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

Authority: (Blyth, 1850)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species has its stronghold in north-east India and adjacent Myanmar, throughout which it is thought to be declining because of habitat loss and degradation, and to a lesser extent, hunting. However, these declines are not thought to be rapid enough to meet or approach the thresholds for listing as threatened. Its population size has not been estimated but is suspected to be moderately large given the large extent of remaining suitable habitat. Moreover, a reasonable proportion of its range now lies in protected areas. Accordingly, its extinction risk is evaluated as being low and it is listed as Least Concern.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 350,000 km²

Country endemic: no

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