Elliot's Pheasant

Syrmaticus ellioti

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicOmnivoreWoodlandScrapeLarge · 1.0 kg

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Males are up to 80 cm (31 in) long; they are brown and white with a black throat, chestnut-brown upper parts, white belly, nape and wing bars, red bare facial skin and long rusty-barred whitish tail. Females are smaller, at 50 cm (20 in) long; they are rufous brown with a blackish throat, whitish belly and less barred tail.

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When to see the Elliot's Pheasant

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Elliot's Pheasant

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Elliot's Pheasant

Elliot's pheasant is a large pheasant native to south-eastern China.

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