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Golden Pheasant "Female"

Chrysolophus pictus

Description:

The female is much less showy, with a duller mottled brown plumage all over, similar to that of the female Common Pheasant but with finer barring. The female Golden Pheasant has a darker head and cleaner underparts than the hen of that species.

Habitat:

The Golden Pheasant is commonly found in zoos and aviaries, but often as impure specimens that have the similar Lady Amherst's Pheasant in their lineage. Parts of Asia, South-East Asia, India.

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Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Spotted on Jun 26, 2013
Submitted on Jun 26, 2013

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