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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
[[Image:IMG 49023.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male, female in the background<br />Photo by {{user|Tang+Jun|Tang Jun}}<br />Fujian [[China]], May 2014]] | [[Image:IMG 49023.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male, female in the background<br />Photo by {{user|Tang+Jun|Tang Jun}}<br />Fujian [[China]], May 2014]] | ||
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− | '''Male''' | + | '''Male''' 80cm (31½ in) |
*Chestnut brown above | *Chestnut brown above | ||
*White below | *White below | ||
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*Bare red facial skin | *Bare red facial skin | ||
*Long white tail with rust coloured bars | *Long white tail with rust coloured bars | ||
− | '''Female''' 50 cm | + | '''Female''' 50 cm (19¾ in) |
*Rufous brown | *Rufous brown | ||
*Black throat | *Black throat | ||
*White belly | *White belly | ||
*White tipped tail | *White tipped tail | ||
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When flushed females do not look like pheasants at all. The primary impression when flying away is of a greyish fat partridge with a fanned tail, clearly rufous with a pale fringe. This very confusing appearance is not noted in the literature. | When flushed females do not look like pheasants at all. The primary impression when flying away is of a greyish fat partridge with a fanned tail, clearly rufous with a pale fringe. This very confusing appearance is not noted in the literature. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
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+ | ====Breeding==== | ||
+ | A wing-whirring display is performed both in the early morning and early afternoon. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
− | #{{Ref- | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014) |
#Wikipedia | #Wikipedia | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:48, 7 February 2018
- Syrmaticus ellioti
Identification
Male 80cm (31½ in)
- Chestnut brown above
- White below
- Black throat
- White nape and wingbars
- Bare red facial skin
- Long white tail with rust coloured bars
Female 50 cm (19¾ in)
- Rufous brown
- Black throat
- White belly
- White tipped tail
Flight
When flushed females do not look like pheasants at all. The primary impression when flying away is of a greyish fat partridge with a fanned tail, clearly rufous with a pale fringe. This very confusing appearance is not noted in the literature.
Distribution
South-eastern China
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Montane bamboo forests and evergreen broadleaved forests.
Behaviour
Diet
They are thought to eat seeds, seed pods, berries and leaves and ants.
Breeding
A wing-whirring display is performed both in the early morning and early afternoon.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Elliot's Pheasant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 March 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Elliot%27s_Pheasant