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Blue eared pheasant

Crossoptilon auritum (Pallas, 1811)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum) is a species in the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 1.67 kg to 1.91 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum)
Photo: wangqg · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the blue eared pheasant

Weight
1.67 kg – 1.91 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
8src 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 blue eared pheasant live?

Not recorded

What is the blue eared pheasant?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Blue eared pheasant” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_eared_pheasant&oldid=1380578510), 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 blue eared pheasant endangered?

The blue eared 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 blue eared pheasant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyPhasianidae
  6. genusCrossoptilon
  7. SpeciesCrossoptilon auritum (Pallas, 1811)

Synonyms Phasianus auritus

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Blue eared-pheasantEnglish
  • White eared pheasantEnglish
  • تدرج ذو الأذنين الأزرقArabic
  • فزان ذو الأذنين الأزرقArabic
  • Син ушат фазанBulgarian
  • faisà mostatxut blauCatalan
  • bažant ušatýCzech
  • ffesant glustiog lasWelsh
  • Blå ØrefasanDanish
  • Blauflügel-OhrfasanGerman
  • Blauer OhrfasanGerman
  • Blua orfazanoEsperanto
  • blua orelfazanoEsperanto
  • Faisán orejudo azulSpanish
  • sini-kõrvukfaasanEstonian
  • sinikorvafasaaniFinnish
  • Hokki bleuFrench
  • sivi fazanCroatian
  • kék fülesfácánHungarian
  • Fagiano orecchiuto azzurroItalian
  • アオミミキジJapanese
  • 푸른귀꿩Korean
  • melsvasis ausytasis fazanasLithuanian
  • Mėlynasis ausuotasis fazanasLithuanian
  • zilais ausfazānsLatvian
  • Blauwe OorfazantDutch
  • blyfasanNorwegian
  • uszak siwyPolish
  • faisão-orelhudo-azulPortuguese
  • Синий ушастый фазанRussian
  • Голубой ушастый фазанRussian
  • uškáň modrýSlovak
  • Plavosivi fazanSerbian
  • blå öronfasanSwedish
  • Kulaklı Mavi SülünTurkish
  • фазан-вухань сизийUkrainian
  • 蓝马鸡Chinese
  • 藍馬雞Chinese

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Relatives of the blue eared pheasant

Other species in the same genus Crossoptilon.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the blue eared pheasant?

An adult blue eared pheasant weighs 1.67 kg – 1.91 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the blue eared pheasant endangered?

The blue eared 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 blue eared pheasant?

The blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-eared-pheasant

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BibTeX
@misc{blue_eared_pheasant_2026,
  title = {Blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-eared-pheasant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}