adult male

adult male adult female European distribution adult male on ground

Identification

The multi-coloured males have a golden crown and rump, a gold and black ‘lawyer’s wig’ and reddish underparts. The females are less distinctive but are more golden-brown than female Pheasants especially on the underparts which are prominently barred with black. At close range, a bare brown patch around the eye is diagnostic.

Habitat

Favours dense woodland particularly rhododendrons and conifers.

Migration

Sedentary.

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For the purposes of our bird news services, Golden Pheasant is classed as Local: generally fairly regular or common species that a 'county lister' or a birding beginner might be interested in going to see. (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance.)

undisc. site, Glos 22/07/2010	Sculthorpe Moor NR, Norfolk 21/02/2010	Sculthorpe Moor NR, Norfolk 08/04/2009	Sculthorpe Moor NR, Norfolk 18/03/2009	Sculthorpe Moor NR, Norfolk 18/03/2009
Sculthorpe Moor NR, Norfolk 10/03/2009	Sculthorpe Moor NR, Norfolk 10/03/2009	Sculthorpe Moor NR, Norfolk 10/03/2009	Sculthorpe Moor NR, Norfolk 10/03/2009	Sculthorpe Moor NR, Norfolk 07/03/2009

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