Pheasants, also known as pheasants, belong to the order Quails and look like chickens. The male pheasant has long and beautiful feathers and a long tail. Female deer with short tail. A good walker can't fly for long. From Cao Qin Luo Chao Cao Fei by Tang Hanyu: "Although I am human, I am not as good as a pheasant."
Introduction of pheasant:
There are 30 subspecies of pheasant. It is slightly smaller than a domestic chicken, but its tail is much longer. Male and female birds have different feather colors. Male birds have gorgeous feathers and a lot of metallic luster. On both sides of the head, there is a cluster of ear feathers that can stand up, and the feather ends are square. The feathers on the back and waist are as loose as hair.
Wings are slightly shorter and rounder; The tail feather is 18, the tail is long and gradually tapering, the central tail feather is much longer than the lateral tail feather, and the male tail feather is separated like hair; There is a short and sharp distance on the tarsometatarsal bone of the male bird, which is a weapon against attack. In recent years, it has been found that the distance is obviously related to the number of spouses it has, which is an important criterion for female birds to choose a spouse.
Several subspecies distributed in eastern China have white collars on their necks, which is in sharp contrast with metallic green necks. The tail feather is long and has horizontal spots. Female birds have dull feathers, mostly brown and brownish yellow, with black spots; Tail feathers are also short.
Habitat in low mountains, farmland, continental margins, swamps and grasslands, as well as shrubs and grasslands on both sides of forests and highways, omnivorous. The food you eat varies according to the region and season. Distributed in southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Korea, southeastern Siberia, northern Vietnam and northeastern Myanmar.