Do you think I'm pretty? - Red-Belly Golden Pheasant
(國家二級保護動物)
(Second-Grade State Protection Animal)
紅腹錦雞(學名:Chrysolophus pictus)又名金雞,中型雞類,體長59-110cm。尾特長,約38-42cm。雄鳥羽色華麗,頭具金黃色絲狀羽冠,上體除上背濃綠色外,其余為金黃色,后頸被有橙棕色而綴有黑邊的扇狀羽,形成披肩狀。下體深紅色,尾羽黑褐色,滿綴以桂黃色斑點。雌鳥頭頂和后頸黑褐色,其余體羽棕黃色,滿綴以黑褐色蟲蠢狀斑和橫斑。腳黃色。野外特征極明顯,全身羽毛顏色互相襯托,赤橙黃綠青藍紫具全,光彩奪目,是馳名中外的觀賞鳥類。為中國特有鳥種,該物種分布的核心區域在中國甘肅和陜西南部的秦嶺地區。
Red-Belly Golden Pheasant (Scientific Latin Name: Chrysolophus pictus), also known as golden pheasant, is medium-sized, 59-110cm long, with a long tail of about 38-42cm. The male has gorgeous feathers with a golden filamentous crest on the head; Except for the bottle green upper back area, the upper body is golden yellow; The hindneck is orange-brown fan-type feathers with black edges, forming a cloak; It is dark red on the lower body and dark brown on the tail feathersfull of cinnamon yellow spots. The head and hindneck of the female are black-brown, and the rest of the feathers are brown yellow, covered with black-brown worm-like spots and horizontal stripes; The feet are yellow.It has very obvious characteristics of wild birds, the colors of the feathers set off each other brilliantly, showing red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple, which makes it a well-known ornamental bird at home and abroad. An endemic bird native to China, this species is mainly distributed in the Qinling Mountains of Gansu and southern Shaanxi.