Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) - HBW 2, p. 525
French: Ithagine ensanglantée
German: Blutfasan
Spanish: Faisán Ensangrentado
Taxonomy: Phasianus cruentus Hardwicke, 1821, Nepal.
Considerable intergradation between most of the described races suggests that much of the variation observed is probably clinal, and therefore the validity of many races is dubious; race affinis doubtfully distinct from nominate cruentus, as is holoptilus from rocki, and annae from berezowskii. Fourteen subspecies usually recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cruentus (Hardwicke, 1821) - Nepal.
- affinis Beebe, 1912 - NE India (Sikkim).
- tibetanus Stuart Baker, 1914 - E Bhutan and SE Tibet.
- cruentus (Hardwicke, 1821) - Nepal.
- affinis Beebe, 1912 - NE India (Sikkim).
- tibetanus Stuart Baker, 1914 - E Bhutan and SE Tibet.
- kuseri Beebe, 1912 - NE India (Upper Assam) and SE Tibet.
- geoffroyi J. Verreaux, 1867 - SE Tibet.
- marionae Mayr, 1941 - border between Burma and China, in region of Yunnan.
- rocki Riley, 1925 - CS China (Mekong Valley, NW Yunnan).
- holoptilus Greenway, 1933 - CS China (only known from Lichiang District in Yunnan).
- clarkei Rothschild, 1920 - CS China (Lichiang Range, NW Yunnan).
- michaelis Bianchi, 1903 - NC China (NW Gansu).
- beicki Mayr & Birckhead, 1937 - NC China (N Gansu).
- berezowskii Bianchi, 1908 - C China (S Gansu and N Sichuan).
- annae Mayr & Birckhead, 1937 - WC China (NW Sichuan).
- sinensis David, 1873 - C China (Tsinling Mts, Shaanxi).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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male feeding on exposed vegetation by snow line on forest edge, then runs uphill Locality Sela Pass, Dirang, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (ssp tibetanus)
Martin Kennewell 8 April 2010 3 years ago 1 min 4.9 -
A close-up of a male Locality Belgium
John Corder 31 March 2006 5 years ago 54 sec 4.5 -
Females and males foraging and walking on the snow. Locality Zhujie Monastery, Daocheng County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp annae)
John Corder 24 October 2007 4 years ago 49 sec 4.4 -
A female on the ground, then feeding with a male Locality Belgium
John Corder 31 March 2006 5 years ago 37 sec 4.3 -
A male close to a female then walks and calls twice. Locality Zhujie Monastery, Daocheng County, Sichuan, China (Northern)
John Corder 24 October 2007 4 years ago 39 sec 4.3 -
Shots of a female and two males, the last male jumping to save a rocky drop. Locality Zhujie Monastery, Daocheng County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp annae)
John Corder 24 October 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 4
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On the highway up to Chelela.
Locality Paro, Paro District, Paro Valley, Bhutan
Lee Hunter 8 May 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.6 -
Male bird playing hide and seek in dense bamboo.
Locality Sandakphu, Singalila National Park, West Bengal, India (ssp affinis)
Juhasz Tibor 1 March 2006 4 years ago 4 -
A male at the side of the road.
Locality Sengor, Lhuntse District, Bhutan (ssp tibetanus)
Ken Havard 20 April 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
A female perched.
Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 22 November 1986 21 weeks ago 3 -
Female of blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus cruentus)
Locality Spain (ssp Ithaginis cruentus cruentus)
Iñaki Hernández 17 November 2008 4 years ago 3 -
A male perched.
Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 22 November 1986 21 weeks ago 2.8
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Several males calling.
Locality Zhujie Monastery, Daocheng County, Sichuan, China (Northern)
(ssp annae)
John Corder 24 October 2007 4 years ago 4.7
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