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Blood pheasant

Ithaginis cruentus (Hardwicke, 1821)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) is a species in the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 515 g to 542.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus)
Photo: Donald Macauley from Carshalton, Surrey, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the blood pheasant

Weight
515 g – 542.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
29 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.7 – 6.75src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blood pheasant live?

Not recorded

What is the blood pheasant?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) or blood partridge is a galliforme bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae and the only species in the genus Ithaginis. It is a relatively small, short-tailed pheasant that is widespread in the lower Himalayas ranging across North and East India, Nepal, Bhutan, South China and northern Myanmar. It has been classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2009, and the global blood pheasant population is thought to be stable.

The blood pheasant is the state bird of Sikkim, India.

From the Wikipedia article “Blood pheasant” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood_pheasant&oldid=1353154096), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the blood pheasant endangered?

The blood pheasant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the blood pheasant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyPhasianidae
  6. genusIthaginis
  7. SpeciesIthaginis cruentus (Hardwicke, 1821)

Synonyms Ithaginis wilsoni, Ithaginus cruentus

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • تدرج الدمArabic
  • فزان الدمArabic
  • Кървав фазанBulgarian
  • faisà sagnantCatalan
  • bažant krvavýCzech
  • ffesant waedWelsh
  • BlodfasanDanish
  • BlutfasanGerman
  • sanga fazanoEsperanto
  • Faisán SangrientoSpanish
  • Faisán ensangrentadoSpanish
  • püüfaasanEstonian
  • verifasaaniFinnish
  • Ithagine ensanglantéFrench
  • Ithagine ensanglantéeFrench
  • פסיון הדםHebrew
  • चिल्मिआHindi
  • prugasti tragopanCroatian
  • vérfácánHungarian
  • Pegar darahIndonesian
  • Fagiano insanguinatoItalian
  • ベニキジJapanese
  • raudonasis fazanasLithuanian
  • asins fazānsLatvian
  • ബ്ലഡ് ഫെസന്റ്Malayalam
  • ရစ်နီBurmese
  • चिलिमेNepali
  • BloedfazantDutch
  • kuropatnikPolish
  • رت فیزنٹWestern Panjabi
  • faisão-cruentoPortuguese
  • faisão-ensanguentadoPortuguese
  • ИтагинRussian
  • СермунRussian
  • vrchár krvavýSlovak
  • Krvavi fazanSerbian
  • ไก่ฟ้าสีเลือดThai
  • Kanlı SülünTurkish
  • ітагінUkrainian
  • Багряний фазанUkrainian
  • 血雉Chinese

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Relatives of the blood pheasant

Other species in the same family Phasianidae.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the blood pheasant?

An adult blood pheasant weighs 515 g – 542.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the blood pheasant endangered?

The blood pheasant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the blood pheasant?

The blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{blood_pheasant_2026,
  title = {Blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blood-pheasant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}