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Encyclopedia > Copper Pheasant
?Copper Pheasant
Conservation status: Near threatened
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Syrmaticus
Species: S. soemmerringii
Binomial name
Syrmaticus soemmerringii
Temminck, 1830

The Copper Pheasant, Syrmaticus soemmerringii is a large, up to 136cm, pheasant with rich copperry chestnut plumage, yellowish bill, brown iris and red facial skin. Female is a brown bird with greyish brown upperparts and buff barred dark brown below. Male has short spur on its grey legs, none in female. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ... 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... Orders Many - see section below. ... 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. ... Coenraad Jacob Temminck (March 31, 1778 - January 30, 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist. ... 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. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ... It has been suggested that cere be merged into this article or section. ... The human iris The iris is the green/grey/brown area. ...


Inhabits and endemic to hill and mountain forests of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku Islands of Japan. The diet consists mainly of insects, arthropods, roots, leaves and grains. This article is a parent page for a series of articles providing information about endemism among birds in the Worlds various zoogeographic zones. ... todo mal de [ [ Shikoku ] ] a través del [ [ mar interior ] ], y noreste de [ [ Kyushu ] ] a través del [ [ estrecho de Kanmon ] ]. Es la séptima isla más grande, y la segunda isla populosa en el mundo después de [ [ Java (isla)|Java ] ] (véase [ [ lista de las islas de la población ] ]). < style=float del div... Kyushu region, Japan Kyushu (九州 kyÅ«shÅ«) is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. ... Shikoku (四国, four provinces) is the smallest and least populous (4,141,955 as of 2005) of the four main islands of Japan. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ...


The name commemorates the German scientist Samuel Thomas von Sömmering. Samuel Thomas von Sömmering Samuel Thomas von Soemmering (b. ...


Ongoing habitat lost and overhunting gives the Copper Pheasant its Near Threatened status on the IUCN Red List. 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. ...


External links

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

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Pheasant - LoveToKnow 1911 (1072 words)
As they advance in age the young pheasants readily take to a wild life, and indeed can only be kept from wandering in every direction by being plentifully supplied with food, which has to be scattered for them in the coverts in which it is desired that they should stay.
The proportion of pheasants artificially bred that " come to the gun " would seem to vary enormously, not only irregularly according to the weather, but regularly according to the district.
White and pied varieties of the common pheasant, as of most birds, often occur, and with a little care a race or breed of each can be perpetuated.
Science Fair Projects - Pheasant (343 words)
Pheasants are a group of large birds in the order Galliformes.
There are 35 species of pheasant in 11 different genera.
The commonest is the Ringnecked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus torquatus) which is widespread throughout the world in the wild and in farm operations.
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