This list contains 17 entry(ies).
Re-introductions are increasingly being used as a wildlife management tool to restore extinct or depleted wild populations into suitable habitats.
Organization(s):
- World Pheasant Association, UK
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Reintroduction Specialist Group
The grouse comprise a group of high profile species that are among the most well-known species in the countries where they occur; they are often considered the embodiment of the landscapes in which they live. Today, many of these species are under threat.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- WPA/BirdLife/SSC Grouse Specialist Group
- World Pheasant Association, UK
These species, a group of about 150 ground-dwelling gamebird, are found on every continent apart from Antarctica. They live in a wide variety of habitats from tropical forests, high-altitude alpine zones, temperate forests, open country, to desert environment.
Author(s):
- Carroll, John P.
- Fuller, Richard A.
- McGowan, Philip J. K.
Organization(s):
- BirdLife International
- Center for Marine Conservation, US
- Chicago Zoological Society, US
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Partridge, Quail and Francolin Specialist Group
- Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
- Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
- United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- World Pheasant Association, UK
- WWF International
In the five years since publication of the 1995-99 action plan, the Megapode Specialist Group has been active in promoting, initiating and executing conservation and research projects on thermometer birds. But the conservation outlook for many species remains bleak.
Author(s):
- Baker, Gillian C.
- Dekker, René W. R. J.
- Fuller, Richard A.
Organization(s):
- BirdLife International
- Center for Marine Conservation, US
- Chicago Zoological Society, US
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Megapode Specialist Group
- Netherlands Foundation for International Nature Protection
- Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
- Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
- United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- World Pheasant Association, UK
- WWF International
As large ground-dwelling birds, pheasants are widely hunted for food, plumage and the live bird trade - consequently many species are threatened. They are largely dependent on forested habitats, making them highly vulnerable to deforestation and habitat degradation.
Author(s):
- Fuller, Richard A.
- Garson, Peter J.
Organization(s):
- BirdLife International
- Center for Marine Conservation, US
- Chicago Zoological Society, US
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Pheasant Specialist Group
- Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
- Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
- United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- World Pheasant Association, UK
- WWF International
Grouse have long attracted and fascinated people. Their display behaviour, and their traditional communal mating grounds or "leks", have inspired poetry and folklore as well as scientific theories on sexual selection and mating systems.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- WPA/BirdLife/SSC Grouse Specialist Group
- World Pheasant Association, UK
- Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
- WWF International
- Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
- United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- Center for Marine Conservation, US
- Chicago Zoological Society, US
- Wildbiologische Gesellschaft München, DE
Author(s):
- Garson, Peter J.
- McGowan, Philip J. K.
Organization(s):
- BirdLife International
- British Airways Assisting Conservation
- Chicago Zoological Society, US
- DEJA, Inc.
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Pheasant Specialist Group
- National Wildlife Federation, US
- Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
- Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, BE
- Whitley Animal Protection Trust
- World Pheasant Association, UK
- WWF International
The 22 species of Megapodes or "thermometer-birds" are found in Australia, New Guinea, eastern Indonesia, the Philippines and some Pacific islands.
Author(s):
- Dekker, René W. R. J.
- McGowan, Philip J. K.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Megapode Specialist Group
- World Pheasant Association, UK
- BirdLife International
- WWF International
- Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
- DEJA, Inc.
- Chicago Zoological Society, US
- Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, BE
- Whitley Animal Protection Trust
- British Airways Assisting Conservation
Author(s):
- McGowan, Philip J. K.
- Dowell, Simon D.
- Carroll, John P.
- Aebischer, Nicholas J.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Partridge, Quail and Francolin Specialist Group
- World Pheasant Association, UK
- BirdLife International
- WWF International
- Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
- National Wildlife Federation, US
- DEJA, Inc.
- Chicago Zoological Society, US
- Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, BE
- Whitley Animal Protection Trust
- British Airways Assisting Conservation
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Grouse Specialist Group
- World Pheasant Association, UK
- BirdLife International
Organization(s):
- World Pheasant Association, UK
Organization(s):
- ICBP (International Council for Bird Preservation)
- World Pheasant Association, UK
Organization(s):
- World Pheasant Association, UK
Organization(s):
- World Pheasant Association, UK
Organization(s):
- World Pheasant Association, UK
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Cracid Specialist Group
- BirdLife International
- World Pheasant Association, UK
Organization(s):
- BirdLife International
- World Pheasant Association, UK
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
