Tragopan

Study Extent

Palas Valley, Pakistan During the breeding season in April and May 2017 and 2018. Absence data at survey sites with no observations at a given day are also reported. Along with data from call count surveys we provide single point occurrences from transect walks in May and November 2019

Sampling

Numbers of calling individuals were counted during an standadized call count survey at 23 census sites during the breeding season (estimated listening radius 300 m according to Gaston et al. 1981). The observation period started before dawn with the first call of a Western Tragopan and numbers of calling individuals recorded during a time period of 30 min.

Quality Control

To distinguish between calling individuals we noted the direction and the approximate distance of calling individuals within a listening radius of 300 m. Approximate perching sites of calling individuals were marked in a field-note sheet for each observation day at each site. Mean estimates of local population densities for each of the side valleys inferred from counted individuals per site, were comparable to published estimates from other parts of the species distribution.

Method steps

1. Along with data from call count surveys we provide single point occurrences from transect walks in May and November 2019 (all sightings were counted, one occurrence refers to one individual).

Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)

1. Tragopan
   rank: genus
2. melanocephalus
   common name: Western Tragopan rank: species

Palas Valley, Pakistan