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Twenty-six species of pheasant are categorised as Lower Risk. There are no species assigned to the Conservation Dependent (cd) subcategory, so the following are classified as either Near Threatened (nt) or Least Concern (lc): Species Distribution Justification (subcategory) Blood pheasant Nepal to China global range of over 500,000km 2 , although Ithaginis cruentus populations are fragmented (lc) Satyr tragopan India, Bhutan, Nepal global range may be under 100,000km 2 and possibly Tragopan satyra declining, so status should be monitored (lc) Temminck’s tragopan China, India, Vietnam, Myanmar large global range and probably over 100,000 Tragopan temminckii individuals (nt) Koklass Afghanistan to China large global range, although some populations are Pucrasia macrolopha fragmented (lc) Himalayan monal Himalayas large global range and generally common (lc) Lophophorus impejanus Red junglefowl India to Java (Indonesia) very large global range, although hybridisation with Gallus gallus domestic fowl may be widespread so situation should be researched (lc) Grey junglefowl India large global range, although may be becoming Gallus sonneratii fragmented so situation should be monitored (nt) Sri Lankan junglefowl Sri Lanka restricted global range and although able to tolerate Gallus lafayetii some human impact, status should be monitored (lc) Green junglefowl Java, Lesser Sundas (Indonesia) widespread through range, but hybridisation with Gallus varius domestic fowl may be a problem (lc) Kalij pheasant Pakistan to Thailand large global range and occurs in a variety of Lophura leucomelanos habitats (lc) Silver pheasant China, Indochina large global range and generally common (lc) Lophura nycthemera Swinhoe’s pheasant Taiwan generally common, although restricted range Lophura swinhoii suggests that status should be monitored (nt) Crested fireback Peninsular Malaysia, fairly large range and population, and apparently Lophura ignita Sumatra, Borneo persists in degraded habitat, although declining so status should be monitored (nt) Siamese fireback pheasant Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina large global range, but population may be as low as Lophura diardi 10,000 so status should be monitored (nt) Tibetan eared-pheasant China, India locally common, but population may be as low as Crossoptilon harmani 10,000 so status should be monitored (nt) White eared-pheasant China large global range, but fragmented and may be as Crossoptilon crossoptilon few as 20,000 birds remaining so situation should be monitored (nt) Blue eared-pheasant China large global range and probably hundreds of Crossoptilon auritum thousands remaining (nt) Mikado pheasant Taiwan restricted range, but numbers seem stable, although Syrmaticus mikado possibly declining outside protected areas so status should be monitored (nt) Copper pheasant Japan fairly large range, but population has declined Syrmaticus soemmerringii sharply through over-hunting so status should be monitored (nt) Ring-necked pheasant Caucasus to Japan very large native global range and widely Phasianus colchicus introduced (lc) Golden pheasant China large global range and hundreds of thousands Chrysolophus pictus remaining (nt) Lady Amherst’s pheasant China, Myanmar fairly large global range, although estimated to be Chrysolophus amherstiae only tens of thousands remaining (nt) Bronze-tailed peacock-pheasant Sumatra fairly small global range, but found in montane habitats Polyplectron chalcurum largely safe from logging so far (lc) Grey peacock-pheasant India to China and Indochina large global range and tolerant of some human Polyplectron bicalcaratum impact (lc) Great argus Thailand to Sumatra, Borneo large global range and probably over 100,000 birds Argusianus argus remaining (nt) Indian peafowl Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, very large global range and generally common (lc) Pavo cristatus Pakistan, Sri Lanka 22
Box 2.5 Criteria for Lower Risk (LR) A taxon is Lower Risk when it has been evaluated, but does not satisfy the criteria for any of the categories Critically Endangered, Endangered, or Vulnerable. Taxa included in the Lower Risk category can be separated into three subcategories: 1. Conservation Dependent (cd). Taxa which are the focus of a continuing taxon-specific or habitat-specific conservation programme targeted towards the taxon in question, the cessation of which would result in the taxon qualifying for one of the threatened categories above within a period of five years. 2. Near Threatened (nt). Taxa which do not qualify for Conservation Dependent, but which are close to qualifying for Vulnerable. 3. Least Concern (lc). Taxa which do not qualify for Conservation Dependent or Near Threatened. 2.5 Data Deficient species One pheasant species meets criteria sufficient for classification as Data Deficient, owing to increasing uncertainty over its taxonomic status. Imperial pheasant (Lophura imperialis) Distribution: central Vietnam Threat status/criteria: Data Deficient Priority conservation action: urgent investigation of taxonomic status Box 2.6 Criteria for Data Deficient (DD) A taxon is Data Deficient when there is inadequate information to make a direct or indirect assessment of its risk of extinction based on its distribution and/or population status. A taxon in this category may be well studied and its biology well known, but appropriate data on abundance and/or distribution are lacking. Data Deficient is, therefore, not a category of threat or Lower Risk. Listing of taxa in this category indicates that more information is required and acknowledges the possibility that future research will show that threatened classification is appropriate. It is important to make positive use of whatever data are available. In many cases, great care should be exercised in choosing between DD and threatened status. If the range of a taxon is suspected to be relatively circumscribed, or if a considerable period of time has elapsed since the last record of the taxon, threatened status may well be justified. There is uncertainty over the taxonomic status of the Imperial pheasant. It is under extreme pressure from habitat loss, and is now known only from one site in Vietnam. © Lynx Edicions 23
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