Mrs. Hume's Pheasant

Syrmaticus humiae (Hume, 1881)

≈59 cmLength873 gWeight

The male has a metallic-blue neck, red bare skin around the eye, and grayish-white tail feathers with black and brown markings.

Busiest months: February–March and December · Most records: Thailand, China, Myanmar (Burma)

Vulnerable

How to identify

Field marks

Neck metallic blue
Bare skin around the eye red
Male has long, grayish-white tail feathers with black and brown barring
Head gray-brown; bill yellow; scapulars white

Male, female and young

Female has brown body feathers, a white throat and white-tipped tail feathers.

Where and when it's recorded

Mrs. Hume's Pheasant has been recorded at 21 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 3 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

To protect this bird from disturbance, we don't list exact sites.

Countries and regions with the most records

Thailand China Myanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

Mrs Hume's pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae) (Meitei: Nongin; literally, "one who follows the track of rain", Mizo: Vavu), also known as Hume's pheasant or the bar-tailed pheasant, is a large forest pheasant. It is the state bird of Mizoram and Manipur. The name commemorates Mary Ann Grindall Hume, wife of the British naturalist Allan Octavian Hume, one of the key founders of the Indian National Congress.

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Questions

How big is the Mrs. Hume's Pheasant?

The Mrs. Hume's Pheasant is about ≈59 cm long and weighs around 873 g.

Where does the Mrs. Hume's Pheasant live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: northeastern India to southwestern China (Yunnan) and northern Thailand. It is most often recorded in Thailand, China and Myanmar (Burma).