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Silver Pheasant

Lophura nycthemera

The Silver Pheasant is a beautiful bird with shiny silver feathers and a long tail. They live in forests and are known for their striking colors and unique calls.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Silver Pheasant male has striking white plumage with fine black streaks on its back and a very long, sweeping white tail. Its face is adorned with vivid red wattles and a dark crest. Females are duller, mostly brownish-olive with a shorter, plain tail.

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Silver Pheasant
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Silver Pheasant

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Baby pheasants can leave their nest and follow their mom just hours after hatching!

Males grow stunningly long tail feathers, sometimes longer than their whole body!

Their wild home is in the misty mountain forests of Southeast Asia.

They love to dust bathe, rolling in dry soil to keep their feathers clean and healthy.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Forest Camouflage

Silver Pheasants have intricate feather patterns that help them blend into the dappled light and shadows of the dense forest, helping them hide from predators.

Fähigkeit

Rapid Takeoff

Silver Pheasants can burst into flight with powerful wing beats to escape danger quickly, despite not being strong long-distance flyers.

Fähigkeit

Ground Forager

Silver Pheasants have strong legs and claws that help them scratch and dig through leaf litter to find hidden seeds and insects.

Maße und Details

Länge
70-125 cm
Flügelspannweite
60-80 cm
Gewicht
0.9-1.7 kg
Lebenserwartung
10-15 Jahre
Top Speed
40 km/h
Gelegegröße
6-15
Brutzeit
24-25 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

They eat a mix of plants and small creatures found by scratching the forest floor.

Hauptnahrung

  • Seeds
  • Berries
  • Leaves
  • Shoots
  • Insects
  • Worms

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and do not try to touch or catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Silver Pheasant?

70-125 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Silver Pheasant?

60-80 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Silver Pheasant?

0.9-1.7 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Silver Pheasant?

10-15 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Silver Pheasant?

40 km/h

Was frisst Silver Pheasant?

They eat a mix of plants and small creatures found by scratching the forest floor.

Wo findet man Silver Pheasant normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Silver Pheasant?

Foraging

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