Copper pheasant  (Syrmaticus soemmerringii)

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Glossary

Hybridisation: Cross-breeding with a different species or subspecies.
Vermiculated: Wormlike; often used to describe fine, wavy lines of colour on bird feathers.
Wattle: Bare fleshy skin that hangs from the bill, throat or eye of birds.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (June, 2006)
    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. gbwf.org: Dedicated to the Aviculture and Conservation of the World's Galliformes (August, 2006)
    http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/copper.html
  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=270&m=0
  6. Pheasant Ridge (August, 2006)
    http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/kbush/scintillating.htm