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Title
Birds of Mondulkiri, Cambodia: distribution, status and conservation
Author(s)
Gray, T. N. E.;Pollard, E. H. B.;Evans, T. D.;Goes, F.;Grindley, M.;Omaliss, K.;Nielsen, P. H.;Sambovannak, O.;Channa, P.;Sophoan, S.
Published
2014
Publisher
Forktail
Abstract
Since the late 1990s conservation activities have been carried out in a protected area complex centred on Mondulkiri province, eastern Cambodia. We provide a comprehensive bird list for this area and information on the status and distribution of all globally threatened, near threatened and restricted-range species. The total of 374 species includes 5 Critically Endangered, 3 Endangered, 7 Vulnerable and 16 Near Threatened species as well as five species recorded for the first time in Cambodia. Three main forest types-deciduous dipterocarp, lowland evergreen and semi-evergreen, and hill evergreen-each have distinctive avian communities. Evergreen forests on the Vietnam border comprise probably the largest least-disturbed lowland forests in the southern Annamites. There are important populations of several restricted-range and biome-restricted species. The area's populations of Green Peafowl Pavo muticus, White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis, Slender-billed Vulture G. Tenuirostris, Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus, White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni and Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea are evidently of high global conservation importance. Further surveys are required to clarify the status of a number of other potentially important species, including Masked Finfoot Heliopais personata, White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata and Sarus Crane Grus antigone. Major threats to the area include habitat loss, both unplanned encroachment and large-scale plantations, infrastructure development and hunting. Active conservation management is reducing these threats.
Keywords
Nest protection;Biodiversity;Population;Plains
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