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Populationsurveyandconservationassessmentofthegloballythreatenedcheerpheasant(Catreuswallichi)inJhelumValley,AzadKashmir,Pakistan

DOI: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2014.4.338, PP. 338-345

Keywords: Abundance,Habitatanalysis,CheerPheasant,Jhelumvalley,Pakistan

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Abstract:

ThecheerpheasantCatreuswallichiisagloballythreatenedspeciesthatinhabitsthewesternHimalayas.Thoughitiswellestablishedthatthespeciesisthreatenedanditsnumbersdeclining,updateddefinitiveestimatesarelacking,soin2011,weconductedasurveytoassessthedensity,populationsize,andthreatstothespeciesinJhelumvalley,AzadKashmir,whichholdsthelargestknownpopulationofcheerpheasantsinPakistan.Weconducteddawncallcountsurveysat17pointsclusteredinthreesurveyzonesofthevalley,11ofwhichhadearlierbeenusedfora2002-2003surveyofthebirds.Overthecourseofoursurvey,113birdswererecorded.Meandensityofcheerpheasantinthevalleywasestimatedat11.8±6.47pairsperkm2,withsignificantdifferencesintermsofbothcountsandestimateddensityofcheerweresignificantlydifferentacrossthethreesurveyzones,withthehighestintheChinariregionandthelowest,thatistheareawithnorecordedsightingsofthepheasants,inGariDoppata.Thetotalbreedingpopulationofcheerpheasantsisestimatedtobesome2490pairs,thoughthisdoesnotconsidertheactualareaofoccupancyinthestudyarea.Onthewhole,morecheerpheasantswererecordedinthissurveythanfromthesamepointsin2002-2003,indicatingsomesuccessinpopulationgrowth.Unfortunately,increasinghumansettlement,fires,livestockgrazing,hunting,andthecollectionofnon-timberforestproductscontinuetothreatenthepopulationofcheerintheJhelumvalley.Tomitigatethesepotentialimpacts,somedegreeofsiteprotectionshouldberequiredfortheconservationofcheerpheasantsinPakistan,andmoreeffectivemonitoringofthespeciesisclearlyneeded.

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