Lophura swinhoii
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii), also known as the Taiwan blue pheasant, is a bird of the pheasant subfamily in the fowl family Phasianidae. It is endemic to Taiwan. Along with the Mikado pheasant and Taiwan blue magpie, two other Taiwan endemics, Swinhoe's pheasant is sometimes considered an unofficial national symbol for Taiwan, as it bears the colours of the national flag (red, white, and blue).
The bird was named after British naturalist Robert Swinhoe, who first discovered the species in 1862. Locally, the species is known in Mandarin as lánfùxián (Chinese: 藍腹鷴; lit. 'blue-breasted kalij'), and in Taiwanese Hokkien as wa-koe (華雞; hôa-koe; 'flowered fowl'; also 畫雞).
The male Swinhoe's pheasant can grow up to 79 cm. He has a glossy blue-purple chest, belly, and rump, white nape, red wattles, white tail feathers, and a white crest. The female is brown marked with yellow, arrow-shaped spots and complex barring patterns, and has maroon outer rectrices. The juvenile male is dark blue with brown and yellow patterns on its wings. Swinhoe's pheasants can also be distinguished from the Mikado pheasant by having red legs.
During display, the male... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Tanière | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Taipei Zoo | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 3 | Shubenacadie Wildlife Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Parco Natura Viva | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 5 | Fonghuanggu Bird and Ecology Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 6 | JOJOZOO PARK | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 7 | Almaty Zoo | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | |
| 8 | Soğanlı Zoo | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | |
| 9 | 新光動物園 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 10 | Belgrade Zoo | 🇷🇸 Serbia | |
| 11 | Santillana Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | Cherkasy Zoo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 13 | Small Breeds Farm Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 14 | World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 15 | Міні-зоопарк | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 16 | Zoo Koki (Parque zoológico y botánico) | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Adlerwarte Berlebeck | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 18 | Agroflori Parque de las Aves | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 19 | National Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 20 | Zoo Samara | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 21 | 蘭陽動植物王國 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 22 | Oceanarium Bournemouth | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 23 | Heartwood Haven Animal Sanctuary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 24 | Moscow Oceanarium | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 25 | Ogród zoologiczny w Lubinie | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 26 | The Farm at Walnut Creek | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 27 | Wiwa Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Swinhoe's Pheasant sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 360 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 98th most-seen of the 147 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Swinhoe's Pheasant in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Swinhoe's Pheasant sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Taroko National Park, in our data
Taroko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Swinhoe's Pheasant sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Phasianidae
The closest relatives of the Swinhoe's Pheasant that you can see in Taroko National Park (family Phasianidae, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) are Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge (about 20%) and Taiwan Hill Partridge (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Swinhoe's Pheasant is recorded against all the birds logged in Taroko National Park (360 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.
