7 thoughts on “Orange-breasted Laughingthrush (Garrulax annamensis)”
I would love to participate any discussion about Orange-breasted and Chestnut-eared Laughingthrushes. Both species were heavily hunting during pandemic (for caged bird pets). The later species is also effected by habitat lost. In the last two year, the ObL wasn’t observed from its historical locations while the CeL is only seen at one or two spot only.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 12 February 2024. We will now analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 12 February 2024, when discussions will re-open.
Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2024 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 18 February 2024, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2024 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in December 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
I would suggest that vulnerable is a very conservative assessment for the current status of this species and that endangered would more accurately reflect its current perilous status with very few recorded sightings in recent years. As noted in the above assessment I would put this dramatic decline down to trapping for the cage bird trade. In recent years trappers have been unwittingly assisted by the setting-up of photographic hides and feeding stations by bird photographers allowing for easy trapping once the photographers have departed.
On my opinion, the term Vunarable is not clear enough. The real situation in Vietnam is Yes or No as the trapping is going along with the requires of the caging or eating. The national parks are not clearifying feeding or not to wildlife while the rudes is not allowing to feed the wildlife as it is real threat. An indirect affect from feeding station hepl promoting wild birds but also lead to the decrease of threatened species succh as Golden winged, Chestnut eared or Orange breasted laughingthrushes in Central Vietnam.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a final decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 26 February 2024.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
Following further review and the comments above that this species has disappeared from several localities (and additional information offline indicating that the species is now extremely difficult to find), the recommended categorisation for this species has been changed.
Orange-breasted Laughingthrush is now recommended to be listed as Endangered under Criteria A2cd+4cd.
Many thanks for everyone who contributed to the 2024.1 GTB Forum process. The final 2024 Red List categories will now be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
I would love to participate any discussion about Orange-breasted and Chestnut-eared Laughingthrushes. Both species were heavily hunting during pandemic (for caged bird pets). The later species is also effected by habitat lost. In the last two year, the ObL wasn’t observed from its historical locations while the CeL is only seen at one or two spot only.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments until 12 February 2024. We will now analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a preliminary decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 12 February 2024, when discussions will re-open.
Preliminary proposal
Based on available information, our preliminary proposal for the 2024 Red List would be to adopt the proposed classifications outlined in the initial forum discussion.
There is now a period for further comments until the final deadline on 18 February 2024, after which the recommended categorisations will be put forward to IUCN.
The final 2024 Red List categories will be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in December 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.
I would suggest that vulnerable is a very conservative assessment for the current status of this species and that endangered would more accurately reflect its current perilous status with very few recorded sightings in recent years. As noted in the above assessment I would put this dramatic decline down to trapping for the cage bird trade. In recent years trappers have been unwittingly assisted by the setting-up of photographic hides and feeding stations by bird photographers allowing for easy trapping once the photographers have departed.
On my opinion, the term Vunarable is not clear enough. The real situation in Vietnam is Yes or No as the trapping is going along with the requires of the caging or eating. The national parks are not clearifying feeding or not to wildlife while the rudes is not allowing to feed the wildlife as it is real threat. An indirect affect from feeding station hepl promoting wild birds but also lead to the decrease of threatened species succh as Golden winged, Chestnut eared or Orange breasted laughingthrushes in Central Vietnam.
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. We greatly appreciate the time and effort invested in commenting. The window for consultation is now closed and we are unable to accept any more comments. We will analyse and interpret the information, and we will post a final decision on this species’ Red List status on this page on 26 February 2024.
Recommended categorisation to be put forward to IUCN
Following further review and the comments above that this species has disappeared from several localities (and additional information offline indicating that the species is now extremely difficult to find), the recommended categorisation for this species has been changed.
Orange-breasted Laughingthrush is now recommended to be listed as Endangered under Criteria A2cd+4cd.
Many thanks for everyone who contributed to the 2024.1 GTB Forum process. The final 2024 Red List categories will now be published on the BirdLife and IUCN websites in October 2024, following further checking of information relevant to the assessments by both BirdLife and IUCN.