Adult han © Vincent Wang eBird S49945826 Macaulay Library ML 128398391
Hun © Josep del Hoyo
Adult han © Alex Wang
Immatur han © Vincent Wang
Adult han © Greg and Georgie Shaw

Guldfasan Chrysolophus pictus

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Identification

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Shy and surprisingly difficult to find in mixed and conifer woodland, where it runs quickly from detected disturbance. Red-and-gold male stunning and unmistakable. Female differs from Common Pheasant in strongly barred plumage, dull pinkish (not gray) legs and feet and from Lady Amherst’s Pheasant in lighter barring, more orangeish coloration, and the lack of a bare patch of gray skin behind the eye. Native to China but introduced very locally in Britain and Hawaii; however, captive birds might escape anywhere.

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