Elliot's Pheasant - Syrmaticus ellioti
( Swinhoe, 1872 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population: 20000-100000

CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It occurs in a wide variety of subtropical forest-types, and sometimes in scrub vegetation between 200 m and 1,900 m. The most important habitats are broadleaf forest (both evergreen and deciduous) and mixed coniferous and broadleaf forest. Its preferred breeding habitat is forest with a tree cover of more than 90%.


Range:
Syrmaticus ellioti is endemic to south-east China, where it has been recorded from Guizhou, Hubei, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong (BirdLife International 2001).


Conservation:
Conservation Actions Underway
CITES Appendix I. It is a nationally-protected species in China and occurs in numerous protected areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN 2023).

Conservation Actions Proposed
Develop a robust population monitoring methodology to allow monitoring of key protected areas. Continue to monitor forest cover loss in its range using remote sensing data.


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