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Catreus wallichii is a species of bird classified within the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, and class Aves. It belongs to the genus Catreus and is part of the phylum Chordata in the kingdom Animalia. Common names for this taxon include ffesant Wallich, Cheer Pheasant, Schopffasan, and Faisán chir. The species has a recorded mass of 1.525 and a litter size of 9.
The IUCN Red List assessed the conservation status of Catreus wallichii as Vulnerable in 2022. It is listed in Appendix I of CITES. Occurrence data indicates 3,577 records, while iDigBio holds 148 records and 19 media items. Specimens are held by institutions including LACM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MNHN, OWU, and FMNH. Geographic records are associated with India and Inde.
Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Catreus wallichii is indexed among the 16,386 entries in Vinony's Vulnerable Species collection.
Vinony's link graph records 222 inbound references to Catreus wallichii, and connects out to Tetraoninae, Blood Pheasant and Snow Partridge.
It sits within the topics Birds described in 1827, Birds of Nepal and Birds of North India.
Vinony links it to 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
VulnerableSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- FamilyPhasianidae
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 148
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Collections
- LACM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MNHN, OWU, FMNH, CLO
- Recorded in
- India, Inde
Bird sounds
- call· India· quality A
- call· India· quality A
- call· India· quality A
- call· India· quality A
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- taxon name
- Catreus wallichii
- Commons category
- Catreus wallichii
- Commons gallery
- Catreus wallichii
- taxon common name
- himalajski fazan
- litter size
- 9
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
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Encyclopedic overview
The cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii), also known as Wallich's pheasant or chir pheasant, is a vulnerable species of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the only member in the genus Catreus. The scientific name commemorates Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Catreus wallichii” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.