Burung buruan (Game Birds)
Blood Pheasant
Ithaginis cruentus
- tidak umum
- 38 km/h
- Risiko rendah
The only pheasant in its genus, red-splashed and treeline-hardy. Forages in Himalayan snow without complaint.
- Populasi
- Global population size unquantified; species reported as common and widespread in some areas, scarce in others, with an overall decreasing population trend due to habitat loss/degradation (timber extraction, overgrazing, agricultural conversion) and hunting pressure. It remains assessed as Least Concern despite the declining trend, since range size and decline rate don't meet higher-threat thresholds.
- Habitat
- Coniferous and mixed forests with rhododendron/bamboo scrub near the snowline in mountainous terrain, roughly 2,460-4,500 m elevation; migrates seasonally to higher elevations in summer and lower elevations in winter to avoid deep snow
- Fakta menarik
- Unlike most pheasants, which are polygamous, the Blood Pheasant is monogamous, with males courting females by flying breast-to-breast and performing high leaps; it is also the state bird of Sikkim, India.
- Sebaran
- Himalayas and adjacent uplands: Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, northeastern India, Tibet, Myanmar, and central/south-central China (including Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi); range countries are Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal, extent of occurrence ~2,070,000 km^2
- Makanan
- Primarily herbivorous - moss, ferns, pine shoots, buds, berries, and lichens, foraged along the snow line
- Ukuran
- 0,43 m
- Masa hidup
- 4,9 tahun
