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Golden Pheasant

Chrysolophus pictus

Classification

Class
Aves

The golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), also known as the Chinese pheasant, and rainbow pheasant, is a gamebird of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous birds) and the family Phasianidae (pheasants). The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos, "with golden crest", and pictus is Latin for "painted" from pingere, "to paint". Taxonomy The golden pheasant was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Phasianus pictus.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 190Belgium · 122Netherlands · 118France · 27Germany · 27Spain · 6Italy · 3Brazil · 1Peru · 1