Silver Pheasant

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has white back, scapulars and wings, densely marked with black V-shaped markings
2. Male has a crested blue-black head and blue-black belly
3. Bare skin on the face red; legs and feet red
4. Male has white central tail feathers; outer tail feathers have black diagonal markings

Male, female and young

Female plain, with a blackish-brown crown and crest, olive-brown back, and pale gray from the breast down.

Voice

Vocalizations loud, but monotonous and grating.

Similar species

Kalij Pheasant

Kalij Pheasant has gray legs and feet; Silver Pheasant has red legs and feet.

Where and when it's recorded

Silver Pheasant has been recorded at 203 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 9 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Emei Peak NNRChina327 records
2. Khao Yai NPThailand266 records
3. Khao Yai NP – Pha Dieo Dai boardwalkThailand196 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ChinaThailandVietnamJapanCambodiaSingaporeLaosMyanmar (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

The silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China. It is introduced on Victoria Island in Nahuel Huapi Lake, Neuquén, Argentina and on Vancouver Island, Canada. Both sexes have a bare red face and red legs (the latter separating it from the greyish-legged kalij pheasant).

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