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marginal to its range, even those retaining tall forest at 1500 m or more (e.g. Phou Louey, Nam Ha and Phou Dendin NBCAs). It may have specific habitat requirements. It is thus retained as Little Known in Lao PDR. Conservation Management and Research Proposed for Treecreepers: • Conservation of adequate habitat areas. • Clearer understanding of the species’s habitat needs. Paridae: Penduline tits, true tits (6 species) Cephalopyrus flammiceps Fire-capped Tit. Winter visitor; north (historically B20 ). Habitat use unclear. The record in Robichaud and Sounthala (1995) was withdrawn by the observer. There remain only two Lao records: several birds at Lo-Tiao (Bokeo Province) on 9 January 1939 (Delacour and Greenway 1940a) and four on a Mekong sand-bar upstream of Chiang Saen (Thailand) on 25 December 1983 (PDR). Parus major Great Tit. Resident; north (RJTim), centre (historically B22 ), south B2 . Dry dipterocarp forest and open secondary growth with pines; chiefly lowlands and plateaux and unrecorded from many apparently suitable regions. Parus monticolus Green-backed Tit. Resident; centre B17 . Semi-evergreen and mixed deciduous forest on limestone at 220-500 m. First recorded for Lao PDR in 1996 in Hin Namno NBCA, where its presence was reconfirmed in 1998 (Walston in prep.). Although known only from one site, there is no reason to think the species at risk in Lao PDR, even potentially. Its habitat is barely accessible and the species is too small for market-led hunting. Plumage differences between the birds in Lao PDR and other populations of this rather variable species may warrant taxonomic investigation. Parus spilonotus Yellow-cheeked Tit. Resident; north B7 , centre B10 , south B2 . Evergreen forest and tall secondary growth over 800 m. Sylviparus modestus Yellow-browed Tit. Resident; north B8 , south B14 . Evergreen forest above 1500 m. Records prior to 1997 were reviewed by Thewlis et al. (1998). In view of the low likelihood that the species is under any specific threat, it was dropped from the recommended list of key species. Melanochlora sultanea Sultan Tit. Resident; north, centre B10 , south B7 . Evergreen and mixed deciduous forests and mature secondary growth at 200-1500 m. Aegithalidae: Long-tailed tits (1 species) Aegithalos concinnus Black-throated Tit. Resident; north, centre, south B14 . Evergreen forest and secondary growth over Birds 800 m, down to 490 m in winter. Records prior to 1997 were reviewed by Thewlis et al. (1998). In view of the species’s apparently secure status and the low likelihood that it is under elevated threat, it was dropped from the recommended list of key species. Hirundinidae: Swallows, martins (10 species) Riparia riparia Sand Martin. Winter visitor; north (PD), centre (potentially B9 ; historically B22 ), south (potentially B15 ). Marshes, wide rivers. The difficulties of distinguishing this species from R. diluta Pale Martin (see Table 9) mean that most of the recent records are identified only to the speciespair. Sightings could involve either species. Records prior to 1997 were reviewed by Evans et al. (in prep. a). Historical records (as R. r. ijimae) come from Xiangkhouang and Savannakhet Provinces (David-Beaulieu 1944, 1949-1950). • Riparia paludicola Plain Martin. Conservation Significance: At Risk in Lao PDR. Documented Range and Habitat: Resident; north B14 , centre (historically B22 ), south B14 . Wide rivers, especially near sand banks, marshes. Status Information: Records prior to 1997 were reviewed by Thewlis et al. (1998). Historically the species was widespread and common (e.g. Engelbach 1932, Delacour and Greenway 1940a, David-Beaulieu 1944). Recently it has only been found commonly at one site, Sangthong District (1996: Duckworth 1996a, 1997: PD), with a few at scattered northern localities. There are two outlying records in the south: at Xe Pian NBCA in December 1992 (Thewlis et al. 1998), and over the Mekong near Champasak ferry in September 1997 (RJTiz). Two small breeding colonies, several kilometers apart, were found on the Mekong between Louangphabang and Pakou in December 1998 (L. Watson and C. Poole verbally 1998). Hirundo concolor Dusky Crag Martin. Resident; north B9 , centre (WGR), south B5 . Rugged country with exposed cliffs in both limestone and non-calcareous regions over at least 200-1700 m. Records prior to 1996 were reviewed by Duckworth et al. (1998a). Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow. Resident and winter visitor; north, centre, south B2 . Only known to breed south to Louangphabang (RJTiz) but small numbers over summer even in south Lao PDR (PDR). Breeding birds live around open areas (often near water and/or livestock), towns, villages; non-breeders occur over any habitat. • Hirundo smithii Wire-tailed Swallow. Conservation Significance: Potentially At Risk in Lao PDR. Documented Range and Habitat: Resident; north B1 , centre B16 , south B2 . Wide rivers with rocky outcrops or man-made structures, dispersing to a small extent over adjacent cultivation to feed. 139
Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report Plate 12: Male niltava, probably (on the basis of measurements) Fujian Niltava, Nakai-Nam Theun NBCA, December 1998. The possibility that the bird may have been the very similar Rufous-bellied Niltava is difficult to rule out. W. G. Robichaud / WCS and IUCN. Dead passerines for sale, Xam-Nua market, January 1998. P. Davidson / WCS. 140 Male Bar-bellied Pitta, Dong Ampham NBCA, January 1997. A Globally Near-Threatened species with a world range almost restricted to lowland evergreen forest east of the Mekong. P. Davidson / WCS. Red-tailed Laughingthrush, Nakai-Nam Theun NBCA, spring 1997. A widespread species of middle and higher altitude evergreen forest in Lao PDR. J. A. Tobias / WCS and IUCN.
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PREFACE In 1993 IUCN, in collaborat
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Table 14. Asian Golden Cat locality
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Sun Bear, Xe Pian NBCA, early 1997.
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China and Vietnam (Martin 1992, Sri
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1986, Dobias 1992a, Salter 1989b),
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Table 15. Summary of observations o
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ace of S. scrofa in Lao PDR, S. s.
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Eld’s Deer footprint, Dong Khanth
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areas during the rainy season (Deuv
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• Consideration of appropriate me
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wide-ranging field experience in In
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the headwaters of the Xe Bangfai an
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The three squirrels most commonly t
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Lao range to merit designation as a
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Conservation Management and Researc
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ORDER INSECTIVORA M. F. Robinson IN
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of north-east Laos. In Malaysia it
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ORDER CHIROPTERA: BATS C. M. Franci
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Rhinolophus acuminatus, Dong Khanth
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1992). In Lao PDR has been found ro
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• Hipposideros armiger Great Roun
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[Pipistrellus coromandra Indian Pip
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east Thailand, that had apparently
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ORDER RODENTIA, FAMILY MURIDAE C. M
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REFERENCES Written Allen, G. M. 192
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Laos. Bull. Soc. Roy. Sci. Nat. du
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ats in Phou Khao Khoay NBCA. Vienti
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mittee (draft report). MacKinnon, J
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Robinson, H. C. 1915. On the birds
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Thewlis, R. M., Duckworth, J. W., A
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ANNEX 1 Selected bird and mammal sp
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ANNEX 2 CITES-listed wildlife speci
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ANNEX 3 Amphibian, reptile, bird an
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Species Key species: status Current
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ANNEX 4 Birds and large mammals ass
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Species Association with wetlands R
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Annexes with respect to the strengt
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Reports of rhinoceroses during vill
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Species Global Lao threat status ri
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