Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
Lady Amherst's Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) - HBW 2, p. 544
French: Faisan de Lady Amherst
German: Diamantfasan
Spanish: Faisán de Lady Amherst
Taxonomy: Phasianus Amherstiae Leadbeater, 1829, Mountains of Cochinchina; error = Yunnan.
Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Burma, extreme SE Tibet and SW China (from W Sichuan S to Yunnan and W Guizhou). Introduced very locally to British Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male walking Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 5 years ago 27 sec 3.3 -
A close-up of a standing male Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2007 5 years ago 27 sec 3.3 -
A female taking a sand bath Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2007 5 years ago 51 sec 3 -
A male walking on its cage Locality Beijing Breeding Center for Endangered Species, Beijing, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
John Corder 1997 5 years ago 22 sec 2.9 -
A male hybrid between Golden and Lady Pheasants. Locality Aragón, Spain
Jesús Laborda 18 April 2008 4 years ago 38 sec 2.5
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A male standing on a rock
Locality China (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Zhou Huaming 23 February 2008 3 years ago 4.4 -
colony
Locality Kangding County, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Zhou Huaming 2 years ago 4.1 -
Where is she?
Locality Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
Brendan Marnell 9 August 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
Patrolling his mate's shadow with zeal
Locality Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
Brendan Marnell 9 August 2009 2 years ago 3.1 -
Quite obsessed with his mate
Locality Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
Brendan Marnell 9 August 2009 2 years ago 3 -
A male on the ground and a female behind.
Locality Birdworld, Farnham, Surrey, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 October 1995 20 weeks ago 2.8
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Calls. Locality Wawu Shan, Sichuan, China (Northern)
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 1 May 2006 11 weeks ago 4
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