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Species
Mikado Pheasant
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- FamilyPhasianidae
Observations1,105
Observations recorded22,490
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 155
- With media
- 175
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Collections
- UWYMV, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, WFVZ, CUMV, UMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Japan, Locality Unknown
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Systematics and taxonomy
- Evolution
- Extant species
- Footnotes
- References
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The genus Syrmaticus contains the five species of long-tailed pheasants. The males have short spurs and usually red facial wattles, but otherwise differ wildly in appearance. The hens (females) and chicks of all the species have a rather conservative and plesiomorphic drab brown color pattern. 5 species are generally accepted in this genus. thumb|left|At first glance, the copper pheasant (S. soemmerringii) resembles a female [[common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)]]
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Syrmaticus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.