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Nepal - nature, biodiversity & conservation Presentation outline • Nature: physiographic & climatic cond. & biodiversity • Bird diversity (rep. 38 families outof 69) • Threat status • Conservation initiatives Tej Basnet E-mail: [email protected] 2 Where is Nepal ........ Himalaya N Source: Hagen, T. 1998 Total area: 147181 SQ KM (0.1% land of earth) It contains the highest mountains in the world, The majestic Himalaya range Small, landlocked contains Eight of the world’s highest mountains, culminating in Mt. Everest. Population: 27,800,000 (approx) Agriculture dependent : 66% 3 4 1 Mt. Everest A 3600 footage at Lobuche (>5000m asl), from Everest region 5 6 Climate & physiographic general pattern in Nepal Physiographic zones with corresponding bioclimatic zones and sub-zones Cold Paleoarctic Pan Zone Physiographic Corresponding Bioclimatic zones & zones (LRMP 1986) sub-zones (Dobremez, 1972) High Himal zones sub-zones (altitudinal range) High Mountain Mid Hill High Himal Nival (above 5000m) Siwaliks Tarai Alpine Upper (from 4500 to 5000m) Lower (from 4000 to 4500m) High Mountain Sub-alpine Upper (from 3500 to 4000m) Lower (from 3000 to 3500m) Temperate Upper (from 2500 to 3000m Lower (from 2000 to 2500m) Mid Hill Sub-tropical Upper (from 1500 to 2000m) Lower (from 1000 to 1500m) Paleotropic Pan Zone Hot Altitude 60m – 8848m asl. Siwalik Tropical Upper (from 500 to 1000m) Terai Lower (below 500m) 7 8 Spectacular view from south to north Photo: R. Suwal 2 ”Walking through magnificent forests of Nepal’s contribution of Biodiversity in World‘s Total oak and rhododendrons beneath the towering white summits, one can Plant Species Animal Species understand why some claim this to be Group World Nepal Group World Nepal the most beautiful place on the planet”. (Life forms) number (Life forms) number Number# % Number % Unique Biological diversity Algae >40,000** 687 1.72 Spider 39,490* 175 0.44 is the identity of Nepal Fungi >70,000** 1,882 2.69 Moths 160,000# 785 0.49 Bryophytes >14,000** 668 4.77 Butterflies 17,500# 651 3.72 Lichens >17,000** 471 2.77 Fish 10,000® 187 1.87 Pteridophytes 10,369* 534 5.15 Herpeto 12,650+ 195 1.54 Fl. Plants 231,638* 6,391 2.76 Birds 9,799© 878 8.98 Total >403,000 10,633 2.80 Mammals 4,675+ 200 4.00 Thundering rivers, magical montane Sources: * UNEP-WCMC 2006 Sources: * Patnick, NI.2006. forests and dense lowland jungles. ** WCMC 1992 # Smithsonian Institute 2007. supporting a fabulous range of exciting # Modified after Malla & Shakya 1998 ® IUCN, 2003. © Bird life International 2006. bird and mammalian species. 9 + Uetz, P. 2000. 10 Superlative in Nepalese Flora & Fauna Bird Diversity 1000 863 900 800 • 21 Orders 700 600 500 • 69 Families 400 Highest liv ing Bacteria Highest f ly ing bird Naur – largest stag Highest f lowering plant Smalest woodpecker 300 200 69 100 • 878 species 21 0 Or der s F ami li es speci es • 62% resident birds r m 5% sw 1% • 14% winter visitors sv 6% Smallest rododendron High alt. rec. butterf ly Largest honey bee Highest cultiv ated rice pm 12% • 12% passage migrants wv 14% res ident, 62% • 6% summer visitors • 5% residents and migrants • 1% summer and winter visitors Largest moth Rock Py thon Talest f ly ing bird Largest v enomus snake Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) Gaur – largest in cow f am. Spiny Babbler Turdoides nipalensis 11 One Endemic: ( ) Source: Bhuju et al. 200712 3 PAs & Bird watching How about outside PAs ? Heterogeneous Landscapes on Steep Slopes at Low Altitudes as Hotspots of Bird Diversity in a Hilly Region of Nepal in the Central Himalayas Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina KNP BNP RNP SPNP CNP LNP ShNP SNP MBNP SWR PWR KWR DHR ACA MCA KCA Tej B. Basnet, Maan B. Rokaya, Bishnu P. Bhattarai, 287 426 241 208 631 347 311 208 421 373 503 486 137 476 193 280 Zuzana Münzbergová, 2016.PLoS ONE 11(3): e0150498 Source: http://www.birdlife.org/, NBRB13 2007 14 Basnet et al. 2016, PLoS ONE 11(3) Basnet et al. 2016, PLoS ONE 11(3)15 16 4 Birds Diversity in World Heritage Sites (sacred grove) in Kathmandu Valley Avian Families Phasianidae 22 species 82 species - recorded from 10 orders, 23 families from WHS, Partridge, Quail, Pheasant& Snowcock Pashupati (62 spp.), Swayambhu (64 spp.) & Changunarayan (53 spp.). Over 75% of birds residential in the valley. Phaesants of Nepal Con. Common Name Scientific name Status NRDB Chukar Alectoris chukar LC NT Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii P,VU, I EN Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus LC LC Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus LC,II LC Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus P,LC ,I