![]() They feed on the ground on grain, leaves and invertebrates, but they roost in trees at night. Lower legs and feet are a dull yellow.īoth males and females have yellow legs and yellow bills. Some abnormal females may later in their lifetime get some male plumage. The female's breast and sides are barred buff and blackish brown, and the abdomen is plain buff. ![]() She is darker and more slender than the hen of that species, with a proportionately shorter tail (half her 60–80 cm (24–31 in) length). The female (hen) is much less showy, with a duller mottled brown plumage similar to that of the female common pheasant. The male also has a scarlet breast, and scarlet and light chestnut flanks and underparts. The upper tail coverts are the same colour as the central tail feathers. Other characteristics of the male plumage are the central tail feathers, black spotted with cinnamon, as well as the tip of the tail being a cinnamon buff. The tertiaries are blue whereas the scapulars are dark red. The upper back is green and the rest of the back and rump is golden-yellow. The wattles and orbital skin are both yellow in colour, and the ruff or cape is light orange. The face, throat, chin, and the sides of neck are rusty tan. Males have a golden-yellow crest with a hint of red at the tip. The adult female is 60–70 cm (24–28 in) in length and weights around 350g. The deep orange "cape" can be spread in display, appearing as an alternating black and orange fan that covers all of the face except its bright yellow eye with a pinpoint black pupil. It is unmistakable with its golden crest and rump and bright red body. The adult male is 90–105 cm (35–41 in) in length, its tail accounting for two-thirds of the total length. In England they may be found in East Anglia in the dense forest landscape of the Breckland as well as Tresco on the Isles of Scilly. It is native to forests in mountainous areas of western China, but feral populations have been established in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos, "with golden crest", and pictus is Latin for "painted" from pingere, "to paint". Retrieved 15 June 2013.The golden pheasant ( Chrysolophus pictus), also known as the Chinese pheasant, and rainbow pheasant, is a gamebird of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous birds) and the family Phasianidae ( pheasants). Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. ![]() Wildlife of Nepal – a study of renewable resources of the Nepal Himalayas. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 July 2013.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |