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;[[:Category:Crossoptilon|Crossoptilon]] auritum | ;[[:Category:Crossoptilon|Crossoptilon]] auritum | ||
[[Image:Blue_Eared_Pheasants.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by James Eaton<br>Location: North Sichuan.[[China]].]] | [[Image:Blue_Eared_Pheasants.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by James Eaton<br>Location: North Sichuan.[[China]].]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 96cm. Black crown, white "ears" starting beneath chin, extending over the ears, scarlet facial skin, bluish-grey body, red iris, crimson legs. '''Immature''' - mottled grey-brown. Sexes similar, but spurs on males are larger and round. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
N-central [[China]]. | N-central [[China]]. | ||
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A monotypic species. | A monotypic species. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Montane forests. | + | Montane forests up to 3,500m. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | The diet includes tubers, berries and vegetables. | |
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| + | 6-12 eggs are laid and are incubated for 26 days. | ||
| + | =External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Crossoptilon+auritum}} | {{GSearch|Crossoptilon+auritum}} | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=86&Bird_Image_ID=1019&Bird_Family_ID=58 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=86&Bird_Image_ID=1019&Bird_Family_ID=58 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Crossoptilon]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Crossoptilon]] | ||
Revision as of 13:48, 1 December 2008
- Crossoptilon auritum
Identification
96cm. Black crown, white "ears" starting beneath chin, extending over the ears, scarlet facial skin, bluish-grey body, red iris, crimson legs. Immature - mottled grey-brown. Sexes similar, but spurs on males are larger and round.
Distribution
N-central China.
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Montane forests up to 3,500m.
Behaviour
The diet includes tubers, berries and vegetables.
6-12 eggs are laid and are incubated for 26 days.
