DOCSLIB.ORG

Gamebird Conservation

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Gamebird Conservation Threatened Ducks and Geese West Indian Whistling Duck Hawaiian Goose Gamebird Conservation Freckled Duck by Jack Clinton-Eitniear Crested Shelduck San Antonio, Texas Baykal Teal New Zealand Brown Teal Laysan Duck Pink-headed Duck Madagascar Pochard During the first half of the nine­ from the list at the end of this article, Scaly-sided Merganser teenth century, had you ventured into they have a rather formidable chal­ Lesser White-fronted Goose a meat market in ew York or Balti­ lenge ahead of them. Red-breasted Goose more, you might well have encoun­ While it is encouraging to note that Ruddy-headed Goose tered a rather "fishy" tasting duck a number of species facing troubles in White-winged Duck offered for sale. That duck, often said the wild are well represented in cap­ Madagascar Teal to have rotted as few desired to eat tivity it is equally saddening that Hawaiian Duck them, was that of a Labrador Duck most are not. Having had the pleasure Marbled Teal (Camptorhynchus labradorius)~ a of working with tragopans, as well as Baer's Pochard now extinct species. While dis­ brown-, blue- and white-eared pheas­ Brazilian Merganser covered inhabiting the northeast sea­ ants in the late sixties, I know well of White-headed Duck board in 1789, the duck, for reasons their awe-inspiring beauty. Anyone unknown, had disappeared by 1878. who is tempted to associate bright Threatened Pheasants, While at least four species of water­ colors of enchanting combinations Francolins, Quail & Peafowl fowl have passed into extinction, I with only small birds needs to visit a Bearded Wood-partridge know of only one Gallinaceous bird, pheasant collection. We can only Gorgeted Wood-quail the Himalayan Mountain Quail hope that the next ICBP list contains Mount Cameroon Francolin (Ophrysia superciliosa) that can be no more, perhaps fewer, species of ahan's Francolin added to that Ii t. Thi is not to say gamebirds. In order to help and/or Manipur Bush Quail that man additional pecie are not learn more about pheasant conserva­ Rickett's Hill-partridge heading in thi direction. Habitat tion, write to: Chestnut-headed Partridge modification and hunting seem to be World Pheasant Association, Chestnut-necklaced Partridge reducing gamebird numbers 'every­ P.O. Box 5, Child Beale Wildlife Trust, Western Tragopan where at a rapid rate. While efforts by Lower Basildon, Readings RG8 9PF, Cabot's Tragopan the International Council for Bird England. Chinese Monal Preservation (ICBP) and the World Vo Quy's Pheasant Threatened Gamebirds taken from "Birds to Swinhoe's Pheasant Pheasant Association have made Watch", ICBP Technical Publication No.8, some substantial progress in aiding mithsonian Institution Press, Collar and Crested Fireback some of these species, as you can see Andrews, editors, 1988. Bulwer's Pheasant Brown-eared Pheasant ..c <0 Hume's Pheasant 5 Reeve's Pheasant Malaysian Peacock-pheasant Crested Argus Congo Peacock Chestnut Wood-quail c ~ Djibouti Francolin <! « Swierstra's Francolin Q.) Swamp Partridge oOJ Q.) Sichuan Hill-partridge (!) Orange-necked Partridge .6 o White-eared Hill-partridge (5 ..c 0.. Himalayan Quail Blyth's Tragopan Sclater's Monal Imperial Pheasant Edwards' Pheasant Salvadori's Pheasant Siamese Fireback White-eared Pheasant Cheer Pheasant Mikado Pheasant Germain's Peacock-pheasant Palawan Peacock-pheasant The stately Edward's is listed among the threatenedpheasants. Green Peafowl • 4 June / July 1990 ..~~UICIi+ AMERICAN FEDERATION OF AVICULTURE " .,J Dedicated to conservation of bird wildlife through encouragement of i rh~ : captive breeding programs, scientific research, and education of the general public. ~ ~'f\.! II?:> C ... ~ 1989-1990 OFFICERS "'0... ~ :(.