Trade and conservation efforts involving the Sumatran Laughingthrush Garrulax bicolor in Indonesia

  • Chris R. Shepherd Monitor Conservation Research Society (Monitor), Box 200, Big Lake Ranch, B.C., Canada, V0L 1G0
  • Lalita Gomez Monitor Conservation Research Society (Monitor), Box 200, Big Lake Ranch, B.C., Canada, V0L 1G0

Abstract

In 2018, the Indonesian Government provided legal protection for the Sumatran Laughingthrush Garrulax bicolor. This species, endemic to the island of Sumatra, is now restricted to a few submontane and montane forests on the north and south of the island. Heavily trapped for the Indonesian songbird trade, populations are in serious decline. Calls to provide full protection for this species were made close to 15 years ago, and since that time, the Sumatran Laughingthrush has become very rare and categorised as Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. While ex-situ conservation breeding programmes may help ensure this species does not go extinct, its continued survival in the wild will depend very much on effective law enforcement in Indonesia.

Published
2018-09-01
How to Cite
SHEPHERD, Chris R.; GOMEZ, Lalita. Trade and conservation efforts involving the Sumatran Laughingthrush Garrulax bicolor in Indonesia. Journal of Indonesian Natural History, [S.l.], v. 6, n. 2, p. 24-29, sep. 2018. ISSN 2685-5437. Available at: <http://jinh.fmipa.unand.ac.id/index.php/jinh/article/view/127>. Date accessed: 28 mar. 2024.
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Contributing Papers