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Blue Eared Pheasant

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The Blue Eared Pheasant is a rare and valuable bird species and a Class II nationally protected animal in China. It is mainly found in Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan and other parts of China. The two pairs of primary feathers of the Blue Eared Pheasant are precious ornaments. Its meat and eggs are edible and highly nutritious. I. Appearance The Blue Eared Pheasant is a large pheasant, with a total length of about 90 cm. The body plumage is bluish-gray with a metallic sheen, loose and hair-like. The top of the head and the nape are densely covered with black downy feathers; two clusters of white ear feathers form short horn-like tufts; the bare skin on the face is bright red. The flight feathers are brownish with metallic purple-blue outer edges.

The Blue Eared Pheasant is a rare and valuable bird species and a Class II nationally protected animal in China. It is mainly found in Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan and other parts of China. The two pairs of primary feathers of the Blue Eared Pheasant are precious orn@#@217@#@. Its meat and eggs are edible and highly nutritious.

I. Appearance

The Blue Eared Pheasant is a large pheasant, with a total length of about 90 cm. The body plumage is bluish-gray with a metallic sheen, loose and hair-like. The top of the head and the nape are densely covered with black downy feathers; two clusters of white ear feathers form short horn-like tufts; the bare skin on the face is bright red. The flight feathers are brownish with metallic purple-blue outer edges. The central tail feathers are very long and upturned, with the barbs drooping loosely like a horse's tail, hence the name Blue Eared Pheasant. It is also called "Jiaojiao Bird" and "Grouse". The base of the tail feathers on both sides is white, and the rest is purple-blue. The bill is pale red, and the legs are coral red.

II. Living Habits

The Blue Eared Pheasant likes to live in cold high-mountain areas, inhabiting dense spruce and oak forests at higher altitudes of 2000-3000 m, or among mountain willow and wintersweet shrubs. After autumn, as the snow line moves downward, it migrates to valleys with water or open shrub grasslands. Blue Eared Pheasants like to live together in groups of 10-30, generally starting activity at dawn, foraging among the trees, mainly feeding on plant-based food, and also eating insects. Blue Eared Pheasants breed from April to June, during which they live in pairs. They lay eggs on the ground under shaded bushes, 6-12 eggs per clutch, grayish-brown or pale bluish-green. With light brown spots. The incubation period is 26-27 days.

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