Syr-Darya Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus turcestanicus (Lorenz, 1896)

		male female
2016-04-19 S Kz region 2010-06-29 Middle Syrdaria river, Kyzylorda area	© Oleg Belyalov © Askar Isabekov

Description

Back, especially upper back, rather intensive coppery-red colour with weak green shine. Feathers on crop and upper breast with purple shade and usually without black terminal borders or they are poorly developed. White collar usually not closed in front. Rump and upper tail coverts more intensively red, head less bronze-green, back with less developed green shade than mongolicus.

Distribution

Breeding on Syrdarya valley.

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 2. Алма-Ата, 1962. Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.