~" PHYLLIS MARTIN, President (813) 837-4555 0" A" DAVIS KOFFRON, 1st Vice President (602) 268-9237 CHUCK SAFFELL, 2nd Vice President (813) 722-0997 VICKI FLETCHER, Chief Financial Officer (206) 841-2705 SALLIE KLINK, Corresponding SecretaI}' (813) 831-0261 LAURELLA DESBOROUGH, Executive Secretal}'(415) 372-6174 LEGAL COUNSEL VICE PRESIDENT LEGISLATIVE VICE PRESIDENT Dan McCormic, clo P.O. Box 56218, Phoenix, AZ 85079-6218 Ruth Hanessian (301) 424-7387 MEMBER NATIONAL &INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Cockatiel Society, Inc.• American Budgerigar Society, Inc.• International Dove Society • National Finch &Softbill Society • National Parrot Association National Cockatiel Society • International Softbill Society • International Loriidae Society • Avicultural Society of America Society of Parrot Breeders and Exhibitors • African Love Bird Society • Amazona Society MEMBER CLUBS Northeastern Region NEW JERSEY GEORGIA OHIO LOUISIANA Slale coordinalor: Slale coonllnator: SIale coonlinalor: Slale coonlinalor: Paul Gildersleeve, regional Y. p. Vicki Clark (609) 395-7208 Mimi Shephenl, DVM John Walhen (614) 421-4126 - (516) 922-1169 Soulh Jersey Bird Club (404) 377-6319 AviculturaJ Society of Gulf South Bird Club,lnc. CONNECTICUT The Real Macaw KENTUCKY Greater Cincinnati Southwest Louisiana Bird Club Cleveland Cage Bird Society Slale coonlinator: PENNSnVANIA Slale coonlinator: Guslave Seehorsl (203) 745-3697 Golden Crescent Cage Bird Club MISSOURI Slale coonlinalor: Thomas B. Angel, Jr., DVM -- Slale coonlinalor: Connecticut Association for Mid-American Exotic Bird Kristine Kroner (215) 628-4143 (606) 371-4929 Paddy Lambert (314) 962-8186 Aviculture,lnc. Society, Inc. Anthracite Bird Club Kentuckiana Cage Bird Club Gateway Parrot Club New England Finch Fanciers Northwest Ohio Exotic Bird Club Central Pennsylvania Cage Bird Club Greater Kansas City Avicultural Chester County Bird Breeders MISSISSIPPI MAINE Slale coonlinalor: WISCONSIN Society Delaware Valley Bird Club Slale coonlinator: Jerry Pace (601) 781-2364 Slale coonlinalor: Missouri Cage Bird Association Archie Falrbrolher (207) 394-2252 Erie Cage Bird Club David Bluma (414) 554-8432 Greater Pittsburgh Cage Bird Society NORTH CAROLINA Milwaukee Bird Society, Ltd. OKLAHOMA MASSACHUSmS Philadelphia Avicultural Society Slale coonlinator: Slale coonlinalor: Slale coonlinator: Wisconsin Cage Bird ClUb, Inc. Bob Beech (919) 855-8292 Tom SnOWden, M.D., (405) 478-3197 Dennise Cabral (508) 586-3293 VIRGINIA Charlotte Metrolina Cage Bird Bird Fanciers of Oklahoma Berkshire Cage Bird Friends Slale coonlinalor: Society Oklahoma Cage Bird Society Unlimited Dawn Kopf (703) 368-1660 North Central Region Raleigh-Durham Caged Bird Society Boston Cockatiel Society, Inc. National Capilal Bird Club TEXAS (NORTH) Smoky Mountain Cage Bird Society James McCabe, regional vice pres. Slale coonlinalor: Boston Society for Aviculture,lnc. Parrot Breeders Association (612) 753-5241 Exotic Cage Bird Society of Peninsula Caged Bird Society PUERTO RICO Tom Squyres (817) 244-4126 New England Tri-Slate Bird Club & Foundation Coonlinator: IOWA Dallas Cage Bird Society Slale coordinator: Fort Worth Bird Club Massachusetts Cage Bird WEST VIRGINIA Assoclallon,lnc. - Randy Karg (712) 542-4190 Plano Exotic Birds Slale coordinalor: SOUTH CAROLINA Mid-America Cage Bird Society NEW HAMPSHIRE Palty Knoblauch (304) 725-5601 Slale coonlinalor: TEXAS (SOUTH) Slate coonlinator: Ted Slephens (803) 279-3374 MINNESOTA Slale coordinalor: Martin LeTourneau (603) 679-1716 Slale coordinalor: Daniel Gonzalez (512) 399-6464 Birds of aFeather Avlcultural Society TENNESSEE David Robison (612) 423-6263 Parrot People Southeastern Region Slale coonlinalor: New Hampshire AvlculluraJ Society Minnesota Companion Bird Richard Porler, MD (901) 