Blood Pheasant

The Blood Pheasant, Ithaginis cruentus, is the only species in genus Ithaginis of the Pheasant family. It has 15 different subspecies.

The Blood Pheasant is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

o Himalayan Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus cruentus) + Sikkim Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus affinis) + Tibetan Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus tibetanus) + Kuser's Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus kuseri) + Mrs. More

The Blood Pheasant, Ithaginis cruentus, is the only species in genus Ithaginis of the Pheasant family. It has 15 different subspecies. This species' name comes from the fact that the males have vivid red coloring on the feathers of the breast, throat and forehead. Females are more uniformly colored with duller shades of reddish brown. Both males and females have a distinct ring of bare skin around the eye that is crimson colored, in addition to red feet. More

Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) = French: Ithagine ensanglantée German: Blutfasan Spanish: Faisán Ensangrentado Taxonomy: Phasianus cruentus Hardwicke, 1821, Nepal. Considerable intergradation between most of the described races suggests that much of the variation observed is probably clinal, and therefore the validity of many races is dubious; race affinis doubtfully distinct from nominate cruentus, as is holoptilus from rocki, and annae from berezowskii. Fourteen subspecies usually recognized. More

Blood Pheasant - Ithaginis cruentus. ... http://homepage.smc.edu/bland_jim/Sclater's_field_survey.htm SURVEYS OF A RARE PHEASANT ON CHINA: ...there was relatively easy access and an abundance of other interesting wildlife, including lesser pandas, takins, tufted deer, black bears and blood pheasants. ... http://blb.biosci.ohio-state.edu/Birds.htm Non Songbirds: ...blood pheasant Ithaginis cruentus 1/0r, 05:56; China. domestic chicken Gallus gallus domesticus 37/0r, 39:28; (captive OH, UT) UT. ... http://gallus.forestry.uga.edu/ggg/literature/43/preservation-of-avian-blood-tissue-samples-for-dna-analysis World Pheasant Association Galliformes Genetics Group: 1991. More

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Blood PheasantsThe Blood Pheasant, Ithaginis cruentus, is the only species in genus Ithaginis of the Pheasant family. There are 15 different subspecies: Himalayan Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus cruentus) - nominate species * Sikkim Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus affinis) * Tibetan Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus tibetanus) * Kuser's Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus kuseri) * Mrs. More

Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) is a local resident in Himalayas in India. More

Himalayan Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus cruentus), Tibetan Blood Pheasant (I. c. tibetanus), Kuser's Blood Pheasant (I. c. kuseri), Mrs. Vernay's Blood Pheasant (I. c. marionae), Rock's Blood Pheasant (I. c. rocki), Clarke's Blood Pheasant (I. c. clarkei), Geoffroy's Blood Pheasant (I. c. geoffroyi), Berezowski's Blood Pheasant (I. c. berezowskii), Beick's Blood Pheasant (I. c. beicki), Bianchi's Blood Pheasant (I. c. michaelis), David's Blood Pheasant (I. c. sinensis). More

The Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) is a species of pheasant that has 15 different subspecies. It is found in the mountains of Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet, northern Burma and northwest regions of China. Its habitat is mainly coniferous or mixed forests and scrub areas near the snowline. During the summer they are found at higher elevations and depending on the amount of snowfall in fall and winter, they move lower in elevation. This is the state bird of Sikkim. More

The Blood Pheasant lives in the mountains of Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet, northern Burma and the north-west areas of China. The habitat most preferred by Blood Pheasants is coniferous or mixed forests and scrub areas right at the snowline. The pheasants move their range depending on the seasons and during the summer are found at higher elevations. Populations move to lower elevations as the snow increases in the fall and winter. The Blood Pheasant is the state bird of the Indian state of Sikkim. More