Syrmaticus reevesii
Zhai bird, ground chicken, long-tailed chicken, mountain pheasant,Syrmaticus reevesii,Reeves's Pheasant
Features:Bird with the longest tail feathers
The white-crowned long-tailed pheasant is also known as Reeves's Pheasant. It has no subspecies and is a beneficial bird in the forest.The white-crowned long-tailed pheasant mainly feeds on plant fruits, seeds, young shoots, tender leaves, flowers, tubers, roots, and seedlings and grains of crop...
Syrmaticus mikado
Imperial Pheasant,Syrmaticus mikado,Mikado Pheasant
Features:The guardian of love, the bird that lives at the highest altitude among all pheasants in Taiwan, China
The black long-tailed pheasant is called Mikado Pheasant in English. It has no subspecies and is a large chicken.The black-tailed pheasant is active in places where the surface plants and fallen leaves on the forest road are covered, and it also walks on steep cliffs. It is mostly active alone and d...
Syrmaticus humiae
Ground Chicken,Syrmaticus humiae,Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant
Features:Because they rarely chirp, they are also called dumb chickens.
Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant, also known as Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant, has two subspecies.Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant is a resident bird. It often wanders in pairs or small groups to forage. Usually they come down from the trees after daybreak and stay active until dusk. They rest in the open space or bushes in the...
Syrmaticus ellioti
Striped back chicken,Syrmaticus ellioti,Elliot's Pheasant,Chinese Barred-backed Pheasant
Features:It is a typical species of the eastern hilly plain subregion of the Central China region of the Oriental Realm.
Elliot's Pheasant, also known as the White-necked Pheasant, has no subspecies and is a large chicken.Elliot's Pheasant is a resident bird. It likes to gather in groups, often in small groups of 3-8. They often move in and out of rugged mountains and valleys with dense forests and complex ter...
Crossoptilon auritum
Crossoptilon auritum,grouse
Features:It is a rare and precious bird, the regional bird of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
Blue Eared-pheasant, no subspecies.Blue pheasants like to live in groups of 10-30. They usually start to move at dawn and go to the middle of the woods to forage for food, mainly plant-based food. They eat and call one after another. When calling, they hold their heads high and stretch their necks,...
Crossoptilon mantchuricum
Crossoptilon mantchuricum,Horned chicken, pheasant, Yi bird
Features:It is the most precious species of pheasant, known as "鹖" in ancient times.
Brown Eared-pheasant, with no subspecies, is a bird that inhabits mountain forests.Brown Eared-pheasant is the most precious species of pheasant, and was called "鹖" in ancient times. "鹖" is recorded in "Qin Jing" as "鹖", a strong bird. "Yi does not kno...
Crossoptilon harmani
Crossoptilon harmani, Hamman Pheasant
Features:The plumage color of Tibetan pheasant is between that of white pheasant and blue pheasant.
Tibetan Eared-pheasant, no subspecies.There are two kinds of pheasants in Tibet, China: one is covered with snow-white feathers, with a ball of black fluffy feathers on the top of the head, and the tip of the tail gradually turns from white to gray, and then becomes a thick copper color, with a dark...
Crossoptilon crossoptilon
Crossoptilon crossoptilon,White Eared-pheasant,Snow Pheasant
Features:It is larger than the ring-necked pheasant and the largest of the three species of pheasants.
White Eared-pheasant is divided into four subspecies. The Changdu subspecies is the real white eared pheasant. Except for the black top of the head and the green-blue end of the tail feathers, the feathers of the whole body are almost all snow-white. The Yushu subspecies has gray feathers of varying...
Crossoptilon crossoptilon
Crossoptilon crossoptilon,Blue-bellied Pheasant, Chinese Chicken, Taiwan Blue-bellied Pheasant,Lophura swinhoii,Taiwan Blue Pheasant,Swinhoe's Pheasant
Features:
Taiwan Blue Pheasant, with no subspecies, is a large pheasant.The blue pheasant is the same as the white pheasant. The local people in Taiwan, China often use the white tail feathers of the male blue pheasant as a hat ornament; live blue pheasants can also be exhibited (the first pair of live blue p...
Lophura nycthemera
Silver pheasant, silver pheasant, Vietnamese bird, Vietnamese bird, white pheasant,Lophura nycthemera,silver pheasant
Features:The representative mascot of the Hani ethnic group in China is also the pattern of the fifth-rank official uniform of the Qing Dynasty.
Silver pheasant, also known as silver pheasant, has 17 subspecies and is a large chicken of the genus Pheasant of the family Phasianidae.Silver pheasant has gorgeous feathers and white body color. Because of its hoarse cry, it is called "dumb luck"; it has been a precious ornamental bird i...
Lophura leucomelanos
Pheasant, black chicken,Lophura leucomelanos,Kalij Pheasant
Features:In fact, she is not black at all
The black pheasant is called Kalij Pheasant in foreign language, and it is divided into 9 subspecies. There are 2 subspecies in China. The nominate subspecies is distributed in Nyalam, Jilong, Yadong and other places in southern Tibet; the southern Tibetan subspecies is distributed in Medog, Zayu, B...
