Megapodes: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan ... - IUCN

Contents
Foreword .......................................................................v
Acknowledgements .......................................................vi
Executive Summary .....................................................vii
Chapter 1. The Conservation of Megapodes ...................1
1.1 Introduction ...........................................................1
1.2 Information on megapodes ....................................1
Species included in the Action Plan ........................1
Distribution and general biology ............................ 1
1.3 Relationship with humans ...................................... 2
1.4 Other sources of information on megapodes ..........2
1.5 Background to the second edition .......................... 2
Who are we? – the Megapode Specialist Group ..... 2
Updating the Megapode Action Plan .....................3
1.6 Threats to the survival of megapodes .....................3
Habitat loss and degradation .................................3
Egg collecting .........................................................5
Introduced predators ..............................................5
Other threats...........................................................5
Threatened subspecies and populations ................. 5
Summary of the threat status of megapodes...........5
1.7 Actions for the conservation of megapodes............6
Gathering basic information ..................................6
Making conservation recommendations................. 6
Types of conservation recommendation ................. 7
Implementing conservation recommendations .......9
Monitoring effects of conservation action ............ 10
Summary of conservation action .......................... 10
Chapter 2. Summary of Megapode Conservation Status .. 11
2.1 Critically Endangered species ............................... 11
2.2 Endangered species ............................................... 12
2.3 Vulnerable species ................................................ 13
2.4 Lower Risk species ............................................... 15
Chapter 3. Species Accounts ........................................ 17
3.1 Critically Endangered species ............................... 17
Polynesian megapode (Megapodius pritchardii).... 17
3.2 Endangered species ............................................... 18
Micronesian megapode (Megapodius laperouse)... 18
3.3 Vulnerable species ................................................ 18
Bruijn’s brush-turkey (Aepypodius bruijnii) .......... 18
Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) ................................. 19
Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) .............................. 20
Moluccan megapode (Eulipoa wallacei)................ 20
Nicobar megapode (Megapodius nicobariensis) .... 21
Biak megapode (Megapodius geelvinkianus) ......... 22
Vanuatu megapode (Megapodius layardi) ............ 22
Chapter 4. Five-year Plan of Action ............................. 24
4.1 Critically Endangered species ............................... 24
Polynesian megapode (Megapodius pritchardii).... 24
4.2 Endangered species ............................................... 26
Micronesian megapode (Megapodius laperouse)... 26
4.3 Vulnerable species ................................................ 26
Bruijn’s brush-turkey (Aepypodius bruijnii) .......... 26
Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) ................................. 26
Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) .............................. 27
Moluccan megapode (Eulipoa wallacei)................ 28
Nicobar megapode (Megapodius nicobariensis) .... 29
Biak megapode (Megapodius geelvinkianus) ......... 30
Vanuatu megapode (Megapodius layardi) ............ 31
References ................................................................... 32
Appendix. List of Contacts .......................................... 36
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