Large numbers Green winged crab in Important Bird Region West Pang Pangolin

In November 2005, BirdLife International Project staff in Cambodia recorded 70 individuals of Green-winged Frog (Pseudibis davisoni) in wetlands in the Important Bird Area of ​​Pang Pang . By December 2005, at least 40 individuals were recorded here.

Since 2003, BirdLife Cambodia Office has implemented a series of community-based conservation activities in northeastern Cambodia. A priority area in this northeastern landscape is the Pangasian Important Bird Area. This area is adjacent to 2 protected areas; to the east is the Sekong River (also an Important Bird Area) and a small part of the (Important Bird Area) Virachey National Park, and to the west and north contiguous (Important Bird Area) National Protected Area Gia Xe Piane of Laos.

The area of ​​West Sip Pang, a mosaic of sparse dipterocarp forests with seasonal wetlands (trapeang), along with the semi-evergreen and semi-evergreen forest along the Sekong and semi-permanent forests Green on lowland areas near the border with Laos, is believed to be the most important area for the conservation of threatened bird species in Cambodia.

The area is home to a single population that can exist only in the Southeast Asian continent of the Blue-winged Archipelago, which is currently threatened with global extinction at the Supreme Level. In addition, the area is home to populations of three globally endangered species at the Critically Endangered level, the Big Crab (Thaumatibis gigantea), the Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) and the Vulture. small mine (Gyps tenuirostris).

Coordinated from the field office in the provincial capital of S Pang Pang, the project staff is currently promoting biodiversity protection activities and capacity building for communities and local governments to implement conservation and management of natural resources. Among the activities of the project is the monitoring of biodiversity and monitoring of human use of wetlands and standing pools (trapaeng - in the local language).

In November 2005, project staff recorded up to 70 individuals Green-winged fowl at a trapaeng in the Pangasius Important Pangasius Region. By December, 40 individuals were recorded at the same location. The count of very high green-winged species in November showed a significant increase in the number of green-winged crabs recorded. Previously, the highest counting results for this species were 23 individuals in January 2003 and 33 individuals in November 2004. These counts are significant due to the global population of the winged species. Green is estimated at only 50 to 250 mature individuals.

The green-winged frog is a large-sized fish species (75 - 85 centimeters) that often lives near lakes, ponds, marshes and small streams in sparse dipterocarp forests on low land, and often submerged areas according to season. This species is also distributed in wet or dry grasslands with scattered trees, and near large rivers with sand and gravel banks. Their populations are being reduced by habitat loss due to logging in lowland forests and rehabilitating the wetlands for agricultural land (most of the Mekong floodplain is in southern Laos has been transformed into rice fields), cattle grazing, grass exploitation and other development activities. The condition of the species threatened by habitat loss is exacerbated by hunting and disturbances that cause loss of feeding, shelter and safety nest. Bird disturbance and hunting are probably the biggest threat to the Green-winged Arch.

BirdLife International Program 1 in Indochina