Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies
Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters
Date of this Version
1994
Document Type
Article
Citation
Tragopan: Newsletter of the WPA/BirdLife/Species Survival Commission Pheasant Specialist Group, Issues 1-7 (1994-1997)
Alternate title:Tragopan: Newsletter of the WPA/Species Survival Commission/BirdLife Pheasant Specialist Group
Publication of the World Pheasant Association, BirdLife International, and the IUCN Species Survival Commission Pheasant Specialist Group
Abstract
Issue 1 (June 1994)
Message from the President of WPA, Cheng Tso-hsin
Tragopan, Philip McGowan and Peter Garson
From the Chairman, Peter Garson
Core Committee business,Peter Garson
Reviews
Pheasants in Asia 1992, edited by David Jenkins, review by Carol Inskipp
The Brown Eared Pheasants by Li Xiang-tao and Liu Ru-sun, review by Michael Rank
Other news
The Mishmi Hills, Rahul Kaul
Investigating pheasant diets, Steve Moreby
BirdLife Vietnam Programme, Jonathan Eames
New Congol peafowl project, Don Bruning
The Core Committee
Issue 2 (January 1995)
Editorial, Philip McGowan
A round up from the Chairman, Peter Garson
Other news
Protection in China
New protected areas in Laos
International Ornithological Congress
Trade in Taiwan
Threatened species categories and the listing of species in the Pheasant Action Plan, Georgina M. Mace
Birds to watch 2: The world list of Threatened birds, Mike Crosby
The Pheasant Action Plan, Philip McGowan
The mating system and breeding ecology of Cabot's tragopan Tragopan caboti, Ding Chang-qing
Fieldwork conditions while studying Cabot's tragopan, Ding Chang-qing
Issue 3 (August 1995)
Editorial, Philip McGowan and Peter Garson
The endemic Vietnamese Lophura pheasants : Conservation and taxonomy, Euan Malone
Recent pheasant surveys in central Vietnam, Nguyen Cu
Captive breeding initiatives for the Vietnamese Lophura species, Han Assink
Delacour's expeditions to Vietnam from which the captive stock of Edward's pheasant originated, Pierre Ciarpaglini and Alain Hennache
The IUCN policy statement on captive breeding
The Association for Parrot Conservation positin statement on captive breeding as a recovery measure, Noel Snyder
Letter to the editor: United States Wild Bird Conservation Act, Ellen Paul
Issue 4 (January 1996)
Editorial, Carol Inskipp and Peter Garson
A round up from the Chairman, Peterson Garson
Project review: Action Plan implementation, Peter Garson
The conservation and management of crested argus Rheinartia ocellata and Edward's pheasant Lophura edwardsi in Vietnam: Should introductionbe considered? Jonathan C. Eames
Observations and findings about the Vietnamese pheasant Lophura hatinhensis at the Hanoi Zoological Gardens, Dang Gia Tung and Le Sy Thuc
Letters to the editor
Plumage variation in Vietnamese and Edwards' pheasants, John Corder
Concems for the genetic integrity and conservation status of the red junglefowl, I. Lehr Brisbin, Jr.
Review of Sold for a Song: The Trade on Southeast Asian non-CITES Birds by Stephen V. Nash, review by Roger Wilkinson
Issue 5 (July 1996)
Editorial, Carol Inskipp and Peter Garson
A round up from the Chairman, Peter Garson
Project news
Surveys for the Palawan peacock-pheasant, Roy Girdler
Winter survey of western tragopans in Pakistan, David Showier, Peter Davidson, Raf Drijvers, Chris Barker, and Nigel Bean
Research resuming on Mikado pheasants, Cara Lin Bridgman
Indonesian galliform surveys
Indochina Programme breeding success
Northwest Indian Tragopan Project
Pakistan Galliform Project
Cheer pheasant conservation in northern India
Congo peafowl study in Zaïre
Swinhoe's pheasant in Yushan National Park, Lucia Liu Severinghaus
Why are Lophura pheasants so variable? Geoffrey W. H. Davison
Pheasants in Mizoram, India: An impression, Dhananjay Katju
Recent rare pheasant observations in Chin State, West Myanmar (Burma), Ben King, Dave Farrow, Craig Robson, Hugh Buck, and Tim Fisher
Shorts
IUCN publications
Action Plan
WPA annual review
International Symposium on Asian Galliformes
British Airways assisting conservation
PSG 1996/97 core funds
Species Survival Commission meeting
SSC membership
Re-introduction Specialise Group guidelines
PSG project proposals
PSG project reports
Next PSG Core Committee meeting
Issue 6 (February 1997)
Editorial, Carol Inskipp and Peter Garson
PSG statement
Internationak Symposium on Galliformes
Project news
Winter western tragopan survey in Palas, Guy Drake
Ecology and breeding behaviour of the golden pheasant, Ding Chang-qing
Grey junglefowl deserves immediate intensive long-term investigation, M. C. Sathyanaryana
Congo peafowl (Africa)
Cheer pheasant (India)
Blyth 's tragopan (India)
Kumaon pheasant project (India)
Western tragopan (India)
Himalayan monal (India)
Grey jungle/owl (India)
Sri Lankan junglefowl
Reeves's pheasant (China)
Mikado pheasant (Taiwan)
Silver and grey peacock-pheasants on Hainan Island (China)
Wildlife Conservation Society surveys for Bornean peacock-pheasant, Timothy G. O'Brien and Margaret F. Kinnaird
A systematic approach to the determination of conservation priorities for partridges and pheasants in Asia, Philip McGowan
Green peafowl Pavo muticus in Laos, Tom Evans
New localities for Blyth's tragopan from Nagaland, India, Anwaruddin Choudhury
Satyr tragopan in the Singhalila National Park, Darjeeling, India, Sarala Khaling
Review of The Island Treasure: Swinhoe 's Pheasant by Lucia Liu Severinghaus and Secrets of the Mikado Pheasant by Cara Lin Bridgman, review by Peter Garson
Review of The Gamebirds of China: Their Distribution and Status by Li Xiangtao, review by Mike Crosby
Review of Peafowl their Conservation, Breeding and Management by T. P. Gardiner, review by Carol Inskipp
Issue 7 (August 1997)
Editorial, Carol Inskipp
From the Chairman, Peter Garson
Pheasant new
Rediscovery of Edwards 's pheasant, Jonathan Eames
The wild caught Edwards 's pheasant in Hanoi Zoo, Dang Gia Tung
The breeding of the Annamese silver plteasa1tt at Hanoi Zoo, Dang Gia Tung and Le Sy Thuc
Winter habitat use by Himalayan monal in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, western Himalaya, S. Sathyakumar
Study of habitat selection and behaviour of Tibetan eared pheasant, Lu Xin
A ctb1ity and habitat selection of golden pheasant Chrysolophus pictus, Liang Wei
Status and conservation of green peafowl in China, Wen Xianji. Yang Xiaojun, and Yang Lan
A preliminary study of the habitat use and behaviour of green peafowl in spring in China, Yang Xiaojun. Wen Xianji, and Yang Lan
White eared pheasant site threatened by copper mine, Michael Rank
Drawing of a Tibetan eared pheasant, Michael Rank
Pheasant events
Western tragopan winter survey, Palas Valley, Rob Whale
Status of the grey junglefowl Gallus sonneratii in Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, south India, V. J. Zacharias
Drawing of a grey junglefowl by V. Gokula
Green peafowl Pavo muticus in Vietnam, Le Trong Trai
Status and conservation of green peafowl on Java, Bas (S.) van Balen
Comments
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