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Wei LIANG, Zhengwang ZHANG. 2011: Hainan Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae): an endangered and rare tropical forest bird. Avian Research, 2(2): 111-116. doi: 10.5122/cbirds.2011.0017
Citation: Wei LIANG, Zhengwang ZHANG. 2011: Hainan Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae): an endangered and rare tropical forest bird. Avian Research, 2(2): 111-116. doi: 10.5122/cbirds.2011.0017
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Hainan Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae): an endangered and rare tropical forest bird

doi: 10.5122/cbirds.2011.0017

  • 1 College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China;

  • 2 College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30860044, 30360015 and 39830030) and by Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-10-0111). We thank the Forestry Department of Hainan Province for support and permission to carry out the study. Qing CHEN and Wenba SU provided the photo of the Hainan Peacock Pheasant. Jiankang SHI kindly helped with distribution figure. We also thank Jichao WANG, Jingrui LI, Canchao YANG, Yan CAI for their help in the field survey.

  • Received Date: 05 Apr 2011
  • Rev Recd Date: 08 Jun 2011
    Abstract
  • The Hainan Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae), the smallest allied species of somber forest peacock pheasants among the taxa of Polyplectron spp., is a rare tropical forest bird endemic to China, and distributed only in the mountainous region of central and southwestern Hainan Island dominated by evergreen broadleaf forests. By integrating references and unpublished data based on our field surveys, we presented information on species status, distribution and population, habitat and home range, breeding ecology and conservation of the Hainan Peacock Pheasant. Future investigation should focus on its life history traits in relation to vulnerability. Considering its limited distribution and small population size, it has recently been recognized as "Endangered" by the IUCN Red List to prevent loss of this island endemic.

     

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