NT Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos LC LC Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus LC NT Koklas Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha LC VU Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra P,NT,III, VU Source: Grimmett et al. 2000 Inskipp et al. 2016 Tej Basnet, Bhushan R. Shrestha, and Vimal Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) Thapa Dec., 2006. [email protected] 18 Family – Anatidae Family – Charadriidae 17 species 33 species Family – Megalaimidae Family – Picidae Stilt, Plover & Lapwing 7 species 25 species Duck, Teal & Goose (Mostly winter visitor) Mostly migratory & winter visitor Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) Photo: K. Karki Painting by Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) H.D. Pratt Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii Himalay an Flameback (Dinopium shorii) 19 20 5 Dacelonidae Family – Bucerotidae Family - Upupidae Alcedinidae 4 spp. 4 species 3 spp. White-breasted Kingfisher Cerylidae 2 spp. Photo: R. Suwal Photo: R. Suwal Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Photo: K. Karki Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Crested Kingfisher21 22 Family - Coraciidae Family – Cuculidae 17 species Most summer visitor Family - Centropodidae Family – Meropidae 4 species Photo: R. Suwal Photo: R. Suwal Chestnut-headed Bee eater(Merops leschenaulti) Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis) Photo: M. Cajuca Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) Photo: K. Karki 23 24 6 Psittacidae Strigidae Family – Columbidae Family – Pittidae 7 species 19 species 20 species 3 species Dove & pigeon Source: en.wikipedia.org Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) Slaty-headed Parakeet Jungle Ow let 25 26 Gruidae Scolopacidae 28 Spp. Family – Accipitridae Family – Falconidae 4 species Sandpiper, Stint, Snipe etc migratory 49 species 13 species Photo: R. Lather Photo: K. Karki Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis) Collared Falcon SarusCrane (Grus antigone) Common Greenshank(Tringa nebularia) 27 28 7 Vultures & conservation status Family – Ardeidae Common Name Scientific name SS IUCN 15 species Family - Threskiornithidae Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus w NT Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus r NT White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis rm CR Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus rm LC Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis r NT Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris r CR Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus rm EN EN species Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus r CR Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) Source: NBRB 2007 Photo: R. Suwal Black-crowned Nightheron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Black stork (Ciconia nigra) CR species CR species CR species Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus) Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) 29 30 Family – Muscicapidae : 96 spp Flycatcher, Forktail, Shortwing, Cochoa, Robin, Redstart, Grandala, Niltava, Wheatear, Redstart, Thrush, Blackbird Eurylaimidae Laniidae 2 species 6 species Long-tailedShrike (Lanius schach) Photo: M. Cajuca Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae 31 32 8 Corvidae Sturnidae Sittidae Paridae Aegithalidae 48 species 12 species 6 species 12 species 4 species Photo: R. Suwal Velv et-f ronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis) Black-lored Tit (Parus xanthogenys) Black-throated Tit (Aegithalos concinnus) Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) Ashy Drongo Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus) 33 34 Family – Sylviidae : 135 spp. Hirundinidae Pycnonotidae Cisticolidae Warbler, Grassbird, Chiffchaff, Cutia, Tesia, Tailorbird, Babbler, Laughingthrush, Leiothrix, 11 species 9 species 13 species Barwing, Fulvetta, Minla, Yuhina, Sibia, Parrotbill etc. Barn Sw allow (Hirundo rustica) Black Bulbul Grey-breasted Prinia (Prinia hodgsonii) Silver-eared Mesia (Leiothrix argentauris) 35 36 9 Nectariniidae Passeridae Fringillidae Threat Status 16 species 37 species 51 species • 6 Critically Endangered (Slender-Billed Vulture, White-Rumped Vulture, Red-headed Vulture, Pink- headed Duck, White-bellied Heron and Bengal Florican) • 5 Endangered Extinct species Common name Scientific name • 23 Vulnerable Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris** • 23 Near Threatened Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis** Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax** • 820 Least Concern Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris) Yellow-breasted