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Justification of Red List category
This pheasant is suspected to be undergoing moderately rapid population declines owing to habitat loss and degradation and hunting pressure. It is therefore classified as Near Threatened.

Population justification
The population size of this species has not been estimated. A total of c.55,000 km² of forest (Global Forest Watch 2022) remains in its range, such that even if only a small portion of this is occupied, the population size is unlikely to be small, and it appears to be regularly encountered (Radinal et al. 2019, eBird 2022).

Trend justification
The main threats of hunting pressure and habitat loss from logging and agricultural encroachment are thought to be causing moderate population declines. Remote sensing data (Global Forest Watch 2022, using data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein) suggest that forest loss in this species' range over the past three generations (23 years; Bird et al. 2020) has been equivalent to 10-15% (depending on the thresholds set). This species is suspected of being hunted (e.g. Shepherd 2006), including in protected areas, although no data are available to estimate what rate of decline this may be adding. Precautionarily, the summed rate of decline is suspected of being 15-25% over three generations.

Lophura inornata is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia.

It is a resident of montane humid forest from c.600-2,200 m, most observations coming from c.800 m and above. It appears to prefer primary, unlogged forest, but also frequents disturbed and degraded habitats in close proximity to primary forest. The observations in the Mamas Valley were of birds feeding on sparsely vegetated, open forest floor on relatively dry mountain slopes, at 1,200-2,000 m. The possible sighting in the Toba Highlands was described as being in a timber plantation planted with eucalyptus species at c.1,500 m, and it has reportedly been trapped at the edge of forest in this region, suggesting some tolerance of habitat modification (M. Iqbal in litt. 2010).

The main threats to this species are habitat loss and hunting. On the former, remote sensing data (Global Forest Watch 2022, using data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein) suggest that forest loss in this species' range over the past three generations (23 years; Bird et al. 2020) has been equivalent to 10-15% (depending on the thresholds set). Hunting and trapping is assumed to have additive impacts, with birds hunted locally for food, and traded internationally for the pet trade.

Conservation Actions Underway
No direct conservation action is known. It occurs in numerous protected areas on Sumatra (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN 2022) and birds are held in captivity and numerous institutions.

Conservation Actions Proposed
Quantify the threat from hunting and associated disturbance. Assess the nature and scale of key threats affecting Gunung Leuser National Park and advocate the control of illegal tree-felling and illegal bird trapping. Encourage Indonesian authorities to monitor and take enforcement action against traders selling the species in markets (C. Shepherd in litt. 2012).

46-55 cm. Short-tailed pheasant. Male uniform, dark bluish-black with some indistinct pale bluish fringing to upperparts, bare red facial skin and pale grey legs. Female rufous-brown with distinct paler shaft streaks and irregular blotching, particularly on underparts, dark tail and pale grey legs. Females of the subspecies 'hoogerwerfi' are darker and generally more uniform, lacking the pale shaft streaks underneath, while males appear indistinguishable. Similar spp. Female Malay Crested Fireback L. rufa has crest, longer tail and white scaling on underparts. Female Malay Crestless Fireback L. erythrophthalma lacks blue fringing to upperparts. Voice A series of clucking calls.

Text account compilers
Berryman, A.

Contributors
Benstead, P., Bird, J., Brickle, N., Corder, J., Davidson, P., Dinata, Y., Iqbal, M., Keane, A., Lambert, F., Martin, R., Randi, E., Symes, A., Taylor, J. & Winarni, N.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Salvadori's Pheasant Lophura inornata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/salvadoris-pheasant-lophura-inornata on 27/11/2024.
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 27/11/2024.