386-1625 Northeastem Avicultural Society Willonl Pace, regional vice pres. Association Northwestern Region (601) 781-2364 Greater Memphis Bird Club NEW YORK Middle Tennessee Cage Bird Club NEBRASKA Ron Sweere, regional viCe pres. Slale coordlnalor: ALABAMA Tennessee Valley Caged Bird Club Slale coordinalor: (503) 324-2473 Slale coonlinalor: Barbara Heck (518) 766-2778 Falher John Glaves (402) 729-2058 ALASKA Broome County Bird Club Charles Reaves (205) 892-0015 VIRGIN ISLANDS GreaterOmaha Cage Bird Society Slale coonlinalor: Slale coordinalor: Finger Lakes Cage Bird Association Alabama BUdgerigar and Cockatiel Bird Club of Greater Birmingham NORTH DAKOTA Jim Bauman (907) 34-0623 -- Greater Rochester Hookbill - Slale coordinalor: Association Central Alabama Avicullure Society IDAHO FLORIDA (NORTH) - Slate coordinator: RHODE ISLAND Mid-Eastern Region SOUTH DAKOTA Arnold Davis (208) 775-3609 Slale coonll nalor: Slale coonlinalor: cal Kimura (407) 892-7661 Michaeleen Rogers, regional v. p. Slale coordlnalor: MONTANA - Central Florida Bird Breeders (419) 639-3673 Royce King (605) 393-1720 Black Hills Cage Bird Club Slale coordinator: VERMONT Association Fred Frey (406) 549-0530 Slale coordlnalor: Exollc Bird Club of Florida ILLINOIS Peler Lowry (802) 754-6494 Galnsville Bird Fanciers Slale coonllnalor: OREGON Gulf Coast Bird Club Bonnie Doane (312) 223·2117 South Central Region Slale coordinalor: Greater Chicago Cage Bird Club Imperial Bi rd Club Jack Clinlon-Eilniear, regional v.p. - Mid-Atlantic Region Panhandle Avicullure Society IIIlnl Bird Fanciers Cascade Canary Breeders Assoc. Northern Illinois Parrot Society (512) 828-5306 Southwest Florida Bird Club Emerald Exotic Bird Ciub Dallas Johnson, regional Vice pres. Sunshine Slate Cage Bird Springfield Pet Bird Club ARKANSAS Northwest Bird Club (301) 540-6198 Society,lnc. INDIANA Slale coordinalor: Rose City Exotic Bird Club DELAWARE West Florida Avian Society, Inc. Slale coonllnalor: - WASHINGTON Slale coordlnalor: FLORIDA (SOUTH) Nicole Vander Heyden, DVM KANSAS Slale coordinator: Nancy Selz
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Keeping Pheasants
    KKKEEEEEEPPPIIINNNGGG PPPHHHEEEAAASSSAAANNNTTTSSS AAASSS AAA HHHOOOBBBBBBYYY Text and photos: Jan Willem Schrijvers Photo above: Siamese Fireback pheasant male(Lophura diardi). ORIGIN AND LIFESTYLE OF THE WILD PHEASANT Pheasants are wild gallinaceous birds all originating in Asia. One exception is the Congo peacock from Africa. (The pheasants also include game fowl and peacocks.) Each species has its own characteristics and life habits. There are species that live in tropical rain forests, but there are species that live in the mountains, on cold plains. This is something to take in account when housing our pheasants (with or without a night coop, with or without heating). Most species live in and around the mountains with a woodland vegetation, where they can find lots of berries, greens and seeds. It is of utmost importance to first consider the habits and living conditions of the species you want to keep. Only with proper housing will these beautiful birds show to their fullest, and reproduce. PHEASANTS IN AVIARIES In the past there were some "pheasant farms" which mainly bred the common pheasant (also known as ring-neck pheasant). The birds on these farms were bred for sport hunting. They were released en masse in the autumn in the fields and other areas to be shot for the sport. Some escaped from the hunters and that is why today we can see wild pheasants roam our fields and woods. These pheasants have also succeeded in reproducing themselves, even though they are not native birds. The birds are also kept for their colourful feathers. Each year I see Prince Carnival walk again with the beautiful feathers of the Reeves's Pheasant at his cocked hat.
