Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii) - HBW 2, p. 540
French: Faisan scintillant
German: Kupferfasan
Spanish: Faisán Cobrizo
Other common names: Soemmerring's Pheasant
Taxonomy: Phasianus soemmerringii Temminck, 1830, Japan (north Kyushu).
Has been placed in monotypic genus Graphephasianus. Intergrades between different races reported; races intermedius and subrufus may be synonymous with race scintillans. Hybridization with Phasianus versicolor occasionally recorded in the wild, the offspring being infertile. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- scintillans (Gould, 1866) - N & C Honshu, Japan.
- intermedius (Nagamichi Kuroda, 1919) - SW Honshu and Shikoku, Japan.
- subrufus (NagamichKi uroda, 1919) - SE & SW Honshu and SW Shikoku, Japan.
- scintillans (Gould, 1866) - N & C Honshu, Japan.
- intermedius (Nagamichi Kuroda, 1919) - SW Honshu and Shikoku, Japan.
- subrufus (NagamichKi uroda, 1919) - SE & SW Honshu and SW Shikoku, Japan.
- soemmerringii (Temminck, 1830) - N & C Kyushu, Japan.
- ijimae (Dresser, 1902) - SE Kyushu, Japan.
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A male walking and feeding on the forest floor. Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4.6 -
A male feeding on the forest floor. Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 1 year ago 50 sec 4.6 -
A male feeding on grass leaves, then scratching its head and shaking the plumage. Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 1 year ago 43 sec 4.5 -
A male foraging on a forest clearing and clearly eating grass leaves. Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 1 year ago 51 sec 4.5 -
A female perched in a tree and looking around. Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp scintillans)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2010 1 year ago 48 sec 4.3 -
A male resting at the edge of a forest clearing. Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 3.8
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adult male
Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
chrisjohnson 1 March 1983 1 year ago 3.2 -
Male
Locality Blackbrook Zoological Park, Winkhill, Staffordshire, England, Great Britain (ssp ijimae)
Jonathan Beilby 22 June 2008 3 years ago 3 -
A female perched in a tree.
Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 1 year ago 2.9 -
A male foraging on the ground.
Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 1 year ago 2.7 -
A male resting on the forest floor.
Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 1 year ago 2.4 -
A male feeding on the forest floor.
Locality Miike, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (ssp ijimae)
Josep del Hoyo 28 January 2010 1 year ago 2.4
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A male and two females giving calls Locality Switzerland
Michael C 1 January 2006 2 years ago 2
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