White Eared Pheasant
Crossoptilon crossoptilon (Hodgson, 1838)
Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies
White Eared Pheasant, Crossoptilon crossoptilon, is a pheasant of western and south-central China and Tibet in the Oriental Region. It is an eared pheasant with the genus’s obvious ear tufts, and its name refers to its white plumage rather than white ears. It occurs in mixed forest and is also found around Buddhist monasteries. In the Himalaya it is known locally as shagga, meaning snow fowl. The bird is also called Dolan’s eared pheasant or Bee’s pheasant.
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: wc, sc China and Tibet
