Swinhoe’s Pheasant
(Lophura swinhoii)
Lophura swinhoii is endemic to the mountains of central Taiwan (China). The species became extinct at several localities in the 1960s and 1970s, but it apparently remains common in suitable habitat such as primary broadleaved forest and mature secondary forest, and it has populations in several protected areas.
Threats to species:
Heavy hunting pressure was a problem for it in the past, but is no longer a serious threat. Deforestation is still a threat outside protected areas, and there is the risk that sub-populations will become isolated in the future.
MEET THE ANIMALS
Blackbuck
(Antilope cervicapra)
Defassa Waterbuck
(Kobius defassa)
Domestic Water Buffalo
(Bubalus bubalis)
Fallow deer
(Dama dama)
Indian Hog Deer
(Axis porcinus)
Malayan Sambar
(Rusa unicolor equinus)
Manchurian Sika Deer
(Cervus nippon hortulorum)
Mouflon
(Ovis aries musimon)
Nilgai / Blue Bull
(Boselaphus tragcamelus)
Père David's Deer / Milu
(Elaphus davidianus)
Red Deer
(Cervus elaphus)
Conservation Today for Wildlife Tomorrow
Watatunga Wildlife Reserve, Watlington Road, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 0RG