    [Show full text]
  • Sino-Himalayan Mountain Forests (PDF, 760
    Sino-Himalayan mountain forests F04 F04 Threatened species HIS region is made up of the mid- and high-elevation forests, Tscrub and grasslands that cloak the southern slopes of the CR EN VU Total Himalayas and the mountains of south-west China and northern 1 1 1 26 28 Indochina. A total of 28 threatened species are confined (as breeding birds) to the Sino-Himalayan mountain forests, including six which ———— are relatively widespread in distribution, and 22 which inhabit one of the region’s six Endemic Bird Areas: Western Himalayas, Eastern Total 1 1 26 28 Himalayas, Shanxi mountains, Central Sichuan mountains, West Key: = breeds only in this forest region. Sichuan mountains and Yunnan mountains. All 28 taxa are 1 Three species which nest only in this forest considered Vulnerable, apart from the Endangered White-browed region migrate to other regions outside the breeding season, Wood Snipe, Rufous- Nuthatch, which has a tiny range, and the Critically Endangered headed Robin and Kashmir Flycatcher. Himalayan Quail, which has not been seen for over a century and = also breeds in other region(s). may be extinct. The Sino-Himalayan mountain forests region includes Conservation International’s South- ■ Key habitats Montane temperate, subtropical and subalpine central China mountains Hotspot (see pp.20–21). forest, and associated grassland and scrub. ■ Altitude 350–4,500 m. ■ Countries and territories China (Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Guangxi); Pakistan; India (Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram); Nepal; Bhutan; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam.
    [Show full text]
  • A Molecular Phylogeny of the Pheasants and Partridges Suggests That These Lineages Are Not Monophyletic R
    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Vol. 11, No. 1, February, pp. 38–54, 1999 Article ID mpev.1998.0562, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on A Molecular Phylogeny of the Pheasants and Partridges Suggests That These Lineages Are Not Monophyletic R. T. Kimball,* E. L. Braun,*,† P. W. Zwartjes,* T. M. Crowe,‡,§ and J. D. Ligon* *Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131; †National Center for Genome Resources, 1800 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505; ‡Percy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Capetown, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa; and §Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024-5192 Received October 8, 1997; revised June 2, 1998 World partridges are smaller and widely distributed in Cytochrome b and D-loop nucleotide sequences were Asia, Africa, and Europe. Most partridge species are used to study patterns of molecular evolution and monochromatic and primarily dull colored. None exhib- phylogenetic relationships between the pheasants and its the extreme or highly specialized ornamentation the partridges, which are thought to form two closely characteristic of the pheasants. related monophyletic galliform lineages. Our analyses Although the order Galliformes is well defined, taxo- used 34 complete cytochrome b and 22 partial D-loop nomic relationships are less clear within the group sequences from the hypervariable domain I of the (Verheyen, 1956), due to the low variability in anatomi- D-loop, representing 20 pheasant species (15 genera) and 12 partridge species (5 genera). We performed cal and osteological traits (Blanchard, 1857, cited in parsimony, maximum likelihood, and distance analy- Verheyen, 1956; Lowe, 1938; Delacour, 1977).
