Inclusion of Hwamei (Garrulax canorus) in Appendix II

The species of of Hwamei is restricted to the south of Yellow river in China and at limited areas in the north parties of Vietnam and Lao. China owns the significant part of the population in the global level. Subspecies of G. c. canorus distributes widely at regions of hills and low mountain areas in provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Guandong, and also is in the south parties of Gansu, Shaanxi and Henan provinces. Subspecies owstoni and taewanus are restricted in each Islands of Hainan and Taiwan respectively (Cheng 1987, Fig. 1).