Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report - IUCN

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ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES Key species recorded from each major survey area are shown in Table 11. Phasianidae: Francolins, quails, partridges, pheasants etc. (13 species) Francolinus pintadeanus Chinese Francolin. Resident; north (JWD), centre B10 , south B2 . Open deciduous forest, especially dry dipterocarp forest, exceptionally open grass and scrub; lowlands up to at least 1000 m. Records from Sangthong District (north) were inadvertently omitted by Duckworth (1996a). The species is commonly sold, roasted, at roadside stalls in south and central Lao PDR, and locally in Vientiane. • Coturnix japonica Japanese Quail. Conservation Significance: Little Known in Lao PDR. Documented Range and Habitat: Winter visitor; north (historically B21 ). Rice-fields and other open areas over 1000 m. Status information: Formerly an abundant winter visitor to Xiangkhouang Province between 12 October and 30 April (David-Beaulieu 1944), but no recent records, despite a substantial amount of recent activity in north Lao PDR. Pending more specific effort in agricultural areas above 1000 m, the species is retained as Little Known in Lao PDR, although it seems likely that it has declined. • Coturnix chinensis Blue-breasted Quail. Conservation Significance: Little Known in Lao PDR. Documented Range and Habitat: Presumed resident; north B9 , centre (provisionally, Robichaud 1999; historically B22 ). Delacour and Jabouille (1940) listed the species as occurring across Lao PDR but we have traced no primary record for the south. Open areas, grass, scrub and cultivation. Status Information: Records prior to 1996 were reviewed by Duckworth et al. (1998a). Historical records come from Xiangkhouang and Savannakhet Provinces; the species was common in at least the former (David- Beaulieu 1944, 1949-1950). The only recent records are of a female at Phou Khaokhoay NBCA in October 1994 (Duckworth et al. 1998a) and a few, provisionally, in Nakai- Nam Theun NBCA in December 1998 (Robichaud 1999). However, quails occupy habitats outside the foci of recent survey effort and field identification is difficult (they are often seen only in flight and are difficult to identify to species). Blue-breasted Quail may in fact be well distributed, but since there are very few recent records even of unidentified quails in Lao PDR, it should be regarded as Little Known in Lao PDR. There is also concern for its status in the Sundaic subregion (McGowan and Gillman 1997). Arborophila rufogularis Rufous-throated Partridge. Resident; north, centre B14 , south B12 . Evergreen forests and secondary growth, generally above 900 m. Records prior to 1997 were reviewed by Thewlis et al. (1998). In view of the Birds species’s apparently secure status, it was dropped from the recommended list of key species. Arborophila brunneopectus Bar-backed Partridge. Resident; north, centre, south B14 . Evergreen forest and secondary growth, generally between 500 and at least 1650 m, occasionally as low as 180 m. Records prior to 1997 were reviewed by Thewlis et al. (1998). In view of the species’s apparently secure status, it was dropped from the recommended list of key species. Arborophila charltonii Scaly-breasted Partridge (separated as A. chloropus Scaly-breasted Partridge by ^Sm, ^T). Resident; north B1 , centre, south B2 . Lowland evergreen forests, tall secondary growth and sometimes cultivation edge; exceptionally up to 1170 m. The morphology and calls of these partridges vary somewhat across Lao PDR. Given the current debate over the taxonomy of this group (Inskipp et al. 1996), this may warrant further investigation. A. charltonii (s.s.), which occurs in northern Vietnam and so may perhaps be found in Lao PDR, is listed by Collar et al. (1994) as Globally Threatened - Vulnerable. Bambusicola fytchii Mountain Bamboo Partridge. Resident; north B8 . Open scrub, grass, bamboo and secondary growth, generally above 1000 m, but occasionally down to 630 m. Gallus gallus Red Junglefowl. Resident; north B1 , centre, south B2 . Forest, forest edge, secondary growth, scrub and cultivation; mainly lowland but up to at least 1250 m. No assessment has yet been made of the genetic purity of wildliving stocks in Lao PDR. There is considerable concern for the global status of wild Red Junglefowl (Peterson and Brisbin 1998). Lophura nycthemera Silver Pheasant. Resident; north, centre, south B14 . Hill and montane forests (mainly evergreen) and tall secondary growth, generally at 500-2020 m, occasionally as low as 200 m. Records prior to 1997 were reviewed by Thewlis et al. (1998). In view of the species’s apparently secure status, it was dropped from the recommended list of key species. Several races occur in Lao PDR: L. n. engelbachi (Bolaven Plateau, and probably north and west to Xe Bang-Nouan NBCA), L. n. beaulieui (the north, south to 17ºN) and L. n. berliozi (western slopes of the Annamites and the Nakai Plateau). Birds in the south-east, e.g. Phou Ahyon area, have dark plumage and thus could either represent a significant eastward extension of the known range of L. n. engelbachi, or the race L. n. beli, which occurs in adjacent Vietnam (Delacour 1951a, McGowan and Panchen 1994, Thewlis et al. 1998). L. n. engelbachi was considered to be globally endangered by McGowan and Garson (1995), but this assessment was made on the assumption that it was restricted to the Bolaven Plateau. (Plate 1) 79
Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report Table 11. Records of key species of birds in survey areas across Lao PDR as of 28 February 1999. (a) North Lao PDR 80 Species Phou Dendin NBCA Nam Et NBCA Phou Louey NBCA Nam Ha NBCA Nam Kan PNBCA Survey effort low mid mid mid low mid low high high low mid high Japanese Quail Blue-breasted Quail X Siamese Fireback X X ? Crested Argus X Green Peafowl † † † † X ? Swan Goose Greylag Goose Bar-headed Goose Ruddy Shelduck X Common Shelduck White-winged Duck † Comb Duck Cotton Pygmy-goose Small Buttonquail Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker White-bellied Woodpecker Streak-throated Woodpecker Red-collared Woodpecker X X X X X Bamboo Woodpecker X Great Hornbill X ? ? X X X Brown Hornbill X ? X X Rufous-necked Hornbill X X ? X Wreathed Hornbill X X X Blyth’s Kingfisher X X X X X X X Ruddy Kingfisher X X Collared Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher Blue-tailed Bee-eater X X Moustached Hawk Cuckoo Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo X X X X Alexandrine Parakeet Blossom-headed Parakeet X Nam Xam NBCA Phou Khaokhoay NBCA Sangthong District Houay Nhang NR Vientiane* Nam Kading NBCA Nam Theun Extension PNBCA
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IUCN - The World Conservation Union
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PREFACE In 1993 IUCN, in collaborat
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Crombie, USNM. Tanya Chan-ard allow
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At Risk in Lao PDR (ARL): this cate
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LARGE MAMMALS J. W. Duckworth, R. J
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1965), but no detailed fauna has ye
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no hunter could confuse a gibbon, e
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Species Phou Dendin NBCA Large Mamm
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Species Nakai - Nam Theun NBCA Naka
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Species Xe Bang-Nouan NBCA Xe Sap N
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• Specific surveys to gain cleare
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Young White-handed Gibbon, Xaignabo
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m in limestone karst. Status Inform
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Duckworth in press). Status Informa
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[• Hylobates gabriellae Yellow-ch
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Range and Habitat: North M15 , cent
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ear action and management plan and
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Common Palm Civet, Ban Lak (20) mar
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[• Lutra sumatrana Hairy-nosed Ot
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• Hemigalus owstoni (= Chrotogale
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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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1997). Forest habitats, probably at
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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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