White eared-pheasant  (Crossoptilon crossoptilon)

Threats

Although this species is widespread, its range is highly fragmented and numbers are apparently declining due to deforestation and hunting for food (2). Fortunately, however, the high-altitude forests that this mountainous bird inhabits are not being lost at a particularly rapid rate (8).

Conservation

There are recent records of the white eared-pheasant in several protected areas (8).

View information on this species at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
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