Koklass Pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha)

Other Names (World)
Koklass Pheasant, Koklass

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
Male: 61 - 64 cm
Female: 53 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1829)

Habitat
Temperate forest. From 2,000 - 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (B) (NB), China (mainland), India, Nepal, Pakistan.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (37)...)

Koklass Pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) [XC69333]
by Mike Nelson from Wolong, at Wo Yu Ping, China (song)

Koklass Pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) [XC114267]
by KALYAN SINGH SAJWAN from vinayak near pangot uttrakand, India (alarm call)

Subspecies
Subspecies bethelae may be a clinal form of biddulphi. Many subspecies regarded as intergrades, raising doubts about validity of subspecific taxonomy; a morph of subspecies darwini without chestnut band on underparts was considered a different subspecies, styani.

The following 10 subspecies are recognised:

castanea Gould, 1854 - Eastern Afghanistan east to Pakistan (Chitral).
biddulphi Marshall, GFL, 1879 - Kashmir.
bethelae R. L. Fleming, 1947 - North-western India (Kulu Valley).
macrolopha (Lesson, 1829) - Western Himalayas, from Kashmir to Kumaon.
nipalensis Gould, 1854 - Western Nepal.
meyeri Madar�sz, 1886 - South-central China (western and south-western Sichuan east to north-western Yunnan); extinct in south-eastern Tibet.
ruficollis David & Oustalet, 1877 - Central China (southern Gansu, Shaanxi and western Sichuan).
xanthospila Gray, GR, 1864 - North-eastern China (Shaanxi Neast through western Hebei and south-eastern Inner Mongolia to south-western Manchuria).
joretiana Heude, 1883 - Central-eastern China (Anhui).
darwini Swinhoe, 1872 - Central and eastern China (Hubei, south-eastern Sichuan, Zhejiang and Fujian); extinct in north-western Fujian and northern Guangdong.

References
See References.

Files:

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