Swinhoe's Pheasant - Ruta Nenortiene

Name and surname:
Ruta Nenortiene

Country:
Lithuania

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Title:
Swinhoe's Pheasant

Species:
Pheasant

Description:
This pheasant has a small population, of unknown sub-population structure, occupying a small range, which is not severely fragmented, but is contracting owing to habitat degradation. It is probably secure within protected areas, but these are likely to become isolated in the long term owing to habitat loss outside their boundaries. This combination of factors qualifies this species as Near Threatened. Swinhoe's Pheasant is endemic to the mountains of central Taiwan. The species became extinct at several localities in the 1960s and 1970s, but it apparently remains common in suitable habitat, and it has populations in several protected areas. Its numbers are probably stable where it is protected, but may be declining elsewhere because of a variety of pressures on its habitat.
The global population is estimated to number c.5,000-10,000 individuals, roughly equivalent to 3,300-6,700 mature individuals. The population in Taiwan has been estimated at c.100-10,000 breeding pairs.


Category:
Manual

Technique:
Watercolour, pencil

Year:
2016

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