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The
Copper Pheasant,
Syrmaticus soemmerringii also known as
Soemmerring's Pheasant is a large, up to 136cm long,
pheasant with a rich
coppery chestnut plumage, yellowish
bill, brown
iris and red facial skin. The female is a brown bird with greyish brown upperparts and buff barred dark brown below. The male has short spur on its grey legs, none in female.
The Copper Pheasant is distributed and
endemic to the hill and mountain forests of
Honshū,
Kyūshū and
Shikoku islands of
Japan. The diet consists mainly of insects,
arthropods, roots, leaves and grains.
The scientific name commemorates the
German scientist
Samuel Thomas von Sömmering.
Due to ongoing habitat loss, limited range and overhunting in some areas, the Copper Pheasant is evaluated as Near Threatened on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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