Crossoptilon auritum
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum), also sometimes hyphenated as blue eared-pheasant, is a large pheasant endemic to China. Although it is considered rare, the blue eared pheasant is evaluated as of least concern.
The blue eared pheasant is around 96 cm (38 in) long (including the 49–56 cm (19–22 in) tail); males weigh 1700–2110 g, and females 1450–1880 g. It has dark blue-grey plumage with velvet black crown, red facial wattles of bare skin surrounding the eyes, yellow iris, long white ear coverts below and behind the eyes, a pale pink bill, and crimson legs. Its tail of 24 elongated bluish-grey feathers is curved, loose, and dark-tipped, with the outer five pairs of tail feathers having a white base. Both sexes have similar plumage, though the male is slightly larger, and has short spurs on the legs.
The blue eared pheasant is found in the mountain forests of central China, preferring juniper scrub in alpine meadows at 2700–4400 m altitude. Its range is to the northeast of the closely related white eared pheasant C. crossoptilon, and southwest of the brown eared pheasant C. mantchuricum.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 2 | Tierpark Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Beijing Wildlife Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Poznań Nowe Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Tallinn Zoo | 🇪🇪 Estonia | |
| 7 | Shanghai Zoo | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 8 | Parc animalier de Gramat | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Карельский зоопарк | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Yerevan Zoo | 🇦🇲 Armenia | |
| 11 | Kyiv Zoo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 12 | 无锡动物园 | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 13 | Emirates Park Zoo | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 14 | Kharkiv Zoo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 15 | Cleres Zoological Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 16 | Johnsons of Old Hurst | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 17 | Zoopark Limpopo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 18 | Santillana Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 19 | Міні-зоопарк | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 20 | Zoo Koki (Parque zoológico y botánico) | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 21 | Zoopark Nehvizdy | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 22 | Avifauna | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 23 | Зоопарк | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 24 | Zoo de Lourosa | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 25 | Kharkiv Dolphinarium | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 26 | Batu Secret Zoo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 27 | Karelian Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 28 | Xining Zoo | 🇨🇳 China |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Eared Pheasant sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 131 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Eared Pheasant in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, against about 10% in November, the lowest month. That is one of Jiuzhaigou National Park's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain against 15 mm in December. January to March have too few records to rate.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue Eared Pheasant sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Jiuzhaigou National Park, in our data
Jiuzhaigou National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue Eared Pheasant sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Phasianidae
The closest relatives of the Blue Eared Pheasant that you can see in Jiuzhaigou National Park (family Phasianidae, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) are Blood Pheasant (about 20%), Tibetan Snowcock (about 10%) and Ring-necked Pheasant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue Eared Pheasant is recorded against all the birds logged in Jiuzhaigou National Park (44 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
