Green pheasant
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P. versicolor
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| Phasianus versicolor |
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Phasianus colchicus versicolor |
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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 cryptically[clarification needed] 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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Phasianus versicolor -Japan -male-8.jpg
Male in Japan
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Phasianus versicolor(Male female).jpg
Male (left) and female.
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References
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Declared national bird by a non-government body in 1947
External links
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