VU
Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus



Family: Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Authority: (Gray, 1829)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Vulnerable because its small and sparsely distributed population is declining and becoming increasingly fragmented in the face of continuing forest loss and degradation throughout its restricted range. Larger recent population estimates and its discovery at several new locations suggest the global population size may prove to be larger than previously thought.



Population size: 3300 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 106,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/western-tragopan-tragopan-melanocephalus on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.