Reeves's pheasant is a Nationally Protected Species (Second Class) in China, and is listed as a protected species by the provincial governments of some of the provinces where it occurs. In the mid-1990s, a new national law was declared in China, forbidding the keeping of guns in private homes, including shotguns used for hunting, which has led to a significant reduction in hunting with guns of Chinese wildlife. Nevertheless, other forms of hunting are still widespread, including the use of poison baits and nets. Reeves's pheasant has a relatively wide distribution, and occurs in many protected areas, including the Tuoda forest in Guizhou, established as a nature reserve by the local government in 1992 specifically for the conservation of Reeves's pheasant and its habitat, although illegal felling has since occurredhere (6). Recent surveys on Reeves’s pheasant have included research into the current status of the habitats in 13 protected areas in Dabie Montains, especially in Dongzhai National Nature Reserve, providing baseline data for habitat management, habitat restoration, and reintroduction of this threatened species. Studies have shown that a mosaic of habitats is crucial for meeting the various requirements of male Reeves’s pheasants throughout the year, and management recommendations include concentrating on maintaining a patchwork of habitats that will support Reeves’s pheasant throughout its range (7). Much work has been done around the reserve to raise local awareness of the plight of this species, and conservation programmes have been developed. Around 3,000 specimens are estimated to exist in captivity around the world, and Dongzhai Nature Reserve and Henan Normal University have established a captive-breeding centre. However, where the cause of the decline is habitat loss, bolstering wild populations with captive stock would likely have a limited impact on the long-term conservation of this rare, long-tailed pheasant (6).