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Encyclopedia > Brown Eared Pheasant
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Brown Eared Pheasant
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Crossoptilon
Species: C. mantchuricum
Crossoptilon mantchuricum
Swinhoe, 1863

The rarest member in the genus Crossoptilon, the Brown Eared Pheasant, Crossoptilon mantchuricum is dark brown pheasant of mountain forests of northern China. It has stiff white ear coverts behind the eyes, which look like a moustache. The crown is black with red bare facial skin and its tail of 22 elongated white feathers is curved, loose and dark-tipped. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Families Megapodidae Numididae Odontophoridae Phasianidae Meleagrididae Tetraonidae Cracidae Mesitornithidae The Galliformes is an order of birds containing the turkeys, grouse, quails and pheasants. ... The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and their allies. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Robert Swinhoe (September 1, 1836 - October 28, 1877) was an English naturalist. ... Genera Ithaginis Catreus Rheinartia Crossoptilon Lophura Argusianus Pucrasia Syrmaticus Chrysolophus Phasianus † See also partridge, quail Pheasants are a group of large birds in the order Galliformes. ... Edgar Allan Poe had a simple moustache. ...


Both sexes are similar in plumage. The eggs are large, pale stone green in color and take 28 days to hatch.


Due to isolated populations, deforestation, and still hunted although legally protected by China, the Brown Eared Pheasant is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and is listed on Appendix I of CITES. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ... The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. ... The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between Governments, drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). ...


External links

  • BirdLife Species Factsheet
  • IUCN Red List
  • Red Data Book

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Pheasant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (191 words)
Pheasants are a group of large birds in the order Galliformes.
Pheasant are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism, with males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattles and long tails.
The best-known is the Ringnecked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus torquatus) which is widespread throughout the world in introduced feral populations and in farm operations.
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China is the global center of distribution of the pheasant family Phasianide, supporting 52 species out of a world total of 196.
Pheasant are among the most spectacular-looking birds, being generally large and with many species exhibiting brilliant coloration of plumage and extravagant ornamentation of plumes, ear-tufts, ruffs, brightly colored bare facial skin, inflatable pouches, or iridescent ocelli on their feathers.
The brown eared pheasant can't fly very well, but they do glide with ease, they are good runner, and also fight to defend a nesting territory.
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