Bird diversity in northern Myanmar and conservation implications

We conducted four bird biodiversity surveys in the Putao area of northern Myanmar from 2015 to 2017. Combined with anecdotal information collected between 2012 and 2015, we recorded 319 bird species, including two species (Arborophila mandellii and Lanius sphenocercus) previously unrecorded in Myanm...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Ming-Xia, Kyaw, Myint, Li, Guo-Gang, Zhao, Jiang-Bo, Zeng, Xiang-Le, Swa, Kyaw, Quan, Rui-Chang
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Science Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5717427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29181901
http://dx.doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.059
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author Zhang, Ming-Xia
Kyaw, Myint
Li, Guo-Gang
Zhao, Jiang-Bo
Zeng, Xiang-Le
Swa, Kyaw
Quan, Rui-Chang
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description We conducted four bird biodiversity surveys in the Putao area of northern Myanmar from 2015 to 2017. Combined with anecdotal information collected between 2012 and 2015, we recorded 319 bird species, including two species (Arborophila mandellii and Lanius sphenocercus) previously unrecorded in Myanmar. Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae), babblers (Timaliidae), pigeons and doves (Columbidae), and pheasants and partridges (Phasianidae) were the most abundant groups of birds recorded. Species richness below 1 500 m a. s. l. was higher than species richness at higher elevations. Our results suggest that the current protected areas in this region should be expanded to lower elevations to cover critical conservation gaps.
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spelling pubmed-57174272017-12-06 Bird diversity in northern Myanmar and conservation implications Zhang, Ming-Xia Kyaw, Myint Li, Guo-Gang Zhao, Jiang-Bo Zeng, Xiang-Le Swa, Kyaw Quan, Rui-Chang Zool Res Articles We conducted four bird biodiversity surveys in the Putao area of northern Myanmar from 2015 to 2017. Combined with anecdotal information collected between 2012 and 2015, we recorded 319 bird species, including two species (Arborophila mandellii and Lanius sphenocercus) previously unrecorded in Myanmar. Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae), babblers (Timaliidae), pigeons and doves (Columbidae), and pheasants and partridges (Phasianidae) were the most abundant groups of birds recorded. Species richness below 1 500 m a. s. l. was higher than species richness at higher elevations. Our results suggest that the current protected areas in this region should be expanded to lower elevations to cover critical conservation gaps. Science Press 2017-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5717427/ /pubmed/29181901 http://dx.doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.059 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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