Why peacocks are endangered

The good news is that in areas where habitat is protected the Green Peafowl population is effectively managed and stable. The population estimate for Green Peafowl of 5,, individuals which was estimated in has been revised to 10,, mature individuals.

Green Peafowl have become endangered peacocks by humans continually hunting for meat and feathers. Also the collection of eggs and chicks has endangered peacocks. As a result of fragmentation of habitat many small populations have become isolated, This has increased their chance of local extinction.

Research has found that selective logging appears to have no bad effects on peafowl areas of habitat and population. Farmers in China and Thailand consider the Green Peafowl as a crop-pest and consequently poison them. Peafowl are omnivores that feed on insects, plants, and small creatures. They are not known for being picky eaters and will eat anything they can fit in their beak. Generally, peafowl like to live in densely wooded areas.

They will nest on the ground and roost in the trees. Males gather harems of several females and will often gather in groups called parties. Each female lays three to five eggs. Green peafowl are frequently driven out of their living environments, and left with no appropriate places to live and thrive.

Because of habitat ruination, many communities of peafowl are scattered remotely throughout their geographic base, making the odds of them fully dying out in certain spots an unpleasant but realistic possibility. Another major danger to the green peafowl population is hunting.

These southeastern Asian natives are sought both for their vivid plumage, flesh, eggs and youngsters. Their eggs and hatchlings or peachicks are valued in the pet industry.

Green peafowl are thought of as agricultural nuisances in some areas of Asia, namely Thailand and China. It defined such projects as less than megawatts, a threshold the megawatt Jiasa plant just passes. This means there are no regulations limiting the power plan owners from expanding further into the green peacock habitat. The environmental impact assessment report for the project had only a single sentence summing up the effects on flora and fauna in the region.

The reserve referred to is a prefectural one founded in in Shuangbai further upstream. The riversides that provide habitat for the endangered green peacock do not currently lie within any nature reserves. It is understood that the Xinping government is actively working on creating a new reserve but it remains unclear when that would be approved or if it would solve conservation issues.

Information on the bird circulates only in academia in China. Locals communities have traditionally hunted the bird and are unaware that it is a nationally protected animal.

In January infrared cameras placed outside the Konglong River Nature Reserve by researchers captured images of poachers at work.

Wild China has joined with Friends of Nature and the Shanshui Conservation Centre to call upon the Ministry of Environmental Protection to order an urgent halt to the project and reevaluate its environmental impact, in particular on the green peacock and its habitat. This article was first published on chinadialogue. Sign me up for the newsletter. By using this comment form you consent to the storing of your name and IP address on this website.

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