Reeves's pheasant | |
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Male at Bronx Zoo | |
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Female ar Sylvan Heights Bird Park | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Syrmaticus |
Species: | S. reevesii
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Binomial name | |
Syrmaticus reevesii (Gray, JE, 1829)
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Native Range of S. reevesii |
Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) is a large pheasant within the genus Syrmaticus. It is endemic to China. It is named after the British naturalist John Reeves, who first introduced live specimens to Europe in 1831.