Pheasant
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Red Golden Pheasant
(Chrysolophus pictus)
| Common Name: | Red Golden Pheasant |
| Scientific Name: | Chrysolophus pictus |
| Clutch Size: | 6 to 12 eggs |
| Incubation Period: | 21 to 23 days |
| Habitation: | Native to forests in mountainous areas of western China, but feral populations have been established in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.In England they may be found in East Anglia in the dense forest landscape of the Breckland as well as Tresco on the Isles of Scilly. |
| Conservation Status: | Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) |
Yellow Golden Pheasant
(Chrysolophus pictus luteus)
| Common Name: | Yellow Golden Pheasant |
| Scientific Name: | Chrysolophus pictus luteus |
| Clutch Size: | 8 to 12 eggs |
| Incubation Period: | 22 to 23 days |
| Habitation: | The Yellow Golden Pheasant occurs only in captivity, in aviaries around the world |
| Conservation Status: | N/A |
Lady Amherst Pheasant
(Chrysolophus amherstiae)
| Common Name: | Lady Amherst Pheasant |
| Scientific Name: | Chrysolophus amherstiae |
| Clutch Size: | 5 to 12 eggs |
| Incubation Period: | 21 to 23 days |
| Habitation: | The species is native to southwestern China and far northern Myanmar, but has been introduced elsewhere, and has established a self-supporting, but now believed extinct, feral population in England, the stronghold of which was in West Bedfordshire. |
| Conservation Status: | Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) |