Edwards’s pheasant  (Lophura edwardsi)

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Glossary

  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Hybridisation: cross-breeding between two different species or subspecies.
  • Inbreeding: the breeding of closely related individuals. An inbred population usually has less genetic variability and this is generally disadvantageous for its long-term survival and success.
  • Primary forest: forest that has remained undisturbed for a long time and has reached a mature condition.
  • Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
  • Wattle: bare fleshy skin that hangs from the bill, throat or eye of birds.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1994) Handbook of the Birds of the World - New World Vultures To Guineafowl. Vol. 2.Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  3. CITES (June, 2006)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. gbwf.org: Dedicated to the Aviculture and Conservation of the World’s Galliformes (August, 2006)
    http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/edwards.html
  5. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (August, 2006)
    http://www.durrellwildlife.org/index.cfm?a=22
  6. BirdLife International (August, 2006)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=253&m=0
  7. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book.BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  8. Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam (ZMA) (August, 2006)
    http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/zma3d/detail.php?id=130&sort=taxon&type=family
  9. The Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation: Understanding the impacts of hunting on Edwards's Pheasant in Phong Dien Nature Reserve, Vietnam (August, 2006)
    http://www.rufford.org/rsg/Projects/TranQuangNgoc
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