PhasianidaePucrasia
Koklass Pheasant
Pucrasia macrolopha
52.5–64 cmLarge
- Beak
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- Feet
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- Crest
- No crest
Resident. W Himalayas. Male has bottle-green head and ear-tufts, chestnut on breast. and streaked appearance to body. Female has white throat. short buff ear-tufts, and streaked body. Both sexes have wedge-shaped tail. Males of I'm. casl8118B and biddulphi(W Himalayas} have chestnut on hind neck and upper mantle. are mainly chestnut on breast and belly, and have blackish flanks (streaked with white). Males of I' m. macrolopha and nipalensis (C Himalayas} have less chestnut in plumage (restricted to centre of breast and belly}; mantle and sides of breast are pale grey (streaked with black) in macrolopha and black (streaked with buff} in nipa/(J(lsis. Dense undergrowth in temperate and subalpine forest.
Colour
ChestnutBlackWhiteBuff / Tan