Tibetan Eared Pheasant

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When to see the Tibetan Eared Pheasant

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

Where to see the Tibetan Eared Pheasant

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in India.

About the Tibetan Eared Pheasant

The Tibetan eared pheasant, also called Elwes' eared pheasant, is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae found in southeast Tibet and adjacent northern India, usually between 3,000 and 5,000 m elevation, but has been seen down to 2,280 m (7,500 ft) in winter. The species is named after Henry John Harman.

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Easily confused with

Brown Eared PheasantCrossoptilon mantchuricumThe crown feathers are velvety and dark brown, and the neck is also dark brown with a faint, narrow white band across the nape. Blue Eared PheasantCrossoptilon auritumThe blue eared pheasant is around 96 cm (38 in) long (including the 49–56 cm (19–22 in) tail); males weigh 1700–2110 g, and females 1450–1880 g. White Eared PheasantCrossoptilon crossoptilonThe white eared pheasant, also known as Dolan's eared pheasant or Bee's pheasant, is a species of "eared pheasant" that get its name because its colouration is white and has the prominent ear tufts of the genus, not because it has white ears.