including very degraded
areas basically classifiable as scrub), mostly below 500 m in
areas of gentle relief; occasionally recorded up to at least
680 m. Status Information: Records prior to 1997 were reviewed
by Thewlis et al. (1998). The species is common in
lowland south and central Lao PDR, with scattered records
in the north; records come from ten recent survey areas
(Table 11). As with other pittas, it is susceptible to capture in
snares set for ground-dwelling birds. (Plate 12)
Pitta sordida Hooded Pitta. Wet season breeding visitor;
north B9 , south B5 . Evergreen forest and secondary growth up
to at least 870 m. Records prior to 1996 were reviewed by
Duckworth et al. (1998a).
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Pitta moluccensis Blue-winged Pitta. Wet season breeding
visitor; north B1 , centre B16 , south B2 . Evergreen and deciduous
forests, secondary growth, mature scrub; often in areas with
extensive bamboo and many streams. Generally in lowlands
and foothills.
Conservation Management and Research Proposed for Pittas:
• Protection of adequate habitat areas from excessive hunting
(including snaring); see Phasianidae.
Eurylaimidae: Broadbills (5 species)
Corydon sumatranus Dusky Broadbill. Resident; north B9 ,
centre, south B2 . Evergreen forests, often along streams; up to
at least 900 m.
Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus (= C. macrorhynchos, ^K)
Black-and-red Broadbill. Resident; south B2 . Lowland
wooded areas and tall, thick scrub, especially near watercourses;
exceptionally within dense forest. All records from
below 300 m. Records prior to 1997 were reviewed by
Thewlis et al. (1998). In view of the species’s apparently
secure status (common in several areas of degraded habitat
in Champasak Province), it was dropped from the recommended
list of key species. It was first recorded for Lao PDR
in 1992 (Thewlis et al. 1996).
Eurylaimus javanicus Banded Broadbill. Resident; north,
centre, south B2 . Evergreen forests and mature secondary
growth mainly below 600 m, occasionally to 800 m.
Serilophus lunatus Silver-breasted Broadbill. Resident;
north B1 , centre, south B2 . Evergreen forest and mature secondary
growth, up to at least 1100 m.
Psarisomus dalhousiae Long-tailed Broadbill. Resident;
north B1 , centre, south B2 . Evergreen forest including encroached
areas from lowlands to at least 1700 m; mainly hills.
Irenidae: Fairy bluebirds, leafbirds (4 species)
Irena puella Asian Fairy Bluebird. Resident; north, centre,
south B2 . Forests (both evergreen and mixed deciduous) and
adjacent tall secondary growth, up to at least 1300 m.
Chloropsis cochinchinensis Blue-winged Leafbird. Resident;
north, centre, south B2 . Evergreen and mixed deciduous
forests and tall secondary growth to at least 1200 m.
Chloropsis aurifrons Golden-fronted Leafbird. Resident;
north (historically B18 ), centre, south B2 . Mostly in mixed