Camera trap images are often of large charismatic mammals, but during the last 14 months of camera trapping surveys we have come to realise the value of this equipment for collecting information on birds too, specifically the galliformes or ‘gamebirds’. So far we have recorded the globally-threatened Crestless Fireback Lophura erythropthalma, the near threatened Great Argus Argusianus argus and Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul, and Red Jungle Fowl Gallus gallus, the wild ancestor of the domestic chicken. Interestingly we have yet to record the near-threatened Crested Fireback L. ignita, which is less rare than its crestless cousin.
Very little information exists for Crestless Fireback in Sumatra. We hope that our camera trap data will provide a better understanding of its abundance and distribution. This will support the conservation management of a species threatened by a reduction in the area and quality of lowland forest throughout its range in Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.