Galliformes are often difficult to count adequate-ly in their natural habitats due to low detectability of them. In the present study, we confirm availability of feather-count and feces-count as two useful field techniques to estimate the rela-tive abundance of eared-pheasants (Crossoptilon spp. ). The former is suitable to forest environments during the post-incu-bation period, whereas the latter is best in areas with dry cli-mate conditions during the fall-winter season. With the ad-vantages of reduced survey effort and high repeatability, the two techniques are potentially applicable to other Galliform species in habitat selection studies and long-term population monitoring.