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Brown Eared Pheasant
Sign in to saveAlso known as Crossoptilon mantchuricum, brown eared-pheasant
species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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Encyclopedic overview
The brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum) is a large pheasant, 83–110 cm in length. The body is dark brown overall, with the head and neck black and bare bright red facial skin. Long, stiff white ear tufts emerge from the sides of the head, forming a bundle. Both sexes are similar in colouration. The species is endemic to the mountain forests of northern China.
It is similar to the blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum), but differs in having dark brown (rather than blue) body overall and white lower back and tail.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brown Eared Pheasant” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.