| Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentes cruentes) |
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Other names : it
is not known under another name. Sub sorts : Himalayan blood pheasant, Tibetan blood pheasant, Kuser’s blood pheasant, Mrs. Vernay’s blood pheasant, Kayak’s blood pheasant, Clarke’s blood pheasant, Geoffrey’s blood pheasant, Berezowski’s blood pheasant, Beick’s blood pheasant, Bianchi’s blood pheasant, David’s blood pheasant. Homeland : Himalayas from Nepal to Tibet and thence through Burma toward North West China. Description : It is different than other pheasant in both dimension and form aspect. It has a white crest and black bars under and at top of eye. Orbital skin and neck are red. Upper part of chest is pale and light tobacco-like yellow with red and thin bars on it and abdomen is a lighter brownish yellow where stripes are more clear. Remainder part of body is gray, white and brownish with yellow stripes. Tail is red with existing gray and tobacco-like stripes. Females have head, forehead and neck in light rust color. Top of head and backside of neck are gray. Remainder part of body is brown with darker brown stripes. Reproduction time : during march and april. They become in couples during the season of mating. They are monogam. Reproduction age : males achieve adolescense at 1-year age. Annual egg number : 5-12 eggs. Incubation period : These pheasants are not widely present in the world. Intensive breeding is considerably difficult because of being unresistant against parasytes and infectious diseases. They are fed with fruits and green grass splants in nature. They usually establish nest on the ground.
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