Endangered Bird Species In Malaysia

With the recent loss of tam the last living male sumatran rhino in malaysia his species was added to that list as the last living female iman cannot reproduce.

Endangered bird species in malaysia. These data have been compiled into a database with search options. Getting a balance between the demands of the economy infrastructure to support local communities and tourism and the need to protect the habitats and well being of endangered species is a fine line which is difficult to achieve. Likely overexploitation may be the only documented extinctions of birds in malaysia jeyarajasingam and pearson 2012. Indonesian sumatra laos peninsular malaysia myanmar and thailand possibly extinct in china.

Can malaysia save any of its endangered species from extinction. A recent survey by conservation group birdlife international found that five species were critically endangered four were endangered and the rest were considered vulnerable the new straits times said. Teo a universiti malaysia sarawak graduate and member of malaysian nature society mns kuching branch. In 2010 an updated list was published for peninsular malaysia.

Even though the threat caused by deforestation is on the decline these animals are still over hunted for their meat. Kuching sept 1 the helmeted hornbill one of eight hornbill species that can be found in sarawak is now critically endangered due to years of poaching warned local zoologist jason teo. But they re not alone for there still are a few species of animals here in malaysia who are reaching the end of the line and they are. Malaysia faces the extinction of 45 bird species in the next five to 10 years if it fails to introduce protected areas and breeding programmes for endangered species a report said thursday.

In 2015 it was placed under the critically endangered list. For a species to be considered endangered by the iucn it must meet certain quantitative criteria which are designed to classify taxa facing a very high risk of extinction an even higher risk is faced by critically endangered species which meet the quantitative criteria for endangered species. Although work is now being done it may be too little too late. This elegant creature is a subspecies unique to peninsular malaysia with the three priority areas for tigers being taman negara endau rompin forest complex and belum temenggor forest complex.

In 2005 a bird list was published for malaysia west and east. The crested argus pheasant can only be found in peninsular malaysia in the remote mountains of pahang terengganu and kelantan. Medway and wells 1976 it is clear that the key threat facing most bird species is from habitat loss and the secondary impacts that this causes bryan et al 2013. The bird conservation council records committee of the malaysian nature society maintains a list of the malaysian birds with information about occurence and status.

Sodhi et al 2010. Once plentiful in southeast asia many gibbon species are currently endangered including the lar gibbon.