Burung buruan (Game Birds)
Reeves’s Pheasant
Syrmaticus reevesii
- legendaris
- 38 km/h
- Rentan
The longest tail of any wild bird on Earth, up to 2.4 meters. Traditional Chinese opera borrowed them. So did your inbox.
- Populasi
- 2,500–9,999 mature individuals; total population (all age classes) roughly 3,500–15,000, with some Chinese national estimates running as high as ~23,000
- Habitat
- Temperate/subtropical broadleaf forest dominated by oaks (usually dense canopy, sparse undergrowth), also conifer forest and scrub, at elevations of roughly 400–2,600 m
- Fakta menarik
- The male Reeves's pheasant grows the longest tail feathers of any bird species — up to about 2.4 m (7.9 ft) — a Guinness World Record; males add roughly 30 cm of tail length per year, and the species' call is described as an unusually musical, almost passerine-like warble for a galliform.
- Sebaran
- Endemic to central and eastern China: Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Anhui, and Hunan provinces historically; now extirpated from Shanxi and Hebei, with a severely fragmented remaining range. Introduced (feral/ornamental) populations established in the UK, France, Czech Republic, and USA.
- Makanan
- Mostly vegetable matter — seeds and cereals/grains; leaves, roots, fruit, and supplemental insects/invertebrates are plausible for the genus but unconfirmed for this species
- Ukuran
- 2,1 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,65 m
- Masa hidup
- 3 tahun
