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U N I V E R S I T Y O F T H E P U N J A B
D E P A R T M E N T O F Z O O L O G Y
S U B M I T T E D B Y - A M N A S H A H I D
R O L L N O - B S 6 E 3 6 F 2 1
S U B M I T T E D T O - D R . Z U L F I Q A R
S I LV E R
P H E A S A N T

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W E LC O M E

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• Specie Name:-
• Silver Pheasant
• Scientific Name:-
• Lophura nycthemera

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I U C N S TAT U S : -
• Population Trend
• Decreasing
• POPULATION STATUS
• Least concern (LC)

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H A B I TAT
• The Silver pheasant is a species of pheasant
found in forests mainly in mountains of
Southeast Asia.
• The silver pheasant is common in aviculture
and overall also remains common in the wild.
• They prefer forest edges with open areas and
rarely occur in dense forests.

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B I O L O G I C A L I N F O R M AT I O N
• Color
• Male is black and white in color
• Female is mainly brown.
• Both sexes have a bare red face and red legs.
• LENGTH
• 55-125 CM
• WEIGHT
• 1-2 KG

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G E O G R A P H I C A L D I S T R I B U T I O N
• CONTINENTS
• Asia
• SUBCONTINENTS
• Southeast Asia
• COUNTRIES
• Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand
• Viet Nam, Laos, Argentina
• BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REALMS
• Indomalayan
• WWF BIOMES
• Tropical moist forests

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• Diet and Nutrition
• Silver pheasantsare
herbivores (granivores,
frugivores).
• They feed mainly on
seeds and fruits.
• They also take
invertebrates according to
the season.

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B E H A V I O R
• Silver pheasants are gregarious ground-dwelling birds that are usually seen in small
flocks.
• Silver pheasants are active during the day and prefer to forage in the morning and in
the evening.
• They spend most of their life on the ground and will fly only to escape danger.
• These birds communicate with the help of loud whistles, high-pitched chirping and
during the courtship display, males produce cackles and grunts.

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• Threats
• Silver pheasants are fairly common, however, some populations are rare due to
degradation and the loss of habitat.
• Conservative measure
• Save their habitat
. Aforestation
• Reforestation
• Prevent from predators (foxes,badgers,corvids)
• Prevent from hunting

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I N T E R E S T I N G F A C T S
• During courtship displays, the head ornaments of Silver pheasants become bright in color
while usually, they are duller and reduced.
• The Silver pheasant chicks are covered with brown down that provides them good
camouflage when they are outside of the nest.
• Pheasants have excellent eyesight and a sense of hearing which help them to quickly detect
predators.
• Pheasants can run at a speed of 8-10 miles per hour (13-16 km/h) and fly at the speed of
35-45 miles per hour (56-72 km/h). They are also able to swim.
• During the summer, pheasants breathe rapidly in order to maintain stable body
temperature

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T H A N K S F O R YO U R T I M E