Basic Information
Scientific classification
- Chinese name: Pheasant
- Scientific name: Otidiphaps nobilis, Pheasant Pigeon
- Classification: Landfowl
- Family and genus: Columbidae, Columbidae, Pterocarya
Vital signs data
- Body length: No verification information available.
- Weight: No verification information available.
- Lifespan: No verification data available.
Significant features
A strong and agile bird
Distribution and Habitat
Distributed across islands in the Pacific Ocean, including Taiwan Province, the Dongsha Islands, Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands, and Nansha Islands of China, as well as the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Java of Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. The Wallace Region refers to the area east of the traditional Wallace Line (from the eastern waters of Mindanao through the Makassar Strait to the area between Bali and Lombok) and west of Papua New Guinea, including Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, the Southwest Islands, the Moluccas (Maluku Islands), and East Timor, among other islands in Indonesia.
Appearance
It has a black beak, yellow eyes, a gray head, a pale purplish-red neck and thorax, a white belly, and brown wings with black spots.
Detailed introduction
The scientific name of the pheasant is Otidiphaps nobilis, and its foreign name is Pheasant Pigeon. Its specific habits are unknown.
Listed in the IUCN Red List of Birds, version 3.1: 2010.
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