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Ali, S.; Ripley, S. D. 1987. Compact handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Oxford University Press, Delhi.

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Awan, M. N. 2013. Conservation of Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichi) in Phala Game Reserve, Kashmir, Pakistan, through monitoring, capacity building and conservation education. Final report submitted to the Rufford Small Grants Foundation, UK.

Awan, M. N.; Ali, H.; Lee, D. C. 2012. An annotated checklist of birds and conservation issues in Salkhala Game Reserve, an isolated Important Bird Area in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Forktail 28: 38-43.

Awan, M.N., Ali, H. and Lee, D.C. 2014. Population survey and conservation assessment of the globally threatened Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichi in Jhelum Valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Zoological Research 35(4): 338-345.

Basnet, H., Thapa, T.B., Subedi, P. and Katuwal, H.B. 2020. Decline of the Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Nepal. Forktail 36: 114-116.

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., ?ekercio?lu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Bisht, M. S.; Phurailatpam, S.; Kathait, B. S. 2005. Nesting ecology and breeding success of Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii in Garhwal Himalaya, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 102(3): 287-289.

Bisht, M. S.; Phurailatpam, S.; Kathait, B. S.; Dobriyal, A. K.; Chandola-Saklani, A.; Kaul, R. 2007. Survey of threatened Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii in Garhwal Himalaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 104(2): 134-139.

Budhathapa, B. 2006. Status and distribution of Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii) in Rara National Park. Report to World Pheasant Association, UK and Oriental Bird Club, UK.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Iftikhar, N., Qamar, Q. Z., Ali, U., Awan, M. S., Bibi, S. S., Minhas, R. A. 2017. Population Status of Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Punjab University Journal of Zoology 32(1): 101-109.

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 08 December 2022).

Rahmani, A.R. 2012. Threatened Birds of India - Their Conservation Requirements. Oxford University Press.

Rasmussen, P.C. and Anderton, J.C. 2005. Birds of South Asia: the Ripley Guide. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Sathyakumar, S. and Kaul, R. 2007. Galliformes of India: Pheasants. WII Envis Bulletin 10: 49.

Singh, P. 2009. Cheer Pheasant in peril in Rara National Park, Nepal. World Pheasant Association News: 4.

Singh, P. B.; Subedi, P.; Garson, P. J.; Poudyal, L. 2011. Status, habitat use and threats of cheer pheasant Catreus wallichii in and around Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Nepal. International Journal of Galliformes Conservation 2: 22-30.

Subedi, P. 2003. Status and distribution of Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichi) in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Nepal.

Subedi, P. 2013. Struggling Cheer Pheasant: a revisit to the Kaligandaki valley, Nepal. Ibisbill 2: 66-74.

IUCN SSC Galliformes Specialist Group

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/cheer-pheasant-catreus-wallichii 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.