    [Show full text]
  • CITES Cop16 Prop. 17 IUCN-TRAFFIC Analysis (PDF, 88KB)
    Ref. CoP16 Prop. 17 Deletion of Imperial Pheasant Lophura imperialis from Appendix I Proponent: Switzerland, as Depositary Government, at the request of the Animals Committee (prepared by France) Summary: The Imperial Pheasant Lophura imperialis is a rare dark-blue pheasant known in the wild from just four records from Viet Nam. First described in 1924 from a single live pair, it is now accepted as being an occasional naturally-occurring hybrid between Silver Pheasant L. nycthemera and Edward’s Pheasant L. edwardsi. A bird captured in 1990 was likely a hybrid between L. nycthemera and Vietnamese Pheasant L. hatinhensis which itself has been found to be an inbred form of L. edwardsi. There have been no other confirmed reports of Imperial Pheasant in the wild. A captive stock was established in Europe and the USA from a pair caught in 1923, which were subsequently cross-bred with Lophura nycthemera to create new stock. Birds with Imperial Pheasant phenotype have also been created in captivity by hybridizing Silver Pheasant and Edward’s Pheasant. Lophura imperialis and L. edwardsi were both listed in CITES Appendix I in 1975. Since 1975 international trade in 31 L. imperialis individuals has been reported in the CITES trade database, all but four declared as captive-bred. These four comprise animals exported before 1999 from non-range States with no source code included in the record. There is no reason to suppose that these were not also captive-bred. Lophura imperialis is proposed for removal from Appendix I on the basis that it is no longer recognised as a species.
    [Show full text]
  • A 2010 Supplement to Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard Papers in the Biological Sciences 2010 The World’s Waterfowl in the 21st Century: A 2010 Supplement to Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World Paul A. Johnsgard University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biosciducksgeeseswans Part of the Ornithology Commons Johnsgard, Paul A., "The World’s Waterfowl in the 21st Century: A 2010 Supplement to Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World" (2010). Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard. 20. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biosciducksgeeseswans/20 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Papers in the Biological Sciences at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The World’s Waterfowl in the 21st Century: A 200 Supplement to Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World Paul A. Johnsgard Pages xvii–xxiii: recent taxonomic changes, I have revised sev- Introduction to the Family Anatidae eral of the range maps to conform with more current information. For these updates I have Since the 978 publication of my Ducks, Geese relied largely on Kear (2005). and Swans of the World hundreds if not thou- Other important waterfowl books published sands of publications on the Anatidae have since 978 and covering the entire waterfowl appeared, making a comprehensive literature family include an identification guide to the supplement and text updating impossible.
    [Show full text]
  • Reproductive Ecology of Tibetan Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon Harmani in Scrub Environment, with Special Reference to the Effect of Food
    Ibis (2003), 145, 657–666 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Reproductive ecology of Tibetan Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon harmani in scrub environment, with special reference to the effect of food XIN LU1* & GUANG-MEI ZHENG2 1Department of Zoology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China 2Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China We studied the nesting ecology of two groups of the endangered Tibetan Eared Pheasants Crossoptilon harmani in scrub environments near Lhasa, Tibet, during 1996 and 1999–2001. One group received artificial food from a nunnery prior to incubation whereas the other fed on natural food. This difference in the birds’ nutritional history allowed us to assess the effects of food on reproduction. Laying occurred between mid-April and early June, with a peak at the end of April or early May. Eggs were laid around noon. Adult females produced one clutch per year. Clutch size averaged 7.4 eggs (4–11). Incubation lasted 24–25 days. We observed a higher nesting success (67.7%) than reported for other eared pheasants. Pro- visioning had no significant effect on the timing of clutch initiation or nesting success, and a weak effect on egg size and clutch size (explaining 8.2% and 9.1% of the observed variation, respectively). These results were attributed to the observation that the unprovisioned birds had not experienced local food shortage before laying, despite spending more time feeding and less time resting than the provisioned birds. Nest-site selection by the pheasants was non-random with respect to environmental variables. Rock-cavities with an entrance aver- aging 0.32 m2 in size and not deeper than 1.5 m were greatly preferred as nest-sites.
