Green pheasant
| Green pheasant | |
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| Male in Japan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Subfamily: | Phasianinae |
| Genus: | Phasianus |
| Species: | P. versicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Phasianus versicolor Vieillot, 1825[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phasianus colchicus versicolor | |
The green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), also known as Japanese green pheasant, is native to the Japanese archipelago, to which it is endemic.[1][3] It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the common pheasant.[4] It is the national bird of Japan.[5]
Description
The male (cock) has dark green plumage on the breast, neck, mantle, and flanks. The male also has bluish-purplish hood with clear ear-tufts, red wattle, and long, pale grey-banded tail. The female is smaller than the male, with a shorter tail, and has brownish black colored plumage, with dark brown feather fringed pale brown.[3]
Habitat and distribution
It is found throughout Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu as well as some smaller islands;[3] it has also been introduced in Hawaii[1] and (unsuccessfully) in North America as a gamebird. It inhabits woodlands and forest edges, brush, grassland, and parkland.[3]
Gallery
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Male in Japan
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Male (left) and female.
Uniform color of male (with no white on neck) and spotted underside of female are characteristic. -
egg
References
- 1 2 3 BirdLife International (2014). "Phasianus versicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ↑ "Phasianus versicolor (Vieillot, 1825)". ITIS. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
- 1 2 3 4 Brazil, Mark (2009). Birds of East Asia. Christopher Helm. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-0-7136-7040-0.
- ↑ E.g., "Phasianus colchicus versicolor Green Pheasant". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ↑ "Kokucho (The national bird)". japanlink.co.jp. Retrieved 25 July 2014. Declared national bird by a non-government body in 1947
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