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Bird with blue-black plumage and a red head perched in the shadows on a branch

Edwards’s Pheasant

I.U.C.N status

International Union for Conservation of Nature

LC Least concern
NT Near threatened
VU Vulnerable
EN Endangered
CR Critically endangered
EW Extinct in the wild
EX Extinct
World distribution map of Edwards's Pheasant

Identity card

Class : Birds
Order : Galliformes
Family : Phasianidae
Genus : Lophura
Species : edwardsi
Average size 65 cm
Weight 1.1 kg
Longevity 10 to 12 years
Sexual maturity 2 years
Incubation About 25 days
Clutch 4 to 7 eggs
Diet Omnivore

Seeds, shoots, berries, tubers, insects,...

Did you know?

Males of this species have black-blue plumage with a white crest, while females have brown plumage. This bird is named after French ornithologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards, who first described the species in 1896.

Threats and conservation

After the Second World War and the conflicts in Vietnam, the species remained nowhere to be found, suggesting its extinction in the wild. The main cause of its decline is habitat loss across its entire former range. Edwards’s Pheasant was rediscovered on 26 August 1996 in the Phong Dien area, Thua Thien Huế province. A project to reintroduce individuals from controlled environments into protected forests is currently underway.

Brown pheasant with a red face, ruffled feathers in its aviary
Pheasant with midnight blue plumage and a red face near a branch
Pheasant with blue and black plumage, red legs, on moss in front of a wire fence
Red-cheeked pheasant with midnight blue plumage in an aviary
Brown pheasant with a red face, ruffled feathers in its aviary
Pheasant with midnight blue plumage and a red face near a branch
Pheasant with blue and black plumage, red legs, on moss in front of a wire fence
Red-cheeked pheasant with midnight blue plumage in an aviary
Brown pheasant with a red face, ruffled feathers in its aviary
Pheasant with midnight blue plumage and a red face near a branch
Pheasant with blue and black plumage, red legs, on moss in front of a wire fence
Red-cheeked pheasant with midnight blue plumage in an aviary

Where can you see this animal?

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