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The status and conservation of hornbills in Cambodia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2005

TAN SETHA
TAN SETHA
Affiliation:
Department of Forestry and Wildlife, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and counterpart to the Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia Program. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Internal security problems from the 1960s up until 1998 prevented any fieldwork in Cambodia. Since then, the situation has improved greatly and the Royal Government of Cambodia, in collaboration with international conservation NGOs, has been conducting general biological surveys across the country. Survey reports were used to investigate current occurrence of hornbills. Historically, three hornbill species — Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis, Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus and Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris — were known from Cambodia. Recent surveys show that populations of Great and Wreathed Hornbills have declined significantly since the 1960s, while Oriental Pied is still common. A fourth hornbill species, Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus tickelli, was reported in 1998 in Kirirom National Park spanning the border of Koh Kong and Kompong Speu provinces in south-west Cambodia. Conservation priorities and priorities for future surveys are being developed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 14 , Issue S1 , December 2004 , pp. S5 - S11
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© BirdLife International 2004