Gallus gallus
Gallus gallus,Red Junglefowl,Camellia Chicken
Features:The wild ancestor of the domestic chicken
Red Junglefowl, also known as "junglefowl", has 5 subspecies and is a tropical forest bird.Except during the breeding season, red junglefowl often live in groups, mostly in small groups of 3-5 or 6-7, and sometimes in large groups of 10-20. They are alert and timid. When they see people or...
Lophophorus lhuysii
Fritillaria chicken, hawk chicken, charcoal chicken, lamb chicken,Lophophorus lhuysii,Chinese Monal,Chinese Impeyan
Features:Endemic to China, the city bird of Xichang, one of the most difficult birds to keep in the world
The Chinese Monal is a diurnal animal, often moving in pairs or small groups, and sometimes in larger groups of 8-9 to more than 10 in winter.The Chinese Monal is a diurnal animal, often moving in pairs or small groups, and sometimes in larger groups of 8-9 to more than 10 in winter. Active during t...
Lophophorus sclateri
Alpine Snow Goose,Lophophorus sclateri,Sclater's Monal,Crestless Monal
Features:The individuals are large, clumsy, and have a strong regularity in daily activities.
The white-tailed pheasant is called Sclater's Monal in English. It has three subspecies and is a large chicken.White-tailed pheasants mostly move alone. In the winter in Gaoligong Mountain, Yunnan, a group of 9 was seen living together. The time period and altitude of male bird activities have c...
Lophophorus impejanus
Nine-color bird,Lophophorus impejanus
Features:The image is very beautiful, especially the colorful male bird
The foreign name of the brown-tailed rainbow pheasant is Himalayan Monal, and there is no subspecies.The brown-tailed rainbow pheasant often moves in groups, and sometimes forms a large group of 20-30 in winter. The natural conditions there are very harsh. The whole summer is almost always spent in...
Pucrasia macrolopha
Willow leaf chicken, tricky chicken,Pucrasia macrolopha,Koklass Pheasant
Features:The willow-shaped feathers are like blood, the long crest feathers on the top of the head are erected, and the back of the neck is covered with golden feathers.
The Koklass Pheasant has 10 subspecies.Male and female spoonbills move alone or in pairs. They are alert and rarely form groups. They also spend the night in pairs on tree branches. The male likes to call in the early morning and evening. Its hoarse voice is like that of a drake, so it is called &qu...
Tragopan caboti
Horned chicken, turkey, longevity chicken,Tragopan caboti,Cabot's Tragopan,Yellow-billed Tragopan
Features:A bird native to China, considered the "giant panda among birds"
The foreign name of the yellow-bellied tragopan is Cabot's Tragopan, and there are 2 subspecies.The yellow-bellied tragopan is good at hiding and running. It often moves in dense undergrowth and grass under the forest. It generally does not take off unless it has to. They often move in small gro...
Tragopan temminckii
Shou chicken, red chicken, baby chicken,Tragopan temminckii,Temminck's tragopan
Features:The difference from the red-breasted tragopan is that the grayish-white spots on the lower body are larger and do not have a black outer edge.
The foreign name of the red-bellied tragopan is Temminck's tragopan, and there is no subspecies.The red-bellied tragopan likes to act alone, but occasionally forms small groups in winter. It mainly feeds on the tender shoots, leaves, green leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds of trees, shrubs, bamb...
Tragopan blythii
Longevity chicken, gray-spotted pheasant,Tragopan blythii,Blyth's Tragopan,Grey-bellied Tragopan
Features:The most endangered species in the genus Tragopan
The Blyth's Tragopan is called Blyth's Tragopan in English, and has two subspecies.The Blyth's Tragopan is alert by nature, good at running, and generally rarely flies. When frightened, they often run fast or hide in dense forests and bushes, and only fly away when they have to. But the...
Tragopan satyra
Chaffinch,Tragopan satyra,Satyr Tragopan,Crimson Horned-pheasant,Indian Tragopan
Features:A gorgeous crimson tragopan native to the Himalayas.
The foreign name of the red-breasted tragopan is Satyr Tragopan, and there is no subspecies.The red-breasted tragopan mainly forages in the early morning and dusk, and likes to hide. Most of the time, it hides in the deep mountains and dense forests where few people go. It is cautious in its movemen...
Tragopan melanocephalus
Western Tragopan,Tragopan melanocephalus,Western Tragopan,Black-headed Tragopan,Western Horned-pheasant
Features:The call is like a sheep, and the male bird's courtship display is complex (often ignored)
The foreign name of the black-headed tragopan is Western Tragopan, and there is no subspecies.The black-headed tragopan likes to move alone and forms small groups in winter. It has weak flying and dispersal abilities, and relatively poor ability to avoid natural enemies. It lives in dense forests, a...