CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR NEOTROPICAL GUANS, CURASSOWS, AND CHACHALAC.AS WORKING DRAFT December 1995 Report from the workshop held 1-3 October 1994 Edited by Stuart Strahl, Susie Ellis, Onnie Byers, Chelle Plasse Compiled by the Workshop Participants A Collaborative Workshop Birdlife Int'I!World Pheasant Association!IUCN/SSC Cracidae Specialist Group AZA Cracid Taxon Advisory Group EEP Cracid Taxon Advisory Group IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group :::'!:> Sponsored by ' ' . The Houston Zoo . -. The Zoological Society of Houston ~ A DiWiao Globe Hcu-. Partes Stichting Crax Zoological Society of Houston -and Rcaeatiat Depotuncnt A Publication of the IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group Stichting 12101 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, :MN 55124 USA Crax Snc•n••••...,•&C-•... ,.• A contribution of the IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group. 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New IUCN Red List categories Pg. 10 Table 2. Threatened Cracid Taxa - New IUCN Red List Categories of Threat Pg. 11 Recommendations for Intensive Management and Research Actions Pg. 11 Table 3. Cracid Research and Management Recommendations Pg. 13 Captive Program Recommendations Pg. 13 Table 4. Captive Program Recommendations for Cracids Pg. 15 SPREADSHEET CATEGORY DEFINITIONS AND SPREADSHEET FOR ALL CRACID TAXA SECTION 2 Spreadsheet category definitions Pg. 18 Table 5. Critical Cracid taxa Pg.23 Table 6. Endangered Cracid taxa Pg.25 Table 7. Vulnerable Cracid taxa Pg.27 Table 8. Conservation Dependent Cracid taxa Pg.31 Table 9. Low Risk Cracid taxa Pg.32 Table 10. Data Deficient Cracid taxa Pg.38 Table 11. All Cracid taxa Pg.39 TAXON DATA SHEETS FOR MESOAMERICAN CRACID TAXA SECTION 3 Pg. 52-69 TAXON DATA SHEETS FOR NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICAN CRACID TAXA SECTION 4 Pg. 71-113 'TAXON DATA SHEETS FOR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH AMERICAN CRACID TAXA SECTION 5 Pg. 115-151 'TAXON DATA SHEETS FOR BRAZILIAN CRACID TAXA SECTION 6 Pg. 153-183 APPENDICES SECTION 7 Appendix I. Classification of the Family Cracidae Pg. 185-186 Appendix II. References Pg. 187-188 Appendix III. List of workshop participants Pg. 189-191 Appendix N. Mace, G.M. and Stuart, S.N. 1994. Draft IUCN Red List Categories, Version 2.2. SPECIES 21-22: 13-24. Pg. 192 CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR NEOTROPICAL GUANS, CURASSOWS AND CHACHALACAS (GALLIFORMES: Cracidae) Executive Summary Over the past 20 years, the Family Cracidae has become a focal group for conseiVation efforts throughout the Neotropics. This family of 50 large, ecologically important primary forest birds is particularly susceptible to human disturbance (both hunting and habitat destruction), and now is considered the most threatened avian group in the region (Strahl, in press). Because of their ethnobiological importance, guans and curassows are primary candidates for use as bio-indicators for monitoring and management of protected areas throughout Latin America, as well as flagship species for the conservation of Neotropical rainforests (Strahl & Grajal, 1991). Beginning in 1981, a series of three international symposia were held to discuss the status of the Cracidae and to coordinate field investigations and captive management efforts to improve conservation programs for these species (Mexico City, Mexico 1981, Caracas, Venezuela 1988, Houston, Texas, USA 1994). In total, more than 300 attendees participated at these three conferences in establishing conservation guidelines for the Cracidae. As a result of these initiatives, the Cracid Specialist Group (CSG) was formed in 1990 under the auspices of the World Pheasant Association, BirdLife International and the Species Survival Commission of IUCN- The World Conservation Union. From 1989-1994, the CSG has operated under the guidelines of a draft Action Plan (a result of the Venezuelan Cracid Symposium). More than 20 field surveys and investigations were undertaken during this period, and the resultant