Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies
Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Conference Proceedings
Date of this Version
12-1995
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Citation
Cracid Global Captive Action Recommendations, Working Document: Report from a Workshop Held October 1-3, 1994
A Publication of the IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, Minnesota, United States, December 1995
Edited and compiled by Luud Geerlings, Alan Rost, Chelle Plasse, Dave Thompson, Stuart Strahl, and Onnie Byers
Abstract
Executive Summary
Of the 88 distinct Cracid taxa considered by participants during the Cracid Conservation Assessment and Management Plan workshop, 49 species/subspecies (in various categories of threat according to the Draft IUCN Red List criteria) were assigned to one of 3 levels of captive programs:
Level 1 27 taxa (10 Critical, 7 Endangered, 9 Vulnerable, 1 Low Risk)
Level 2 9 taxa (1 Critical, 2 Endangered, 4 Vulnerable, 2 Conservation Dependent)
Level 3 13 taxa (11 Low Risk, 2 Vulnerable)
Captive programs for 14 taxa were listed as "pending", meaning that recommendations for these taxa would be postponed until further information was available, either from survey, a PHV A, or other sources. The remaining 25 taxa were identified as not requiring captive programs.
Target populations were computed for 58 taxa during the Global Captive Action Recommendations workshop. Global captive population targets ranged from 76 to 246 individuals. In 17 cases (28.8%), the target population is lower than the current global captive population indicating a recommendation to manage the captive population toward a decrease in numbers or for complete elimination from captive programs as part of a strategy to accommodate as many species/subspecies as possible of higher conservation priority. In the remaining 42 taxa (71.2%), the recommended target population constitutes an increase in the current captive populations.
Regional information has been obtained from 17 regions or countries and one institution (Estudillo ). Each region/country/institution currently maintains captive programs for several taxa:
Mesoamerica 2 taxa
South America 4 taxa
Mexico 10 taxa
Peru 2 taxa
Guatemala 7 taxa
Venezuala 18 taxa
Brazil 31 taxa
Bolivia 5 taxa
Argentina 4 taxa
Colombia 9 taxa
Estudillo 42 taxa
Israel 1 taxon
Dominican Republic 1 taxon
Costa Rica 3 taxa
North America 16 taxa
Europe 30 taxa
Australasia 1 taxon
Japan 5 taxa