Swinhoe's Pheasant

Lophura swinhoii

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The magnificent Swinhoe's Pheasant comes from the temperate forests of Taiwan. It is named after British ornithologist Robert Swinhoe who described it in 1862.
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The male Swinhoe's is glistening blue with claret "shoulders", white crown, upper back and tail streamers, and a bright red complete face wattle.
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The hen has extensive red bare skin around her eye and is unusually patterned for a female pheasant, although still in yellowy brown and black in contrast to the showy male.
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