Ear pheasants

Ear pheasants
White ear pheasant
Systematics
Sub-stem : Vertebrates (vertebrata) Class : Birds (aves) Order : Chicken birds (Galliformes) Family : Pheasants (Phasianidae) Genre : Ear pheasants
Scientific name
Crossoptilon
Hodgson , 1838

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The ear pheasants ( Crossoptilon ) are a genus of the family of pheasant-like (Phasianidae). A total of four species belong to this genus. Most of the range of all species is in China .

features

Ear pheasants are a genus of relatively large pheasants with elongated bodies. The legs are short, the tail feathers are brush-like and quite soft, almost hair-like. The body plumage is mostly monochrome. One of the unusual features within the pheasant-like species is that the females do not differ in appearance from the males. Two of the species form conspicuous feather ears . The tail plumage consists of twenty to twenty-four tail feathers. The range of the individual species hardly overlaps.

species

The following four species belong to the genus ear pheasants:

• Blue ear pheasant ( Crossoptilon auritum )
• White ear pheasant ( Crossoptilon crossoptilon )
• Harman's ear pheasant ( Crossoptilon harmani )
• Brown ear pheasant ( Crossoptilon mantchuricum )

attitude

All species are kept and bred in Europe . The brown ear pheasant was first imported to Europe in 1864 and the first offspring was achieved in 1866. The white ear pheasant was first imported to London in 1891. However, the first breeding succeeded here only in 1936.

literature

• Steve Madge , Philip McGowan , Guy M. Kirwan : Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse. A Guide to the Pheasants, Partridges, Quails, Grouse, Guineafowl, Buttonquails and Sandgrouse of the world. Christopher Helm, London 2002, ISBN 0-7136-3966-0 .

Single receipts

1. ↑ W. Grummt, H. Strehlow (Ed.): Zoo animal keeping birds. Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-8171-1636-2 , p. 231.

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