Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus)

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
39.50 - 48 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hardwicke, 1821)

Habitat
Temperate forest and shrubland. From 2,500 - 4,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
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Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) [XC508045]
by Norbu from Bumthang-Mongar Highway at 3600m, Bhutan (call, soft contact calls)

Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) [XC177022]
by Ramit Singal from Rasuwa (near Langtang), Bagmati, Central Region, Nepal (song)

Subspecies
Considerable intergradation between most of the described subspecies suggests that much of the variation observed is probably clinal, and therefore the validity of many subspecies is dubious. Subspecies affinis doubtfully distinct from nominate cruentus, as is holoptilus from rocki, and annae from berezowskii.

The following 14 subspecies are recognised:

cruentus (Hardwicke, 1821) - Nepal.
affinis Beebe, 1912 - North-eastern India (Sikkim).
tibetanus Baker, ECS, 1914 - Eastern Bhutan and south-eastern Tibet.
kuseri Beebe, 1912 - North-eastern India (Upper Assam) and south-eastern Tibet.
geoffroyi Verreaux, J, 1867 - South-eastern Tibet.
marionae Mayr, 1941 - Border between Burma and China, in region of Yunnan.
rocki Riley, 1925 - Central-southern China (Mekong Valley, north-western Yunnan).
holoptilus Greenway, 1933 - Central-southern China (only known from Lichiang District in Yunnan).
clarkei Rothschild, 1920 - Central-southern China (Lichiang Range, north-western Yunnan).
michaelis Bianchi, 1904 - North-central China (north-western Gansu).
beicki Mayr & Birckhead, 1937 - North-central China (northern Gansu).
berezowskii Bianchi, 1904 - Central China (southern Gansu and northern Sichuan).
annae Mayr and Birckhead, 1937 - West-central China (north-western Sichuan).
sinensis David, 1873 - Central China (Tsinling Mts, Shaanxi).

References
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