![]() Therefore, intensive study of the relationship between Cheer Pheasant and underlying threats is necessary. The species has disappeared from some of the known locations where locals have observed them frequently in the past. The main anthropogenic threats to the Cheer Pheasant's decline in Far Western Nepal include lure hunting, gunshot, egg collection, and forest fire. As a result of this work, Cheer Pheasant has been found in new locations in Nepal, including Pancheshwor Rural Municipality in Baitadi, Mangalsen Municipality in Achham and Badimalika Municipality in Bajura district. Therefore, from 2014 to 2016, a survey and informal interviews were conducted in Baitadi, Achham and Bajura districts of Far Western Nepal to learn more about the species' status, distributional range, and conservation challenges. Despite the species' occurrence being reported opportunistically, no fieldwork focusing on Cheer Pheasant has been carried out in Far Western Nepal. ![]() Furthermore, scientific research and conservation efforts for the Cheer Pheasant have been focused on a few Protected Areas (PAs), leaving behind the large distributional area that lies outside the PAs’ system. Snaring and hunting are the main causes for its decline in Nepal. Despite its global and national significance, it has been declining in Nepal, and other parts of its distribution range. Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii, is classified as rare and Vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, as well as an Endangered species in the National Red List of Birds in Nepal, and one of the nine of Nepal's protected priority bird species. Of the 1,228 species of birds that have been reported in India, 447 have been recorded in the hill state alone by the Himachal State Council for Science, Technology and Environment in its biodiversity report.Pheasants remain one of the least studied and popular target species for hunters and trappers in many parts of Nepal. Its lush green valleys and snow-capped mountains are home to 36 per cent of India's bird species. Himachal Pradesh is known as a storehouse of bio-diversity. As a result a chick of endangered monal was born and reared this year," he said, adding two chicks of the kalij and the six of the silver pheasant were also reared. "Incubation by artificial means and rearing of chicks in the zoo has been carried out. They are included in Schedule-1 of protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act. Of these, the monal and the cheer pheasants are listed in the Red Data Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a compendium of species facing extinction. They are the monal, the cheer, the kalij, the Indian peafowl, the silver pheasant and the Indian goose. ![]() The Himalayan Bird Park, established in August 1994, has 43 birds of seven species, besides the red jungle fowl. This process eliminates any chance of alteration of their physiological behaviour and stress, he added. Even after pricking, the mother is not disturbed and is allowed to incubate the egg in a normal manner," the official said. The eggs at this stage don't contain a developed embryo. "This a well adopted technique of the bird population control in zoos all over the world. He said as per the genetic analysis, history and physical health, most of the red jungle fowls are genetically inbred, hence any egg laid by them is to be discarded as per the guidelines of the Central Zoo Authority of India.Īccording to Mohan, the eggs are destroyed by pricking the freshly laid eggs with a sterile needle. Principal Chief Wildlife Warden Lalit Mohan said, "The eggs laid by the red jungle fowl in the Himalayan Bird Park in Shimla are being discarded and the birds are not allowed to multiply to avoid unhealthy stock." The wildlife wing in Himachal Pradesh is destroying eggs of the red jungle fowl in captivity to avoid an unhealthy stock.
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