Tibetan Eared Pheasant
A species of Eared-pheasants Scientific name : Crossoptilon harmani Genus : Eared-pheasants
Tibetan Eared Pheasant, A species of Eared-pheasants
Botanical name: Crossoptilon harmani
Genus: Eared-pheasants
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Description
The Tibetan eared pheasant shares many characteristics, such as the short ears and the droopy tail, with the white eared pheasant (C. crossoptilon), as well as having similar calls and hybridising with it in the Salween Valley, so the two may be conspecific. The Tibetan eared pheasant grows to a length between 75 and 85 cm (30 and 33 in), with females being slightly smaller than males. The sexes are similar. The beak is reddish-brown, the irises yellowish-orange, and the bare facial skin is red, as are the legs. The head is topped with a crown of black, dense, short feathers, on either side of which are short, nonprojecting ear tufts. The rest of the head and nape and a thin collar are white. The rest of the body, wings, and tail are bluish-grey, the mantle, neck and breast being of a darker shade, whereas the lower back, rump, upper tail coverts, and belly are paler whitish-grey. The wings are blackish-brown and the tail bluish-black. 
Feeding Habits
Tibetan Eared Pheasant primarily consumes bulbs, stems, berries, and some invertebrates, foraging on softer ground near streams. Accepts barley from monks. Forages in flocks, mainly in mornings and afternoons, with midday rest.
Habitat
Tibetan Eared Pheasant primarily occupies areas with dense tall scrub in arid river valleys and the peripheries of mixed broadleaf-coniferous forests. They are also prevalent on grassy slopes. The species prefers regions with adequate vegetation cover, generally avoiding areas with less than 40% vegetative cover and vegetation shorter than 1.2 meters. They roost in patches of tall, dense vegetation, such as willows, near cliffs or in hollows, often returning to the same sites consistently.
Dite type
Herbivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
Their range is restricted to Tibet, northern India, and northern Bhutan. Their typical habitat is dense scrubby areas in river valleys, grassy hillsides, and the verges of both coniferous and deciduous woodlands. Although sometimes found at elevations as low as 2,400 m (7,900 ft), they usually occur between about 3,000 and 5,000 m (9,800 and 16,400 ft).
Species Status
C. harmani is rated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being a "near-threatened species" because its natural habitat is being cleared, and in many areas, the birds are hunted. Another factor in the possible decline of the population is a reduction in the number of suitable places for roosting.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Family
Phasianidae Genus
Eared-pheasants Species
Tibetan Eared Pheasant 
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