Koklass Pheasant

What the Koklass Pheasant sounds like

Recorded by Mandar Bhagat · Call · Bhulkan, Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Koklass Pheasant

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Koklass Pheasant

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Koklass Pheasant

The koklass pheasant is a species of gamebird, being closely related to progenitive grouse that lived during the Miocene. They are distantly related to pheasants and are most closely related to grouse and turkeys. Koklass are the only species in the monotypic genus Pucrasia. Both the words koklass and pucrasia have been onomatopœically derived from the bird's territorial call.

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Easily confused with

Rock Bush QuailPerdicula argoondahThe rock bush quail is very similar to and overlaps in range with the jungle bush quail (Perdicula asiatica). Grey Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron bicalcaratumIt is a large pheasant, up to 76 cm long and greyish brown with finely spotted green eyespots, an elongated bushy crest, bare pink or yellow facial skin, white throat, and grey iris, bill and legs. Chinese FrancolinFrancolinus pintadeanusOn average, the length of the bird is 30–34 cm (12–13 in) and it weighs 280–400 g (9.9–14.1 oz).