Elliot's pheasant

Elliot's pheasant
At Beijing Zoo, China
CITES Appendix I 
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Syrmaticus
Species:
S. ellioti
Binomial name
Syrmaticus ellioti
(R. Swinhoe, 1872)
Synonyms 
  • Phasianus ellioti R. Swinhoe, 1872
  • Calophasis ellioti (R. Swinhoe, 1872)

Elliot's pheasant (Syrmaticus ellioti) is a large pheasant native to south-eastern China.

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