Abstract:
From October 2021 to May 2022, the pheasant species in Deyang area of Giant Panda National Park were investigated by the methods of transect survey, trace survey, visit survey and infrared camera technology. Meanwhile, the monitoring data of infrared camera in this area since 2017 were collected and analyzed comprehensively. A total of 11 pheasant species were recorded, among which, Chinese Monal (
Lophophorus lhuysii) and Chestnut-throated Partridge (
Tetraophasis obscurus) were national class I key protected wild animals, Blood Pheasant (
Ithaginis cruentus), Temminck’s Tragopan (
Tragopan temminckii), Golden Pheasant (
Chrysolophus pictus), Koklass Pheasant (
Pucrasia macrolopha), Tibetan Snowcock (
Tetraogallus tibetanus) were national class II key protected wild animals. Chinese Monal, Chestnut-throated Partridge, Golden Pheasant, Chinese Bamboo Partridge (
Bambusicola thoracicus) were Chinese endemic species. Chinese Monal was evaluated as vulnerable by IUCN. Three pheasant species including Tibetan Snowcock, Tibetan Partridge (
Perdix hodgsoniae) and Snow Partridge (
Lerwa lerwa), were found to be the new records in the area. The results of different investigation methods showed that the occurrence rate of Chinese Monal, Temminck’s Tragopan and Blood Pheasant were high and distributed in various vegetation types. The diversity of pheasant species recorded in different regions was as follows: Mianzhu region (8 species) > Shiziwangfeng region (6 species) = Shifang region (6 species) = Xiaomuling region (6 species). The study found that Chinese Monal and Blood Pheasant were found in four different survey areas, however, Chinese Monal mainly distributed in the Shiziwangfeng region. Chestnut-throated Partridge, Tibetan Snowcock and Tibetan Partridge were only found in the Shiziwangfeng region, Golden Pheasant, Temminck’s Tragopan, Chinese Bamboo Partridge and Koklass Pheasant mainly distributed in the Shifang, Mianzhu and Xiaomuling region, Snow Partridge was only found in the Mianzhu and Shiziwangfeng region, Common Pheasant (
Phasianus colchicus) was only found in the Mianzhu region. This study showed that different investigation methods were suitable for the investigation of pheasant species resources in this area, and the research results provided key scientific data for the accurate conservation and management of pheasant species in the future.pheasant species in the future.