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Phasianus versicolor (Green Pheasant)

Wikipedia Abstract

The green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), also known as Japanese green pheasant, is native to the Japanese archipelago, to which it is endemic. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the common pheasant. It is the national bird of Japan.
View Wikipedia Record: Phasianus versicolor

Infraspecies

Phasianus versicolor robustipes (Northern green pheasant)
Phasianus versicolor tanensis (Pacific green pheasant)
Phasianus versicolor tohkaidi
Phasianus versicolor versicolor (Southern green pheasant)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.41878
EDGE Score: 1.85923
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.302 lbs (1.044 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  21 grams
Female Weight [3]  1.83 lbs (830 g)
Male Weight [3]  2.535 lbs (1.15 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [3]  38.6 %
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  40 %
Diet - Plants [2]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  40 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  8
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  11 days
Incubation [3]  25 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  27 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  23 inches (58 cm)
Female Maturity [1]  8 months
Male Maturity [1]  8 months

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Honshu alpine conifer forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests  
Nihonkai evergreen forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests    
Nihonkai montane deciduous forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests  
Taiheiyo evergreen forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Aonchotheca caudinflata[4]
Heterakis gallinarum[4]
Heterakis pavonis <Unverified Name>[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0