Mikado Pheasant
Syrmaticus mikado(Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1906)
English (US) Mikado Pheasant
The Mikado Pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phasianidae (Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) in the order Galliformes.
Range: montane forest of central TaiwanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Syrmaticus mikado
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mikado Pheasant
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1906)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Calophasis mikado
- Described by
- (Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1906)
- Type locality
- Mount Arizan, central Formosa; the 'type' is a pair of central rectrices.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 16 p.122
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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