Mikado pheasant

Mikado pheasant
Male
Female
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Syrmaticus
Species:
S. mikado
Binomial name
Syrmaticus mikado
Synonyms
  • Calophasis mikado
China Airlines Airbus A350-900 (B-18901) with Mikado Pheasant livery.

The Mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado) is a species of gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. Sometimes considered an unofficial national bird of Taiwan (along with the Swinhoe's pheasant and Taiwan blue magpie), a pair of Mikado pheasants and Yushan National Park, one of the areas it is known to inhabit, is depicted in the 1000 dollar bill of the New Taiwan dollar.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Syrmaticus mikado". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679336A92811293. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679336A92811293.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ 謝, 孝同; 劉, 小如 (1987). 帝雉、藍腹鷴生態調查研究報告.

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