Brown eared-pheasant  (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)

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.

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