    [Show full text]
  • Prelims Booster Compilation
    PRELIMS BOOSTER 1 INSIGHTS ON INDIA PRELIMS BOOSTER 2018 www.insightsonindia.com WWW.INSIGHTSIAS.COM PRELIMS BOOSTER 2 Table of Contents Northern goshawk ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Barasingha (swamp deer or dolhorina (Assam)) ..................................................................................... 4 Blyth’s tragopan (Tragopan blythii, grey-bellied tragopan) .................................................................... 5 Western tragopan (western horned tragopan ) ....................................................................................... 6 Black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) ................................................................................................. 6 Sarus crane (Antigone antigone) ............................................................................................................... 7 Himalayan monal (Impeyan monal, Impeyan pheasant) ......................................................................... 8 Common hill myna (Gracula religiosa, Mynha) ......................................................................................... 8 Mrs. Hume’s pheasant (Hume’s pheasant or bar-tailed pheasant) ......................................................... 9 Baer’s pochard ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Forest Owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti) .......................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Waterbird Population Estimates Fifth Edition - Summary Report 1 Foreword Ago
    This booklet is a summary of the fi fth edition About the Waterbird Population Estimates of the Waterbird Population Estimates series, This series is the authoritative and approved which presents the latest estimates, trends source of up-to-date ‘1% population thresholds’ and conservation status of the world’s 2,304 for the application of Ramsar’s Criterion 6 for Waterbird Population Estimates biogeographic waterbird populations as of 2012. the identifi cation and designation of Wetlands of Globally, waterbird populations show a slightly International Importance (Ramsar Sites). improved condition compared to their status Fifth Edition - Summary Report in 2006, as documented in the fourth edition. Interactive online database Nevertheless, of all existing populations, still The summary accompanies the launch of the 38% are declining and only 20% are increasing, Waterbird Population Estimates as an interactive while 39% are stable and 4% are fl uctuating. online database at the 11th Ramsar Conference of Moreover, 24% (212) of all 871 waterbird species Parties in Bucharest, Romania (July 2012), available are categorised as Globally Threatened or Near at wpe.wetlands.org. This provides universal Threatened in the IUCN Red List 2012, including access to all fi ve editions, as part of Wetlands 28 that are Critically Endangered. International’s continuing commitment to supporting the Ramsar Convention and all those concerned Their conservation requires urgent action at with wetland and waterbird conservation and wise national and international level
    [Show full text]
  • Estimating Density of Secretive Terrestrial Birds (Siamese Fireback) in Pristine and Degraded Forest Using Camera Traps and Distance Sampling
    Global Ecology and Conservation xx (xxxx) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Global Ecology and Conservation journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/gecco Original research article Estimating density of secretive terrestrial birds (siamese fireback) in pristine and degraded forest using camera traps and distance sampling a,b,∗ b c Q1 Saranphat Suwanrat , Dusit Ngoprasert , Christopher Sutherland , Pongthep Suwanwaree a, Tommaso Savini b a School of Biology, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand b Conservation Ecology Program, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand c Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States article info a b s t r a c t Article history: Tropical Asian Galliformes are secretive and difficult to survey. Many of these species Received 29 October 2014 are considered ``at risk'' due to habitat degradation although reliable density estimates Received in revised form 28 January 2015 are lacking. Using camera trapping and distance sampling data collected on the Siamese Accepted 28 January 2015 Fireback (Lophura diardi) in northeastern Thailand, we compared density estimates for Available online xxxx pristine and degraded lowland forest. Density was poorly estimated using distance sampling, likely due to small sample size arising from poor visibility in dense vegetation Keywords: and bird's sensitivity to observers. We analyzed camera trap data using both count-based Royle–Nichols model Binomial mixture model and presence/absence-based methods. Those density estimates had narrower confidence Beta-binomial mixture model intervals than those obtained using distance sampling. Estimated density was higher in dry −2 −2 Lophura diardi evergreen forest (5:6 birds km ), than in old forest plantations (0:2 birds km ), perhaps Galliformes because dense forest habitats provide Firebacks with more resources and refuge from Sakaerat Environmental Research Station predation.
