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Taxonomic source(s)
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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	C1+2a(i)
2012	Near Threatened	C1+2a(i)
2008	Near Threatened	C1; C2a(i)
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1996	Vulnerable
1994	Vulnerable
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type	continent	Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	128,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	poor	suspected	-
Generation length	8.3 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but probably (perhaps greatly) exceeds 10,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2001). Remains locally common in most of its range (Rasmussen and Anderton 2012), particularly around Tibetan monasteries where birds may be fed (potentially increasing annual survival, particularly in winter). Range is vast and largely undisturbed, within which it is sometimes among the most frequently observed pheasant (e.g. Xin Lu 2012); thus while it may only occupy a fraction of the mapped area, its population size is probably large.

Trend justification: Suspected to be stable. Very locally hunting and overgrazing may be threats, but the vast majority of this species' range is undisturbed and remote from plausible threats. Moreover, its population is probably bolstered by artificial feeding provided by Tibetan monasteries, which confers some additional protection to the species. In a recent attempt to model the impact of climate change on the extent of suitable habitat, Li et al. (2023) found that in no modelled scenario did the area of suitable habitat for this species contract.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
India	presence uncertain	native

Country/Territory	IBA Name
China (mainland)	Baima Xueshan Nature Reserve
China (mainland)	Razhêng Temple
China (mainland)	Shongsep Temple
India	Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary - Zuluk - Bedang Tso - Natula Complex

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Temperate	major	resident
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	2400 - 5000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		No decline		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		No decline		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		No decline		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Tibetan Eared-pheasant Crossoptilon harmani. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/tibetan-eared-pheasant-crossoptilon-harmani on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.