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The golden pheasant is commonly found in zoos and aviaries, but often as hybrid specimens that have the similar Lady Amherst's pheasant in their lineage. [3] There are also different mutations of the golden pheasant known from birds in captivity, including the dark-throated, yellow, cinnamon, salmon, peach, splash, mahogany and silver.
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The western meadowlark is the state bird of Kansas. This list of birds of Kansas includes species documented in the U.S. state of Kansas and accepted by the Kansas Ornithological Society (KOS). As of January 2022, there are 483 species included in the official list. [1]
Fundulopanchax sjostedti, the blue gularis, golden pheasant gularis or red aphyosemion, is a species of toothcarp endemic to the Niger delta. It is only found in Nigeria and Cameroon . [ 1 ]
Galliformes / ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl.Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often reared by humans for their meat and eggs, or hunted as game birds.
Ithaginis Wagler, 1832 (blood pheasant) Tribe Lophophorini. Tragopan Cuvier, 1829 non Gray 1841 (tragopans) Tetraophasis Elliot, 1871 (monal-partridges) Lophophorus Temminck, 1813 non Agassiz 1846 (monals) Pucrasia Gray, 1841 (koklass pheasant) Tribe Tetraonini. Meleagris Linnaeus, 1758 (turkeys) Bonasa Stephens, 1819 (ruffed grouse)
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Of Late Miocene origin, the genus Syrmaticus originated from some pheasant species inhabiting the submontane to montane subtropical rainforest at the northwestern end of the Himalayas some 10-7 million years ago (mya) during the Tortonian – the genus is thus about as old as Gallus and originated somewhat before the time the ancestors of humans and chimpanzees finally diverged.