    [Show full text]
  • A Molecular Phylogeny of the Peacock-Pheasants (Galliformes: Polyplectron Spp.) Indicates Loss and Reduction of Ornamental Traits and Display Behaviours
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2001), 73: 187–198. With 3 figures doi:10.1006/bijl.2001.0536, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on A molecular phylogeny of the peacock-pheasants (Galliformes: Polyplectron spp.) indicates loss and reduction of ornamental traits and display behaviours REBECCA T. KIMBALL1,2∗, EDWARD L. BRAUN1,3, J. DAVID LIGON1, VITTORIO LUCCHINI4 and ETTORE RANDI4 1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA 2Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA 3Department of Plant Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA 4Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica, via Ca` Fornacetta 9, 40064 Ozzano dell’Emilia (BO), Italy Received 4 September 2000; accepted for publication 3 March 2001 The South-east Asian pheasant genus Polyplectron is comprised of six or seven species which are characterized by ocelli (ornamental eye-spots) in all but one species, though the sizes and distribution of ocelli vary among species. All Polyplectron species have lateral displays, but species with ocelli also display frontally to females, with feathers held erect and spread to clearly display the ocelli. The two least ornamented Polyplectron species, one of which completely lacks ocelli, have been considered the primitive members of the genus, implying that ocelli are derived. We examined this hypothesis phylogenetically using complete mitochondrial cytochrome b and control region sequences, as well as sequences from intron G in the nuclear ovomucoid gene, and found that the two least ornamented species are in fact the most recently evolved. Thus, the absence and reduction of ocelli and other ornamental traits in Polyplectronare recent losses.
    [Show full text]
  • Hybridization & Zoogeographic Patterns in Pheasants
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Paul Johnsgard Collection Papers in the Biological Sciences 1983 Hybridization & Zoogeographic Patterns in Pheasants Paul A. Johnsgard University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/johnsgard Part of the Ornithology Commons Johnsgard, Paul A., "Hybridization & Zoogeographic Patterns in Pheasants" (1983). Paul Johnsgard Collection. 17. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/johnsgard/17 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Papers in the Biological Sciences at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Paul Johnsgard Collection by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. HYBRIDIZATION & ZOOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS IN PHEASANTS PAUL A. JOHNSGARD The purpose of this paper is to infonn members of the W.P.A. of an unusual scientific use of the extent and significance of hybridization among pheasants (tribe Phasianini in the proposed classification of Johnsgard~ 1973). This has occasionally occurred naturally, as for example between such locally sympatric species pairs as the kalij (Lophura leucol11elana) and the silver pheasant (L. nycthelnera), but usually occurs "'accidentally" in captive birds, especially in the absence of conspecific mates. Rarely has it been specifically planned for scientific purposes, such as for obtaining genetic, morphological, or biochemical information on hybrid haemoglobins (Brush. 1967), trans­ ferins (Crozier, 1967), or immunoelectrophoretic comparisons of blood sera (Sato, Ishi and HiraI, 1967). The literature has been summarized by Gray (1958), Delacour (1977), and Rutgers and Norris (1970). Some of these alleged hybrids, especially those not involving other Galliformes, were inadequately doculnented, and in a few cases such as a supposed hybrid between domestic fowl (Gallus gal/us) and the lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) can be discounted.
    [Show full text]
  • Peafowl in Spring, Peacocks Begin Establishing Leks, Incubation Period Begins
    may be impressed with the peacock’s beauty, Peahens conceal their nests, a simple scrape Visitor Centers & Recreation Services the true target of all his glamorous excess is lined with grass, in thick vegetation. The eggs ARDENWOOD HISTORIC FARM his potential mate, the peahen. are laid every other day until a total of up to Fremont 510-796-0199, [email protected] eight is reached, at which point the 28 day Peafowl In spring, peacocks begin establishing leks, incubation period begins. The peachicks are BLACK DIAMOND MINES a group of small adjacent territories, each of “precocial,” meaning they are born with their Antioch 925-757-2620, [email protected] which is the domain of a single male. Inter- eyes open, feathered, and ready to walk soon ested females visit the lek, assessing the vari- COYOTE HILLS REGIONAL PARK after hatching. Peahens are attentive mothers, Fremont 510-795-9385, [email protected] ous males before choosing a mate. In order but the peacock is not involved in raising his to attract mates, the peacock employs his young. The next generation of peahens will be CRAB COVE at CROWN BEACH most striking feature, the breathtaking train ready to reproduce at one or two years of age Alameda 510-521-6887, [email protected] of feathers often referred to as the peacock’s while the males need three years to develop tail. This 4 foot long collection of hundreds SUNOL REGIONAL WILDERNESS a full train of display plumage. Peafowl are Sunol 925-862-2601, [email protected] of feathers is actually made up of the upper hardy birds and may live 20 years or more.
    [Show full text]