This document summarizes information about the Silver Pheasant bird species. It notes that the Silver Pheasant is found in forests of Southeast Asia, has a population status of least concern, and has a decreasing population trend. It provides details on the species' physical appearance, habitat, behavior, geographic distribution, diet, threats, and some interesting facts. For example, it states that the male is black and white while the female is mainly brown, they prefer forest edges with open areas, and their main threats are habitat degradation and loss.

1. 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
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2. W E LC O M E

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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.

10. • 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

11. 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

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