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Syrmaticus reevesii (Reeves's Pheasant)

Synonyms: Phasianus reevesii (homotypic); Phasianus spec; Syrmaticus reevesi

Wikipedia Abstract

The Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) is a large pheasant within the genus Syrmaticus. It is endemic to China. It is named for the British naturalist John Reeves, who first introduced live specimens to Europe in 1831.
View Wikipedia Record: Syrmaticus reevesii

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Syrmaticus reevesii

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
43
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.87365
EDGE Score: 3.56938

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.732 lbs (1.239 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  22 grams
Female Weight [4]  2.092 lbs (949 g)
Male Weight [4]  3.371 lbs (1.529 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [4]  61.1 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  10 %
Diet - Plants [3]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  40 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [6]  7
Clutches / Year [2]  1
Fledging [1]  49 days
Incubation [5]  24 days
Maximum Longevity [7]  9 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  4.92 feet (150 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fanjingshan Nature Reserve V 86145 Guizhou, China  
Tianmushan Biosphere Reserve 47993 China  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mountains of Southwest China China, Myanmar No

Prey / Diet

Cotoneaster dammeri[6]
Pyracantha fortuneana (Chinese firethorn)[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Paguma larvata (Masked Palm Civet)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Eucoleus annulatus[8]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
2Nathan 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
3Hamish 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
4Johnsgard, PA 1986. The Pheasants of the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford
5Intrinsic aging-related mortality in birds, Robert E. Ricklefs, JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY 31: 103–111. Copenhagen 2000
6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
7de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
8Gibson, 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
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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