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Elliot's Pheasant
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Elliot's Pheasant
Syrmaticus ellioti
Elliot's pheasant (Syrmaticus ellioti), is a large pheasant native to south-eastern China.
From the article Elliot's pheasant on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Males are up to 80 cm (31 in) long; they are brown and white with a black throat, chestnut-brown upper parts, white belly, nape and wing bars, red bare facial skin and long rusty-barred whitish tail. Females are smaller, at 50 cm (20 in) long; they are rufous brown with a blackish throat, whitish belly and less barred tail.
Range & habitat
Elliot's pheasant is endemic to south-eastern China (Guizhou, Hubei, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong provinces), where it lives in evergreen and mountain forests at altitudes of 200–1,900 m (660–6,230 ft). Its diet consists mainly of seeds, leaves and berries.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Wild pheasants forage for seeds, berries, leaves, and other similar plant matter. They have also been known to eat ants.
Wikipedia: “Food and feeding”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1165.