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31St August 2021 Name and Address of Collection/Breeder: Do You Closed Ring Your Young Birds? Yes / No Page 1 of 3 WPA Census 2021 World Pheasant Association Conservation Breeding Advisory Group 31st August 2021 Name and address of collection/breeder: Do you closed ring your young birds? Yes / No Adults Juveniles Common name Latin name M F M F ? Breeding Pairs YOUNG 12 MTH+ Pheasants Satyr tragopan Tragopan satyra Satyr tragopan (TRS ringed) Tragopan satyra Temminck's tragopan Tragopan temminckii Temminck's tragopan (TRT ringed) Tragopan temminckii Cabot's tragopan Tragopan caboti Cabot's tragopan (TRT ringed) Tragopan caboti Koklass pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha Himalayan monal Lophophorus impeyanus Red junglefowl Gallus gallus Ceylon junglefowl Gallus lafayettei Grey junglefowl Gallus sonneratii Green junglefowl Gallus varius White-crested kalij pheasant Lophura l. hamiltoni Nepal Kalij pheasant Lophura l. leucomelana Crawfurd's kalij pheasant Lophura l. crawfurdi Lineated kalij pheasant Lophura l. lineata True silver pheasant Lophura n. nycthemera Berlioz’s silver pheasant Lophura n. berliozi Lewis’s silver pheasant Lophura n. lewisi Edwards's pheasant Lophura edwardsi edwardsi Vietnamese pheasant Lophura e. hatinhensis Swinhoe's pheasant Lophura swinhoii Salvadori's pheasant Lophura inornata Malaysian crestless fireback Lophura e. erythrophthalma Bornean crested fireback pheasant Lophura i. ignita/nobilis Malaysian crestless fireback/Vieillot's Pheasant Lophura i. rufa Siamese fireback pheasant Lophura diardi Southern Cavcasus Phasianus C. colchicus Manchurian Ring Neck Phasianus C. pallasi Northern Japanese Green Phasianus versicolor robustipes Bianchi's Pheasant Phasianus c. bianchii White eared-pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon White-eared pheasant subsp. Drouyni Crossoptilon c. drouynii Brown eared-pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum Blue eared-pheasant Crossoptilon auritum Cheer pheasant Catreus wallichii Please return to: Stewart Henderson, The Lodge, Fenton Barns, North Berwick, East Lothian, EH39 5AN or email to: [email protected] Page 2 of 3 WPA Census 2021 Adults Juveniles Common name Latin name M F M F ? Elliot's pheasant Syrmaticum ellioti Mrs. Hume's pheasant Syrmaticus humiae Mikado pheasant Syrmaticus mikado Scintillating copper pheasant Syrmaticus s. scintillans Ijima’s copper pheasant Syrmaticus s. ijimae Soemmerring’s copper pheasant Syrmaticus s. soemmerringi Reeves' pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii Chinese ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus torquatus Japanese pheasant Phasianus versicolor Golden pheasant Chrysolophus pictus Golden pheasant (5000 ringed) Chrysolophus pictus Lady Amherst's pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae Northern bronze-tailed peacock-pheasant Polyplectron c. scutulatum Mountain peacock-pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum Germain's peacock-pheasant Polyplectron germaini Grey peacock-pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum Malay peacock-pheasant Polyplectron malacense Palawan peacock-pheasant Polyplectron emphanum Bornean peacock pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri Great argus pheasant Argusianus argus Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus Green peafowl Pavo muticus Green Peafowl ~ Indo Chinese (Thailand) Pavo Muticus Imperator Congo peafowl Afropavo congensis Partridge Madagascar partridge Margaroperdix madagarensis Roulroul (=crested wood) partridge Rollulus roulroul Red-legged partridge Alectoris rufa Grey partridge Perdix perdix Rickett’s hill-partridge Arborophila gingica Chinese bamboo-partridge Bambusicola thoracica Black francolin Francolinus francolinus Erckel’s francolin Francolinus erckelii Quail Common quail Coturnix coturnix Harlequin quail Coturnix delegorguei Chinese painted quail Coturnix chinensis California quail Lophortyx californica Gambel’s quail Lophortyx gambelli Northern bobwhite quail Colinus virginianus Turkeys Common turkey Meleagris gallopavo Ocellated turkey Agriocharis ocellata Please return to: Stewart Henderson, The Lodge, Fenton Barns, North Berwick, East Lothian, EH39 5AN or email to: [email protected] Page 3 of 3 WPA Census 2021 Adults Juveniles Common name Latin name M F M F ? Cracids Piping guan Pipile pipile Blue Throated Piping guan Aburria pipile cumanensis Great curassow Crax rubra Bare-faced curassow Crax fasciolata Black curassow Crax alector Yellow-knobbed curassow Crax daubentoni Northern helmeted curassow Pauxi pauxi Southern helmeted curassow Pauxi unicornis Grouse Red grouse Lagopus l. rufus/scoticus Rock ptarmigan Lagopus mutus Black grouse Tetrao tetrix Spruce grouse Dendragapus canadensis Western capercaillie Tetrao urogallus Guineafowl Helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris Vulturine guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum Species not listed above Kenya crested guineafowl Guttera pucherani Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara North American Ruffed Grouse Junglebush Quail Perdicula asiatica Southern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani Reichenowi's Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris reichenowi Mountain Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola fytchii Philby's Partridge Alectoris philbyi See See Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus Hildebrandts Francolin Pternistis hildebrandti Double Spurred Francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus Pintailed Sand Grouse Pterocles alchata Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca Chuker Partridge Alectoris chukar Red-billed Currasow Crax blumenbachii Chestnut-bellied Partridge Arborophilia javanica Yellow Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus Pictus Mearns Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae Blue Scale Quail Callipepla squamata Spix's Guan Penelope jacquaca Jones Silver Lophura nycthemera jonesi Please return to: Stewart Henderson, The Lodge, Fenton Barns, North Berwick, East Lothian, EH39 5AN or email to: [email protected].
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