Phasianus versicolor
Silhouette: Mattia Menchetti · PhyloPic
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), also known as the Japanese green pheasant or Kiji, is an omnivorous bird native to the Japanese archipelago, to which it is endemic. Some taxonomic authorities consider it a subspecies of the common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus. It is the national bird of Japan.
Some sources claim that the green pheasant is a subspecies of the common pheasant, though others claim that they are separate, though closely related, species. The green pheasant has three subspecies. The nominate subspecies, P. v. versicolor, is called the southern green pheasant or kiji. There are some cases of hybrids between the green pheasant and the copper pheasant or common pheasant. Interbreeding of between green and common pheasants is the origin of a melanistic variant of common pheasant found in English populations.
The male (cock) southern green pheasant, P. v. versicolor, has dark green plumage on the breast, neck, mantle, and flanks. The male also has a bluish-purplish hood with clear ear tufts, red... Wikipedia →
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Japan · 2000
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Japan · 2026
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Japan · 2025
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo Pilsen | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | Guangzhou Zoo | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Yerevan Zoo | 🇦🇲 Armenia | |
| 4 | Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 5 | Ueno Zoo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 6 | Bird Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Ecozoológico San Martín | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Zoo Koki (Parque zoológico y botánico) | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 10 | Avifauna | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 11 | Bali Bird Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green Pheasant sighting in Nikko National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 97th most-seen of the 102 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Pheasant in Nikko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to February, the lowest months.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Pheasant sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Nikko National Park, in our data
Nikko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Green Pheasant sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Pheasant is recorded against all the birds logged in Nikko National Park (11 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.
