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This rare and little known pheasant is found throughout forested habitats in [[China]], [[India]], [[Burma]] and [[Thailand]]. The diet consists mainly of vegetation matters. The female lays three to twelve creamy white eggs in nest of leaves, twigs and feathers. |
This rare and little known pheasant is found throughout forested habitats in [[China]], [[India]], [[Burma]] and [[Thailand]]. The diet consists mainly of vegetation matters. The female lays three to twelve creamy white eggs in nest of leaves, twigs and feathers. |
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[[File:Hume’sPheasant.jpg|thumb|left|Doi Lang Mountain - Thailand]] |
[[File:Hume’sPheasant.jpg|thumb|left|Doi Lang Mountain - Thailand]] |
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The name commemorates Mary Ann Grindall Hume, wife of the [[United Kingdom|British]] naturalist in India [[Allan Octavian Hume]]. It is the state bird of [[ |
The name commemorates Mary Ann Grindall Hume, wife of the [[United Kingdom|British]] naturalist in India [[Allan Octavian Hume]]. It is the state bird of [[Mizoram]] and [[Manipur]] |
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Due to ongoing habitat loss, fragmented population and being hunted for food, the Mrs. Hume's pheasant is evaluated as Near Threatened on the [[IUCN Red List]] of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I of [[CITES]]. |
Due to ongoing habitat loss, fragmented population and being hunted for food, the Mrs. Hume's pheasant is evaluated as Near Threatened on the [[IUCN Red List]] of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I of [[CITES]]. |
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Revision as of 12:09, 6 September 2020
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Syrmaticus |
| Species: | S. humiae
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| Syrmaticus humiae Hume, 1881
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Mrs. Hume's pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae), also known as Hume's pheasant or bar-tailed pheasant, is a large, up to 90 cm long, forest pheasant with a greyish brown head, bare red facial skin, chestnut brown plumage, yellowish bill, brownish orange iris, white wingbars and metallic blue neck feathers. The male has a long greyish white, barred black and brown tail. The female is a chestnut brown bird with whitish throat, buff color belly and white-tipped tail.
This rare and little known pheasant is found throughout forested habitats in China, India, Burma and Thailand. The diet consists mainly of vegetation matters. The female lays three to twelve creamy white eggs in nest of leaves, twigs and feathers.
The name commemorates Mary Ann Grindall Hume, wife of the British naturalist in India Allan Octavian Hume. It is the state bird of Mizoram and Manipur
Due to ongoing habitat loss, fragmented population and being hunted for food, the Mrs. Hume's pheasant is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I of CITES.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Syrmaticus humiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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