Lophura nycthemera
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China. It is introduced on Victoria Island in Nahuel Huapi Lake, Neuquén, Argentina and on Vancouver Island, Canada. The male is black and white, while the female is mainly brown. Both sexes have a bare red face and red legs (the latter separating it from the greyish-legged kalij pheasant).
The silver pheasant was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with the other pheasants in the genus Phasianus and coined the binomial name Phasianus nycthemerus. He specified the type locality as China. The specific epithet nycthemerus combines the Ancient Greek νυξ/nux, νυκτος/nuktos meaning "night" with ἡμερα/hēmera meaning "day". The silver pheasant was formerly sometimes placed in the genus Gennaeus... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
No species of the same family or order lives in Fuzhou, so these are its closest relatives here: other birds.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Silver Pheasant sighting in Fuzhou on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 76th most-seen of the 82 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, March, June and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Silver Pheasant in Fuzhou on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–May, July–October and December, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Silver Pheasant sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Silver Pheasant sightings, Fuzhou has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Hangzhou (China, under 5%) and Guangzhou (China, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Silver Pheasant is recorded against all the birds logged in Fuzhou (9 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
