Editing Cheer pheasant (section)

==Habitat and distribution==
The cheer pheasant is distributed in the highlands and [[scrubland]]s of the [[Himalaya]] region of [[India]], [[Nepal]] and [[Pakistan]]. They are found mainly in western Nepal, [[Uttarakhand]] ([[Kumaon division|Kumaon]] and [[Garhwal division|Garhwal]]), [[Himachal Pradesh]] ([[Shimla district|Shimla]], [[Kullu Valley|Kullu]] and [[Chamba district|Chamba]]), and [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in northwestern India, and [[Hazara division|Hazara division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] in northern Pakistan. Surveys in 1981 and 2003 in the [[Dhorpatan]] area of western Nepal established 70 calling sites, suggesting substantial numbers exist in this area (about 200 birds).<ref name="Lelliott 1981">Lelliott, A.D.(1981) Cheer Pheasants in west-central Nepal. World Pheasant Assoc. 6:89-95</ref><ref name="TRAGOPAN 19">{{Cite web |url=http://chinabird.org/news/TRAGOPAN%2019.pdf |title=PSG Project round-up |work=Newsletter of the WPA/BirdLife/Species Survival Commission |publisher=[[Pheasant Specialist Group]] |access-date=14 January 2011}}</ref><ref name="Birdlife Data Zone">{{Cite web
|url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id=14328
|title=Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve
|work=birdlife.org
|publisher=Birdlife International
|access-date=14 January 2011
}}</ref> In another survey in 2010, cheer pheasants were detected in 21 calling sites in [[Kullu district]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref name="Jolli">{{cite journal|last1=Jolli|first1=Virat|last2=Srivastav|first2=A|last3=Thakur|first3=S|year=2011|title=Patch occupancy for cheer pheasant Catreus wallichii in the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area|journal=International Journal of Galliformes Conservation|volume=2|pages=74&ndash;81|url=http://www.pheasant.org.uk/uploads/Pages_74-81_Joli_et_al_Patch_occupancy_for_Cheer_Pheasant.pdf|access-date=10 December 2012|archive-date=5 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605051227/http://www.pheasant.org.uk/uploads/Pages_74-81_Joli_et_al_Patch_occupancy_for_Cheer_Pheasant.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> They are found mainly above 6000 feet altitude and up to 10000 feet in summer.<ref name="baker"/>