Reeves's Pheasants
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The Reeves's Pheasant, Syrmaticus reevesii, is endemic to the evergreen forests of central and east China. This spectacular pheasant is memorialized in the Guinness Book of Records for having the longest natural tail feather of any bird species.
Due to ongoing habitat lost, and over hunting for food and its tail plumes, the Reeves's Pheasant is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The name commemorates the English naturalist John R. Reeves.
Description:
This large pheasant is up to 82 inches (~210cm) long. It has a scaled golden body plumage, grey legs, brown iris and red skin around eye. The head is white with a black narrow band extends from its eyes.
The male has an extremely long silvery white tail barred with chestnut brown.
The female, on the other hand, is rather plain in comparison - with a mainly brown plumage, a blackish crown, buff face and grey brown barred tail feathers.
Diet:
Their natural diet consists mainly of seeds and vegetables.
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