Elliot's pheasant  (Syrmaticus ellioti)

Endemic to southeast and southwest China, south of the Yangtze River (5) (6).

Found in a great range of subtropical forest types in the mountains of south China, typically in lower and mid-altitude forests at 200 to 1,900 metres (2) (5). The key habitats are broadleaf forests (evergreen and deciduous) and mixed coniferous and broadleaf forest (2). Breeding habitat requires a dense canopy cover of over 90 percent (2).