Reeve's Pheasant
Although some authors have suggested that this Asian pheasant is monogamous, there is reason to consider it presumptively polygynous, given the considerable size dimorphism of the sexes, the substantial sexual plumage differences, and the apparent lack of interest of the male in tending for the young.
Advertisement of territory by males is attained by a combination of wing-whirring and calling. Little is known of reproduction in the wild, as almost no nests have been described from China. Among released birds in Ohio, 16 nests were found, nine of which were in secondgrowth sapling, and the rest in herbaceous growth. There, the clutch-size averaged 9.5 eggs and ranged from 6–13. Incubation lasts 24–25 days. By the time the young are half-grown they are able to fly at least 800 feet.
Regions Birds Are Found
Collection Location & Year
U.S. - Montana 1985
Taxonomy
| Order | Galliformes |
|---|---|
| Family | Phasianidae |
| Tribe | Phasianini |
| Species | Syrmaticus |
| Genus | reevesii |
Gender
Male
References
- Beebe, C. W. 1918–1922. A Monograph of the Pheasants. London, UK:Witherby
- Johnsgard, P. A. 1986. The Pheasants of the World. Oxford, UK: Oxford Univ. Press.
- Johnsgard, P. A. 1999. The Pheasants of the World: Biology and Natural History. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- del Hoyo, J. A. Elliot, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1994. Handbook of Birds of the World. Vol. 2 (New World Vultures to Guineafowl). Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Editions.