Brown Eared Pheasant - BirdForum Opus

Crossoptilon mantchuricum

Photo by James Eaton
Shanxi, Tibet

Identification

100cm

• Brown
• Black head
• White "ears"
• Red facial skin
• Black neck
• Grey tail
  

Sexes similar
Juvenile: mottled brown

Distribution

North-eastern China (Liaoning and Shanxi).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Montane forests.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes roots, plants, buds, seeds, fruit, worms and insects.

Breeding

They nest on the ground. The clutch of 5-8 pale green eggs is incubated by the female for 28 days.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Brown Eared Pheasant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown_Eared_Pheasant

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