Brown eared-pheasant  (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)

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Glossary

  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Gregarious: tending to form a group with others of the same species by habitually living or moving in flocks or herds rather than alone.
  • Herbivorous: diet comprises only vegetable matter.
  • Monogamous: mating with a single partner.
  • Territories: areas occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.
  • Wattles: bare fleshy skin that hangs from the bill, throat or eye of birds.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1994) Handbook of the Birds of the World - New World Vultures To Guineafowl. Vol. 2.Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  3. CITES (June, 2006)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Delacour, J. (1951) The Pheasants of the World.Country Life Ltd., London.
  5. BirdLife International (August, 2006)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=264&m=0
  6. gbwf.org: Dedicated to the Aviculture and Conservation of the World’s Galliformes (August, 2006)
    http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/brown_eared.html
  7. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book.BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  8. Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam (ZMA) (August, 2006)
    http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/zma3d/detail.php?id=132&sort=taxon&type=family
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