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The golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), also known as the Chinese pheasant, and rainbow pheasant, is a gamebird of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous birds) and the family Phasianidae . The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos , "with golden crest", and pictus is Latin for "painted" from pingere , "to paint".
Chinese pheasant can refer to any pheasant species originally native to China. Usually it means either: Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) which including the ring-necked pheasants. This usage is most common in the United States where the bird is widely naturalized. Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus).
It was the Caucasian subspecies mistakenly known as the 'Old English pheasant' rather than the Chinese ring-necked pheasants (torquatus) that were introduced to Britain. [44] But it became extirpated from most of the isles in the early 17th century. There were further re-introductions of the 'white neck-ringed' variety in the 18th century.
The Chinese monal or Chinese impeyan (Lophophorus lhuysii) is a pheasant.This monal is restricted to mountains of central China.The plumage is highly iridescent.The male has a large drooping purple crest, a metallic green head, blue bare skin around the eyes, a reddish gold mantle, bluish green feathers and black underparts.
Cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti) is a pheasant found in south-east China. The common and scientific names of this large bird both commemorate the ornithologist Samuel Cabot III . [ 3 ] Other common names include the Chinese tragopan and the yellow-bellied tragopan .
Pheasant ceramic salt and pepper shakers, also vintage. My family is small, with one or two extra couples, so our holiday table is formal and we bring out the good china, crystal. and sterling ...
Chrysolophus is a genus of the pheasant family of birds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos, "with golden crest". [1] These are species which have spectacularly plumaged males. The golden pheasant is native to western China, and Lady Amherst's pheasant to Tibet and westernmost China, but both have
The silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China. It is introduced on Victoria Island in Nahuel Huapi Lake , Neuquén , Argentina and on Vancouver Island , Canada .