Greenf inch Carduelis spinoides Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides** Pink-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea Finch, Bullfinch, Linnet, Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea** Siskin, Chaffinch, Brambling Recently recoverfrom Chisapanitar,Dahakhani CNP Pipit, Wagtail, Accentor, Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis Snowfinch, Sparrow, Grosbeak, Crossbill, Rusty-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra Weaver, Munia etc Grosbeak, Serin, Siskin, Silver-breasted Broadbill Serilophus lunatus Bunting etc White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis 37 38 Source: Bhuju et al. 2007 ** sighting record Globally Threatend Birds of Nepal Cat Cate Species Species ego gory • 35 globally
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    Pro]__^ings of th_ 41st N[tion[l Conf_r_n]_ of th_ @m_ri][n @sso]i[tion of Zoo K__p_rs, In]. "KEEPERS MAKING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE" Paper Sessions 41st National AAZK Conference Orlando, FL September 8-12, 2014 Welcome to the 41st American Association of Zoo Keepers National Conference “Keepers Making a World of Difference” Hosted by the Greater Orlando AAZK Chapter & Disney’s Animal Kingdom Our Chapter is thrilled by this opportunity to welcome you to our world! The members have been working hard to ensure that the 2014 AAZK Conference will be an experience you will always remember. This year’s conference will allow you to enjoy the Walt Disney World Resort, while connecting and developing profes- sionally with your colleagues from animal institutions around the globe. In partnership with your national AAZK Professional Development Committee, we are excited to bring you a varied program of workshops, papers, and speakers as the foundation of your conference experience. Addi- tionally, the AAZK, Inc. Specialized Training Workshop Series will debut “The Core Elements of Zoo Keeping” and an in-depth Hospital/Quarantine workshop. These featured programs are a track of AAZK’s Certification Series, brought to you in collaboration with AAZK Online Learning. Highlights of this year’s conference will include an Epcot icebreaker in The Seas with Nemo and Friends pavil- ion, followed by a dessert party with an exclusive viewing area for the nighttime spectacular, “Illuminations: Reflections of Earth.” We are also pleased to present a distinctive zoo day, which will take you “behind the magic” at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
  • BABBLERS Husbandry and Management a Brief Review, Originally Presented at the AZA 2003 Eastern Regional

    BABBLERS Husbandry and Management a Brief Review, Originally Presented at the AZA 2003 Eastern Regional

    BABBLERS Husbandry and Management A Brief Review, originally presented at the AZA 2003 Eastern Regional Jimmy Pichner Avian Supervisor Minnesota Zoo 13000 Zoo Blvd Apple Valley, MN 55124 Passeriformes Family Timaliidae (Muscicapidae) Babblers, Laughing Thrushes, Minlas, Sibias, Yuhinas, Red-billed leiothrix, Mesias and Liocichlas This large family has 260+ species, 48 of which are laughing thrushes. The Regional Collection Plan has targeted 12 species. Four species of laughing thrush White-crested laughing thrush, Garrulax leucolophus Black-throated laughing thrush, Garrulax chinensis Yellow-bellied laughing thrush, Garrulax galbanus Red-tailed laughing thrush, Garrulax milnei Silver-eared mesia, Leiothrix argentauris Red-billed leiothrix, Leiothrix lutea Red-faced liocichla, Liocichla phoenicea Blue-winged minla, Minla cyanouroptera Chestnut-backed scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus montanus White-collared yuhina, Yuhina diademata Bearded tit babbler, Panurus biamiccus Vinous-throated parrotbill, Paradoxornis webbianus White-crested laughing thrushes have been proposed for PMP. Black- throated laughing thrushes, Yellow-bellied laughing thrushes, Red-billed leiothrix and Silver-eared mesias have DERP-monitor status and the remaining species have DERP- exhibit status. These Old World species are representatives of the Paleartic and Indomalayan regions. The majority of them inhabit the Himalayas, Malaysia, China and Southeastern Asia. The species have been chosen because they make excellent exhibit birds. They are the aviary favorites of both our visitors and us. Many an aviary would not be complete without the ruckus, dueting call of a pair of white- crested laughing thrushes or the beautiful call of the colorful red-billed leiothrix. The captive North American populations of these species are high enough that we may be able to sustain these species in our collections, at least for the short term, if our breeding consistency improves.